Sundays on Broadway curator Cathy Weis with co-curators David Guzman and Zo Williams present an evening of performances by Amelia Heintzelman, Stephen Petronio/Sondra Loring, Alex Tatarsky and Fabio Tavares.

Amelia Heintzelman brings a duet that unfolds in a contest. “A duel, a match, ready set strike go.”

Sundays on Broadway presents a preview of a solo entitled Leave Me Alone, created specifically for Sondra Loring by Stephen Petronio. This performance is also a first endeavor of Petronio Projects, a vehicle for creating new works following the closing of the Stephen Petronio Company last summer after 40 years. A first commission for an artist close in age to Petronio, Loring is a formidable match. This exploration is a simple one, focusing on what’s inside and what is outside—on how emotional states can connect to a room. Music by SQÜRL.

Alex Tatarsky is a clown who makes performances in the uncomfortable-in between zone of dance, theater, comedy, and performance art—sometimes with songs—often veering between wildly improvised and tightly scripted. For Sundays on Broadway, Tatarsky will investigate a new piece at the edge of dance and diatribe.

Fabio Tavares will perform I wish I was a Thundercat. In this solo, Tavares explores the most basic human desires, fantasies, and impulses through his own physicality, and takes an honest look at how they still play a huge role in his aging body today.

Sundays on Broadway
6:00 p.m. - doors open at 5:45 p.m.
WeisAcres, 537 Broadway #3
New York, NY 10012

All donations go to the performers.
$5-20 suggested.

Artists' Bios:

Amelia Heintzelman is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her work has been supported by the Center for Performance Research, Draftwork at Danspace Project, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Issue Project Room, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York Foundation for the Arts, Pageant, Snug Harbor, UCross Foundation, and University Settlement. Most recently, she’s performed in work by Kim Brandt, Jesi Cook, Ayano Elson, Deborah Hay, evan ray suzuki, and Alexa West. She is on the teaching faculty at Movement Research and Pageant, and rarely/sometimes teaches Comedy Pilates.

Sondra Loring is a queer movement artist, educator, and steward of a small botanical, bird, and fox sanctuary near Hudson, New York. She is drawn to the unruly, the mystical, and the poetic—to dirt, rewilding, and the daily practice of listening through the body. Loring danced with numerous companies in New York City, including those of Laura Dean, Neil Greenberg, Donna Uchizono, and David Rousseve, and received a Bessie Award for her work as a dancer, writer, and improviser. Her choreography has been presented at BAM, Danspace Project, DIA, and PS122, and internationally in Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela. She co-founded the Improvisation Festival/NY and the underground dance journal JUICE. Her latest project, Witness—about teaching dance to men in prison—was recently filmed by Skidmore College and will be developed into a documentary. She is also the director of Sadhana Center for Yoga and MovingPotential, bringing yoga, meditation, and creative practices into local jails, prisons, and recovery centers.

Stephen Petronio is known for his boundary-pushing innovation in dance. His unmistakable language challenges traditional notions of movement and explores themes of sexuality, gender, and identity. A graduate of Hampshire College, he founded Stephen Petronio Company in 1984, touring and performing throughout the world, and famed for its bold and visually stunning performances in collaboration with some of the most innovative composers, visual artists, and fashion designers of our time. These collaborators include Cindy Sherman, Anish Kapoor, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, and Narciso Rodriquez, to name a few.

Born and bred in New York City, Alex Tatarsky is currently touring Sad Boys in Harpy Land, their falling apart gesamtkunstwerk about wanting to die, and Dirt Trip, a decomposing performance-lecture on fear of compost and fear of clowns. Their work has been presented at Abrons Arts Center, Judson Church, The Kitchen, MCA, MoMA PS1, PS21, Playwrights Horizons, Under the Radar, Walker Art Center, and as part of the Whitney Biennial, as well as in many bars and basements.

Fabio Tavares is a Brazilian artist who has been obsessed all his life with the human body in action. He began as a competitive gymnast before joining the circus at age 15. Since moving to NYC in 1999, he has collaborated with artists and companies including Yvonne Meyer, chameckilerner, Miguel Gutierrez, Fischerspooner, Noemie Lafrance, Luis Lara Malvacías, Jon Kinzel, Circus Amok, John Heginbotham, Laurie Anderson, The Dazzle Dancers, Stanley Love, Anne Bogart, and the SITI Company. He performed with Elizabeth Streb and her extreme-action company for 14 years, serving as associate artistic director for a decade. His one-man show, The Ex-Body, has toured internationally since 2010. Tavares is an AmSAT certified Alexander Technique teacher, a certified Klein Technique™ teacher, and a Certified Zero Balancing practitioner. He currently teaches at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and The Juilliard School.

Special thanks to the Jacki Apple Fund and to the many generous supporters.