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"Dress" (at Dance Theater Workshop, June 2010. 7-minute video) After being awarded a 3 month workshop & rehearsal grant at Farspace through The Field, Nemec developed this silent (but for the sound of the "Dress") Butoh performance of a strange and unidentified female character.
"F-Word" (at Dance Theater Workshop, December 2009. In progress) In this performance, a voice over reads from Simone de Bouvoir's "Second Sex" as Nemec explores thru Butoh Movement, our Feminist transformations.
"Tin Not Gold" Performed at SoHo 20 Gallery Benefit, Oct. 20, 2009. (Vernita confronts tin foil.)Ghost Traveler II. "In this performance artwork, Nemec's version of Butoh movement & monologue both inspires and responds to the live guitar sounds of Sean Carolan and the dance of Nicole Lee representing Nemec's more youthful self."
"Ghost Traveler I" was a performance first presented at the reception for an exhibit of photographs by Masayo Nishimura titled "Uptown Bound" at Ceres Gallery in Chelsea in March of 2009.Click to see video excerpt (3 minute, WMV format) YouTube 5 minute excerpt
Video excerpt to be uploaded.
Also, an improvisational performance called “Channeling Building” at the Maritime Building as part of David Byrne's Organ Installation in August of 2008. Billed as an “interactive installation” I presented a Guerrilla Butoh performance and interacted with other performers as well as the on-lookers.
