Nancy Garcia
Nancy Garcia is a choreographer, musician, and performer. Born in Miami, FL in 1978. Lives and works in New York, NY.
GRANTS, COMMISSIONS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Greene Naftali Gallery, curated by Carol Greene, creation and performance commission (September 2006– June 2007)
Bessie Schonberg Laboratory in Composition, Dance Theater Workshop, under the Direction of Donna Uchizono (March –April 2007) Atlantic Center for the Arts, Associate Artist in Residence, Scholarship Recipient (February 2005) Florida International University, VH-100 creation and performance commission, Choreography (November 15, 2003) Tigertail Productions, Artist Access Grant, Attended Harvestworks Digital Media Center MAX/MSP classes with Dafna Naphtali (September 1, 2003) Miami Light Project, Here & Now Artist Commission, creation and performance of Watchers Watching Those Being Watched Watching the Watchers (July 25, 2004) SELECTED DANCE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE HISTORY
2008
12th Annual Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival, Collision Program, San Francisco, CA (July 17-20) Studio Series, Collaboration with Chase Granoff, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (June 5 – 6) Teaching: Workshop, Movement Research Festival 2008, New York, NY (June 3) Collaboration with Thurston Moore, No Fun Fest, Knitting Factory, New York, NY (May 16) International Noise Conference, Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY (April 26) Live Sh*t at the Chocolate Factory, Solo, Brooklyn, NY (April 19) Movement Research at Judson Church, Untitled Dance for Four Dancers and Four Monitors, New York, NY (March 10) Monkeytown, Sculpting Voice Show, Collaboration with Nick Hasty, Brooklyn, NY (January 25) The Young Ones, Group Show, curated by PAIN (Belgium) & Chase Granoff, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (January 14) 2007 Exit Art Gallery, Zoraida Project, In-Progress Showing, Collaboration with Nick Hasty, New York, NY (December 13) Paris London New York West Nile, Collaboration with Nick Hasty (October 23) Greene Naftali Gallery, No Keys (Composed Dance, Music and Wall Drawings) Installation Performance, New York, NY (June 21-23) Movement Research Open Performance at Dance Theater Workshop, No Keys (in-progress), David R. White Studio, New York, NY (May 16) Dance Theater Workshop, Bessie Schönberg Laboratory in Composition Public Showing, No Keys (in-progress), New York, NY (April 27) SXSW Music Festival, Ecstatic Peace and Load Records Showcases, Collaboration with Thurston Moore, C. Spencer Yeh and Pete Nolen, Austin, TX (March 17-18) 2006 Movement Research’s About Town at Dance Theater Workshop, localstwang (choreographed & performed), New York, NY (January 11) Tour of the United Kingdom, with Monotract The Cowley Club, Brighton, UK (December 16) The Fenton, Leeds, UK (December 15) The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle, UK (December 14) 13th Note, Glasgow, UK (December 13) Rose of England, Nottingham, UK (December 12) The Junction, Bristol, UK (December 11) All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival, Nightmare Before Xmas, curated by Thurston Moore, Somerset, UK (December 10) Dixon Place, Body Blend group show, Curated by Isabel Lewis, Untitled work for Four Dancers (choreographed & performed), New York, NY (November 28) Haswellediger Gallery, Flesh Records CD/Audio group show curated by Bozidar Brazda, Collaboration with Aida Ruilova (October 27 – December 2) 2005 Movement Research Festival, "localstwang", Chashama @ 42nd Street, New York, NY (December 18) Exit Art Gallery, "localstwang", La Superette Show, New York, NY (December 17) SOMA Artists Studio, "localstwang", San Francisco (December 9) Art SF, "localstwang", San Francisco (December 4) Million Fishes Gallery, "localstwang", San Francisco (December 3) Judson Church at Dance Theater Workshop, RW by Jean Marie Leary, New York, NY (October 23) 2004 Florida International University, Puksuku Dance Group (Artistic Director, choreographed & performed) Miami, FL (April 16 -17) Miami Light Project, Here & Now series group show, Watchers Watching Those Being Watched Watching the Watchers (March 4-13) 10th Annual International Festival of Electro Acoustic Music, Audio Group Exhibition, "Good Looking Girls With No Sex Drives", Cuba (March 2) 2003 Performance Space 742, Surreal Saturday group show, Miami, FL (August 2) Performance Space 742, Electric Design Disasters multidisciplinary event, "Techshack", Site-specific solo (June 29) Visual Studies Workshop, Init.one Group Show, Collaboration with Carlos Giffoni, Rochester, NY (January 19) 2002 Tour of Japan, with Monotract Johnny, Morioka (August 27) Fumimasa Hori, Koenji, Tokyo (August 25) Big Art, Yokohama (August 24) Club East, Kiyamachi, Kyoto (August 23) N-Mark, Nagoya (August 22) Bears, Osaka (August 21) C.U.E. government funded artist studio, curated by Sunao Ishigami, Kobe (August 20) Shelter, Tokyo (August 19) 2001 Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, Self-produced show, "New Work, New York", New York, NY (December 1-2) Luxx, Hamacher Schmeller, Dance in collaboration with live sound and projections by Carlos Giffoni and Roger Rimada, Brooklyn, NY (August 9) Florida International University, Group Show, "Angle Bar/3" (choreographed & performed) (April 23-24) The Cooler, Dance improvisation, collaboration with Arthur Doyle, New York, NY (March 10) 220 Grand Street Collective, Dance improvisation, collaboration with Arthur Doyle, Brooklyn, NY (March 9) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Stannard, Joseph, "Album Review, Trueno Oscuro", Wire magazine (Issue 282: August 2007)
