ALEXANDRA BELLER/DANCES
presents

US
A fundraiser to benefit Alexandra Beller/Dances
Join us on election eve for an evening of
political dance, food, drink and fun!


ONE NIGHT ONLY
Monday, November 3, 2008

Click here to see video clip!


100 Grand Street Studios
100 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013


• • 6:30 PM Cocktails •  •

• • 7:00 PM Alexandra Beller Performs us •  •

• • Reception follows us featuring burlesque, food and drinks! •  •

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$20.00 General Admission Performance Ticket

$50.00 Benefit Ticket includes Performance Ticket, Cocktails & Refreshments

$100.00 Benefit Ticket includes Performance Ticket, Cocktails, Refreshments
& $50 Tax Deduction

$150.00 Benefit Ticket includes Performance Ticket, Cocktails, Refreshments
& $100 Tax Deduction

$20.00 - $20 General Admission Ticket $50.00 - $50 BENEFIT US Ticket $100.00 - $100 BENEFIT US Ticket $150.00 - $150 BENEFIT US Ticket Quantity:

Please print your Google Checkout Receipt and bring it with you November 3rd.
It will serve as your ticket and, if eligible, your tax receipt.
Click here to email for help with ticketing services.

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In honor of Election Day, Alexandra Beller/Dances is hosting a One Night Only Benefit Event, featuring Alexandra Beller's solo performance, us. Please join us at 6:30 p.m. for cocktails and stay after the performance for a reception featuring burlesque, food and drinks.

us is choreographed and performed by celebrated dancer Alexandra Beller and directed by HERE Arts Center Artistic Director Kristin Marting. Alexandra Beller's us begins with the premise that patriotism can be an addiction that blinds us to the truth. Like any drug, nationalism can alter the chemistry of the mind, obliterating compassion, consciousness, and curiosity. In a series of duets with anthropomorphized objects (including a mop and an inflatable sex doll) Beller blurs the lines of dance and theater using text, song, virtuosic dance, and original sound design. The work was developed and produced through a residency at HERE Arts Center from 2006-2007.

"Beller makes us rethink the symbols and ideas of patriotism to which we are daily exposed, and calls on us to question our own relationship with the U.S., love, war, bigotry, hate, sex, the French: Beller covers it all with sophistication and a full throttle performance."  
-Carley Petecsh, The Brooklyn Rail (7.2007)