EDGE/Zak serial conversations continue tonight!

Off the EDGE contains a multitude of events (PDF calendar) across the Atlanta area: movement-based performances, peer learning sessions with world-renowned contemporary artists, and panel discussions.

These pockets (zak is Dutch for pocket) of conversation bring artmakers together to invigorate and refresh our perspectives on the places where we create.

At the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center tonight (7pm) you will hear the contemporary chamber music ensemble, Bent Frequency, performing followed by a panel discussion. You can read about it at Creative Loafing here.

Rina Schenfeld in Atlanta for Off the EDGE

Rina Schenfeld photo by Gadi Dagon (2009)

The legendary Rina Schenfeld is here in Atlanta this week for the Off the EDGE events (PDF calendar) and we’re so excited!

She has a busy week: she’s been in residency at Kennesaw State University with their Dance students, last night she gave an intimate talk about her career with Cynthia Bond Perry at Emory University, and this Sunday she will perform the closing acts at the Goat Farm!

Creative Loafing Gives a Preview of Off the EDGE

Physical Suites on a Theme of Non-Fiction. gloATL (2011)

Andrew Alexander from Creative Loafing has a nice write-up about the Off the EDGE events that will be activating the city this week.

You can read all about it here!

Burnaway Interviews the Rialto About Off the EDGE

Somewhere, There Must Be Order. Casey Lynch (2006)

The fine folks at BURNAWAY have collaborated with AM1690: the Voice of the Arts here in Atlanta to record an interview with Leslie Gordon, Director of the Rialto Center.

You can hear the interview with Leslie by following this link.

Thanks, BURNAWAY!

Zoetic Dance Ensemble [Video]

Atlanta’s arts publics are very responsive to performances beyond the proscenium.

This video, created by IGNI productions features Zoetic Dance Ensemble, one of the partnering dance organizations for Off the EDGE Artist-to-Artist exchange classes with zoe | juniper.

You can learn more about the events that compose Off the EDGE by visiting our calendar (PDF) or selecting from the tabs above.

Atlanta Is a Place

The folks at Proper Medium and FLUX Projects created a fine video that really illustrates the magic that creating in Atlanta can be:

Flux Film 012 | FLUX 2011 from Proper Medium on Vimeo.

Off the EDGE Curator Celebrated

Off the EDGE curator Lauri Stallings has been selected as one of the “20 People To Watch in 2012.”

There is a wonderful article at Creative Loafing where Lauri shares her development and the origins of the gloATL company.

Off the EDGE is a week-long event of contemporary, movement-based art happening January 23-29, 2012 in Atlanta.