May 5, 2006
Dance New Amsterdam

August 18 - 30, 2004
Metro Gilded Balloon
Edinburgh Festival Fringe

April 15, 2003
Joyce SoHo

April 8, 2003
Unusual Beauty Contestants Tour

June 15, 2002
HERE Arts Center

May 13, 2002
Dixon Place

May 11, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dixie FunLee Shulman
917.693.7299
dixiefun@nyc.rr.com

INDULGE YOUR INNER VOYEUR!
COME TO
THE LONELY, POST-MODERN, ARTSY-FARTSY PEEP SHOW
AT THE TRIBECA CINEMAS

The red carpet in front of the Tribeca Cinemas will lead you to a party that seems normal enough at first—food, drinks, a DJ and four video monitors. Walk in further to find two whimsical, inflated stages, each one surrounded by booths. When cued, enter your own private booth and plug in your headphones to see a short performance by a solo artist. You’ll feel like you’re watching TV (in a good way!) Fourteen solo pieces are performed continuously throughout the party, ranging from choreographers to singers to former Cirque du Soleil performers. You choose which pieces to see, and in which order.
Come prepared for a new experience…

The Lonely, Post-Modern, Artsy-Fartsy, Peep Show
Presented by Dixie Fun Dance Theatre
June 24 - 26 (Wednesday – Friday)
Doors open from 8 - 11pm
Tribeca Cinemas
13 Laight Street
Tickets $25
Advance tickets available at www.dixiefundance.com
Bring your own headphones if you can

Photos available upon request

The Lonely, Post-Modern, Artsy-Fartsy, Peep Show artists include the renowned comic choreographer David Parker of The Bang Group; spellbinding performer with unusual themes Karen Bernard; gorgeous former Cirque du Soleil acrobat/contortionist Anna Venizelos; hilarious former Cirque du Soleil clown Ambrose Martos; provocative solo performer/playwright Victoria Libertore; heavenly singer/composer Susan Oetgen; Muffin Character Handshake from Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Rachel Murdy; wacky and bold performance artist Cheryl Harnest; talented actress/singer/Japanese anime voice Eileen Stevens; four fantastic choreographers who have worked with Dixie Fun Dance Theatre for many years—Alberto Denis, Kelly Hayes, Carrie Malernee, Katy Orthwein; and the director of Dixie Fun Dance Theatre, Dixie FunLee Shulman.

This non-typical 1-to-1 performance experience is similar to a peep show (although probably nobody will be naked). Each spectator watches alone and may feel more freedom to react and respond genuinely to what they are experiencing. While removed from the audience through plastic and headphones, each soloist is actually only a few feet away from the dozen spectators--about the same distance between your most comfortable chair and your TV. The intention is to make live performance feel as close as possible to watching television. The overall theme is isolation and loneliness within our global, high-tech, fast-paced, constantly connected and homogenous culture. While this sounds like a heavy topic, most solos contain humor.

The Lonely, Post-Modern, Artsy-Fartsy, Peep Show is supported by Manhattan Community Arts Fund/New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Puffin Foundation. The…Peep Show was also recommended to receive Swing Space through the LMCC. While space was not found, Dixie Fun Dance Theatre acknowledges being accepted twice for such a competitive program.

About Dixie Fun Dance Theatre
Dixie Fun Dance Theatre create dances and performance events that are reminiscent of pop art, political cartoons and expressionist painting all combined and expressed physically. The choreography typically combines outrageousness and humor with serious subject matters. The result is provocative theatre that is entertaining while promoting social and political change. Shulman’s choreographic process begins in the library. Movement is never for movement’s sake only, instead, all of the choreography directly reflects the specific ideas and imagery generated by the research.

Dixie FunLee Shulman created Dixie Fun Dance Theatre in 2000 in New York City. The company has performed at home in many venues including Dance New Amsterdam, Dance Theater Workshop, PS122, Joe's Pub, Symphony Space, Joyce SoHo, Dancenow/NYC Festival, La MaMa, HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, BAX, WAX, BAAD! and BRIC. Shulman has performed The Thinnest Woman Wins at Teatro dell'Elfo in Milan, Teatro Annibal Caro in Civitanova Marche, Italy, at the Gilded Balloon in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Studio 303 in Montreal, Philadelphia Fringe Festival (now Live Arts Festival), Minnesota Fringe Festival, Boulder International Fringe Festival, and Atlanta's First Glance Festival. Dixie Fun Dance Theatre has received funding from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund/New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, as well as the Puffin Foundation, Open Meadows Foundation, Seattle Arts Commission, and the King County Arts Commission.

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