"Assembly" by Tommy Noonan

Dance Project

Assembly: a Performance-Practice on Land, Body, and Capital

Greensboro Project Space

NC Dance Festival 2022 Season

Join the NC Dance Festival for up-close and personal experiences with dance around the state. Celebrate the talent and passion of NC's dance artists!

One of the 2019 NCDF Trailblazer Awardees, Tommy Noonan of Culture Mill, presents the US premiere of “Assembly.” “Assembly” derives from Noonan's work with NC-based artists, activists and Restorative Justice specialists, and exists in ongoing conversation with 5 other socially engaged dance artists from 5 other countries around the world, all tied together by a single performance score from Norwegian/Israeli Artist/Activist Mia Habib. As a hybrid installation, performance and social practice, “Assembly” invites audiences to consider the land where they gather: all that is not named in the past, all that might come to pass in the future, and all the ways in which distributive power exists differently in each present moment when bodies assemble.

Assembly is produced by Mia Habib Productions and by Culture Mill. Additional co-producers include: Dance Project NC, Dansens Hus (no), Black Box (no), RAS (no), Tou scene (no), DansiT (no) Rosendal teater (no), BIT Teatergarasjen (no) and Supported by The Norwegian Arts Council and Nordic Culture Fund – Globus Opstart. It is a response to the score: How to. A score , created by Mia Habib in collaboration with Janne-Camilla Lyster and produced by Mia Habib Productions, Norway, with guidance from Chrysa Parkinson. Additional co-producers include: Dansens Hus (no), Black Box (no), RAS (no), Tou scene (no), DansiT (no) Rosendal teater (no), BIT Teatergarasjen (no) and Supported by The Norwegian Arts Council and Nordic Culture Fund – Globus Opstart.

Accessibility/Safety details:Accessible parking spaces are available along Elm St or in nearby parking decks. Greene St. and Davie St. Parking decks are closest. Ramp is available from the front door of the gallery into the first gallery space. Ramp access through an adjacent hallway allows travel between galleries and access to accessible restrooms. The performance does include speech. ASL interpretation may be available upon request. Please request as early as possible. Seating is moveable and can accommodate wheelchairs and other mobility devices. Printed performance details are available in large-print or digitally. Please contact Anne at 336-370-6776 for information about any additional accessibility questions or accommodations.COVID safety: The performance space is very intimate, without room to distance from other viewers. Therefore, masks will be required for the audience. Performer will not be masked but will have negative covid test prior to performance, and air purifier will be running in the performance space.