Masters, Marc, "Album Review, Trueno Oscuro", Pitchfork Media website (May 2007) Nyoukis, Dylan, Interview with Monotract, Bananafish (Issue #18: November 2004) Sokol, Brett, "Summer 2006 in Pop Culture," Ocean Drive Magazine, (Volume 14, No. 8: September 2006) Roe, Tom, "Album Review, Blaggout", Magnet magazine (Issue No. 46: Aug/Sept 2000) SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Monotract, Founding Member (1997 – Current)
www.monotract.com www.myspace.com/monotractxp www.loadrecords.com/bands/monotract.html www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=6 Trueno Oscuro, LP CD & Vinyl, Load Records, 2007 Flesh Records, CD Compilation, Haswellediger, 2006 Xprmntl Lvrs, LP CD, Ecstatic Peace Records, 2006 Live in Japan, Live LP CD, Imvated Records, 2005 Neon Meate of a Octafish: Tribute to Captain Beefheart, Vinyl LP Compilation, Animal World Recordings, 2003 Pagu, LP Vinyl, Public Eyesore Records, 2002 Analogous Indirect, LP Vinyl Compilation, Public Eyesore Records, 2002 Blaggout, LP CD release, Animal World Recordings, 2000 Self-titled, Limited Edition Cassette, White Tapes, 1999 Trafficant, 7 Inch Vinyl, Spy-Fi Records, 1998 EDUCATION
New York University, Masters in Interactive Telecommunications, Tisch School of the Arts, Sept 2006- May 2008
TSOA Merit Scholarship Recipient Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, New York, NY Professional Training Program, Merit Scholarship student, August 2000 – December 2003 Florida International University B.A. in English, Dean’s List ’97-‘00, Spring 2000 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL High School Diploma, Dance Major Link to N. Garcia PRESS KIT hereNick Hasty
Nick Hasty is a musician, researcher, writer, programmer and performer. Born in Atlanta, GA, 1981. Lives and works in NYC.
EDUCATION
New York University, Masters Interactive Telecommunications, Tisch School of the Arts, 2006-2008
Tisch Graduate Scholarship The University of Georgia, B.A. English Literature and Composition, 2000-20004 Magna Cum Laude, Honors in English Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Alpha Chapter of Georgia UGA Honors Program Hope Scholar, 2000-2004 UGA Presidential Scholar, 2001-2004 University of Granada, Spain, Center for Modern Languages, 2003 Intensive Language Program Oxford University, United Kingdom, 2001 Old Testament Theology and Medieval History with Oxford Dons SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2008
Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY, with Nancy Garcia 2007 Exit Art Gallery, Chelsea NYC, December,Zoraida with Nancy Garcia, December 13 ITP Winter Show, Tisch School of the Arts, December, Zoraida: Instruments for Performance, Dec 16-17 The Change You Want to See, Brookyn NY, ask-dubya.com presented for Tactical Media Conference, April 28 ITP Spring Show, Tisch School of the Arts, ask-dubya.com, May 9-10 Paris London New York West Nile, Collaboration with Nancy Garcia, Brooklyn, NY, October 23 2006 Diapason Gallery, NYC, December, "English Was Spoken" with Roy Vanegas, Decenber 14th The 40 Watt, Athens, GA, with Iron Hero, August 8 The Magnetic Field, Brooklyn, NY, with Iron Hero, April 14 The Manhattan Room, Philadelphia, PA, with Iron Hero, April 12 ModernFormations Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, with Iron Hero, April 11 Art Bar, Columbia, SC, with Iron Hero, April 8 The Earl, Atlanta, GA, with Iron Hero, April 7 The BlueBird, Macon, GA, with Iron Hero, April 6 Soul Bar, Augusta, GA, with Iron Hero, April 5 DISCOGRAPHY
Safe as Houses, Iron Hero, CD/Digital Download, Self-Released (US), 2006 & Stagnation Records (Europe), 2007
Pilot in my Head, Iron Hero, CD/Digital Download, Self-Released (US), 2005 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marhall, Brooke, "4 to Watch - Artist You Must Know", Paste Magazine, October 2007
Bruggemeyer, Maik, "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", Rolling Stone Magazine, August 2007, Germany (in German) Gurney, Dave, "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", TinyMixTapes.com Spence, D., "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", IGN.com Bush, Dan, "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", Delusions of Adequacy, August 2007, adequacy.net Woldach, Stefan, "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", Piranha Magazine, August 2007, Germany (in German) AP, "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", Keys Magazine, September 2007, Germany (in German) "Iron Hero - Safe As Houses", Intro Magazine, August 2007, Germany (in German) |