Friday, February 3 at National Sawdust
Doors 7:00PM & Show 8:00PM
Performances by:
LEYA x Omri Drumlevich
Kayla Farrish x Alex MacKinnon
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
LEYA
LEYA, the NYC-based project of harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist/vocalist Adam Markiewicz, utilizes alternate tunings, operatic dream-state vocals, and strange harmonies to create a music language both unique and ancient-feeling. Their work has been presented within a myriad of live and digital contexts across music, media, fashion, and art and has been critically lauded as a paradox of beauty and horror.
Omri Drumlevich
Omri makes his work across the mediums of dance, physical theater and film, and has been a performer in Punchdrunk's Sleep No More since 2018. His most recent ensemble dance work The Art of Walking Away was presented at Suzanne Dellal Center in TLV in 2021 and his last short film Under Your Name was screened at the Perpetuum Mobile dance festival in Brussels, Belgium in 2022. Omri is a former dancer of the renowned Batsheva Dance Company, for which he was rehearsal director in 2021 and performed with them extensively all over the world between 2010-2017. He is a senior Gaga teacher and stages Ohad Naharin's work with dance companies and in schools in the US.
MIXTAPES: a collaboration between Kayla Farrish & Alex MacKinnon
MIXTAPES originally premiered at Triskelion Arts in October 2022, and began by researching the connections, influences, overlaps, and accumulating histories layered between jazz, gospel, soul, and hip-hop. It’s an exploration of cadence, flow, and personality particularly influenced by different characters and eras in the hip-hop tradition. It explores the process of searching for sounds and grooves before settling on an idea. Farrish was enamored by the voice of the MC, their sound scores, and their embodiment. She is interested in the distinct voices and styles of an era, its references, and also how to find her own voice within that.
Kayla Farrish
Kayla Farrish is NY based dancer, choreographer, director, and photographer. She has freelanced with various artists and companies including Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, Kyle Abraham/Abraham. In.Motion, Kate Weare Company, Helen Simoneau Danse, Rashuan Mitchell/Silas Reiner, Aszure Barton and Artists, Madboots Dance, Nicole Von Arx, Danielle Russo Performance Project, Chris Masters Dance Company, Elena Vazintaris/Dance Projects and others.
Alex MacKinnon
A musician first and producer second, MacKinnon draws on sounds from the jazz and gospel traditions and marries ambient and textural layers with wavy drums and deep synthesizers in a search for the perfect loops.
ABOUT THE AGENDA SHOWCASE
Since 2012, Audiofemme has consistently sought to uplift the voices of female and non-binary music writers and to approach music and culture criticism from an intersectional feminist perspective. Audiofemme has expanded these principles with the creation of the AF Agenda Artist Grant in 2020. Through this grant, Audiofemme provides seed funding of $2000 per grantee to interdisciplinary artists and creators, prioritizing BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Grants are awarded to emerging performing artists across disciplines who are seeking seed funding to create new work and build their platform. They take into account the originality of the concept, its impact on community, and the potential for this work to further the artist’s career.
ABOUT THE SHOWCASE: four/four presents were awarded The Agenda Grant in 2021. This showcase enables the grantees to present the work they’ve created through the support of this funding. Devoted to forwarding emerging artists’ work, Audiofemme has partnered with National Sawdust to highlight the merit and untapped talent of our grantees.