Promo Video: Jane Comfort - 40th Anniversary Retrospective

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Jane Comfort and Company will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a retrospective concert in April 2018 here at La MaMa. Over 23 former and current company members will perform excerpts of seminal works ranging from 1978 to 2018, including the gender and race reversed Clarence Thomas hearings from S/He, scenes from the Bessie award winning Underground River, ‘The Glass Menagerie’ based Faith Healing, the spoken word opera Asphalt, created with Carl Hancock Rux and Toshi Reagon, and many others.
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La MaMa presents

Jane Comfort: 
40th Anniversary 
Retrospective

Choreographed by Jane Comfort
Presented in association with Lumberyard

Jane Comfort and Company celebrates 40 years of making dance with an Anniversary Retrospective concert. Twenty-three former and current company members gather to recreate excerpts of works spanning from 1978 to 2018, including such favorites as the provocative take on the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings from S/He, scenes from the Bessie award-winning Underground River, archival videos and much more. 

This performance contains brief nudity.

Jane Comfort: Artistic Director
Joe Levasseur: Lighting Design
Lianne Arnold: Video Design
Alexandra Nikolchev and Sean Donovan: Documentary Video
Liz Prince: Costume Design

April 5, 2018 - April 8, 2018
Benefit Performance: Thursday April 5th: Tickets $200
Regular Tickets (April 6-8): $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

The Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE