Kinesis Project dance theatre is a large-scale outdoor dance company - through a CUNY Dance Residency on the rooftop terrace of John Jay College the company continued to develop In Persistence of Memory - adding an amazing finale collaboration between choreographer Melissa Riker, costume designer Asa B. Thornton and material artist Celeste Cooning. Kinesis Project dance theater has been called “a moveable feast, in more ways than one” by critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa Performers: Zachary Denision Michelle Amara Micca Lonnie Stanton Cassandra Cotta Zoe Allocco Kristina Dobosz Marion Spencer Rebecca Lubart Sarah Chein Hannah Jean Lillevoy Music by Felipe Fournier with Kate Jaworski Dan Martinez on bass and Greg Diamond on guitar. **** This performance was made possible by a matching grant from John C. Robinson in collaboration with The Bowick Family Trust, Melissa Graule & Anne Marie Saldejeno, and Laura Seaver & Tom Grenon. Kinesis Project dance theatre's residency at John Jay College is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), which is supported by The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. CDI is spearheaded and administered by The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. IN PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY originated as a commission by Adelphi University's Ephemeral Festival.

CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College in collaboration with Kinesis Project dance theatre present: IN PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Kinesis Project dance theatre John Jay College Rooftop Plaza, 860 11th Avenue, NYC July 27 and 28, 2016 at 7pm Choreography by Melissa Riker in constant collaboration with the dancers ABOUT THE WORK: In Persistence of Memory utilizes beautiful, fierce, expansive, playful and gestural movement to pursue the imperfection of memory. Through the choreography of bodies, image, space and sound, the dance unfolds and enfolds the audience. In July, 2016, the work was seen on a rooftop terrace as a full evening experience with live music, vibrant costumes by designer Asa Thornton and hundreds of yards of fabric cut by Seattle based visual artist Celeste Cooning. Kinesis Project dance theatre is a large-scale outdoor dance company - through a CUNY Dance Residency on the rooftop terrace of John Jay College the company continued to develop In Persistence of Memory - developing movement, story and adding an amazing finale collaboration. ****** Kinesis Project dance theater has been called “a moveable feast, in more ways than one” by critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa Performers: Zachary Denision Michelle Amara Micca Lonnie Stanton Cassandra Cotta Zoe Allocco Kristina Dobosz Marion Spencer Rebecca Lubart Sarah Chein Hannah Jean Lillevoy Music by Felipe Fournier with Kate Jaworski Dan Martinez on bass and Greg Diamond on guitar. **** This performance was made possible by a matching grant from John C. Robinson in collaboration with The Bowick Family Trust, Melissa Graule & Anne Marie Saldejeno, and Laura Seaver & Tom Grenon. Kinesis Project dance theatre's residency at John Jay College is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), which is supported by The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. CDI is spearheaded and administered by The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. IN PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY originated as a commission by Adelphi University's Ephemeral Festival.