Tess Dworman: Carl Soprano
June 10–12, 2021
7:30 pm
In Carl Soprano: The Day I Became a Minimalist, Tess Dworman in collaboration with filmmaker, Daniele Sarti, produces a meta TV show that channel surfs between multiple male antihero personalities. Featuring Dworman performing impersonations that include Sopranos protagonist Tony Soprano, visual artist Carl Andre, and YouTube Italian infomercial personalities, she places herself at the intersection of representation in order to reach a flesh informed understanding of these male characters and the cultures that produced them.
ABOUT
Tess Dworman is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and performer originally from Oak Park, IL. Her most recent works have been presented by PS122 and The Chocolate Factory Theater. She has been an artist in residence at Links Hall; Center for Performance Research; Gibney Dance Center; PS122; and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She currently performs and tours in the work of Juliana F. May. Tess is also a mindfulness meditation teacher and anti-racist organizer. Her multitudes come together and flourish in her choreographic practice. More info at tessdworman.com.
Daniele Sarti is a multidisciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker originally from Traversetolo, Italy. His work has been shown at Wave Hill, Fotografia Europea and Paris Photo among others. As a cinematographer he has worked with directors on various commercial and narrative films. His latest short film collaboration Miniature Chess, was featured in several festivals around the Country. He is currently working on two video installations: RGB studies and Foam.
FUNDING
Carl Soprano is commissioned by the Abrons Arts Center through the Performance AIRspace Residency, which is supported by the Jerome Foundation. The 2020-2021 Season at Abrons Arts Center is supported, in part, by generous grants from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Jerome Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, and other generous Henry Street Settlement funders. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Image credit: Maria Baranova