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Private Dances: Lotto Royale Offers a ‘Door to an Experience’ Private Dances: Lotto Royale Offers a ‘Door to an Experience’
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“Can I fall in love with a stranger?” the dance artist Lauren Bakst said. “Could a stranger fall in love with me? Will I be rejected? Will we be disappointed?”“Can I fall in love with a stranger?” the dance artist Lauren Bakst said. “Could a stranger fall in love with me? Will I be rejected? Will we be disappointed?”
It’s hard to know what will happen at Lotto Royale, a two-day presentation of one-on-one performances, but it does bring out the nerves. It’s like a blind date: Audience members reserve a time slot and are paired with dance artists through a lottery system. “Maybe we don’t want each other,” Bakst said. “But what can we do together? As I’ve been working, that’s what’s kept my attention.”It’s hard to know what will happen at Lotto Royale, a two-day presentation of one-on-one performances, but it does bring out the nerves. It’s like a blind date: Audience members reserve a time slot and are paired with dance artists through a lottery system. “Maybe we don’t want each other,” Bakst said. “But what can we do together? As I’ve been working, that’s what’s kept my attention.”
This weekend, 17 dance artists — including Amelia Bande, Mayfield Brooks, Moriah Evans, Jennifer Monson, Elliot Reed, Alex Rodabaugh and Anh Vo — will each present six private performances over two days as part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s River to River Festival. This is the second edition of Lotto Royale, which was first presented in Berlin; the format was conceived by Camila Malenchini, a dancer and curator, in collaboration with the choreographer Layton Lachman and the collective T.E.N.T.This weekend, 17 dance artists — including Amelia Bande, Mayfield Brooks, Moriah Evans, Jennifer Monson, Elliot Reed, Alex Rodabaugh and Anh Vo — will each present six private performances over two days as part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s River to River Festival. This is the second edition of Lotto Royale, which was first presented in Berlin; the format was conceived by Camila Malenchini, a dancer and curator, in collaboration with the choreographer Layton Lachman and the collective T.E.N.T.
The very nature of Lotto Royale addresses the notion of value; some of the artists are well known, while others are less established. “It doesn’t matter who it is,” Malenchini said in an interview on Zoom. “It’s the work of someone, and it’s a door to an experience.”
To participate, audience members reserve a timed ticket and meet their artist at the South Street Seaport Museum before traveling to a nearby spot — indoor or outdoor — where each performance becomes an odd mix of private and public. The same was true in Berlin, said John Hoobyar, a New York dancer turned producer, who attended as an audience member.