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UPCOMING: December 13 / 8pm Catch 33 / Curated by Jeff Larson and Andrew Dinwiddie Starr Space / 108-110 Starr Street / Brooklyn, NY (Bushwick) ...with other performances by Hannah Heller, Julianna May, MGM Grand, Nellie Tinder, Noopur Singha November 15 Performance at Jajo Gallery, Newark, NJ (during Mutiformity, an exhibition exploring mutilation and disease through art) / This all-day performance event is curated by Jill McDermid, Director of Grace Space. November 22 Event Center, BedStuy, Brooklyn "i believe in you" is a performer-driven, dance curation project that is four consecutive evenings of 3-hour events. More info at www.auntsisdance.com Nov 13 - Dec 1 Photos from Are you going to sweat on my face, again?, 2007 on view at Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University during Dark Room, curated by Joe Ahearn, Carla Aponte, Samia Manuel, and Janine Wallach

Above: (photo by Iris Jaffe) Your Beautiful Grunt Sound: Joel Mellin Performers: Daniel Bainbridge, Mary Cavett, Jessica Cook, Holly Faurot, Kaitie Fitzgerald, Molly Fitzgerald, Sarah H. Paulson, Susie Paulson Video Appearance: Anthony A. Austin Clothing: Linda Fitzgerald Benches: Paul Loebach Text: Molly McDonald Grush Choreography: Susie Paulson

Your Beautiful Grunt It's not your fault that it was your rock I collided with, or your couch, or your life, Mary, that I was living. They call it chance, and I refuse to apologize. Your Beautiful Grunt was developed in the Harold Clurman Center for New Works in Movement and Dance Theatre Artist-in-Residence Program (MAD-AIR), at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Special Thanks: Dennis & Ellen Faurot, Lael & Nancy H. Paulson, Alexandra Wells, Mary Cavett, Billy Stamey, The Stella Adler Community, Lite Brite Neon, Anthony A. Austin and Lake Te-ATA, Spirit Man, Erin Lee Jones, Sergio Almarez, BB, Peter Dobill, Chris Harding and English Kills Art Gallery, and Billy Stamey "We've destroyed ourselves; we don't have time to haul shit Thanks for the rescue." -Holly Faurot & Sarah H. Paulson, August 2008 ************************ Faurot and Paulson have been collaborating for the past six years on work that exists somewhere between the realms of performance art and dance and focuses on movement as a language of basic human interaction, whether it is through a subtle gesture or a theatrical spectacle. The performances relate to voyeurism, shifts in power-positions, and translation through different media. The temporality of installation art, contemporary dance, conceptual art, and video trends are all influences that inform their work. Joel Mellin has composed music for their performances since 2002.