Mothering the Tongue
Adam Linder

A solo lecture-performance by one of the most charismatic dance artists working today, Mothering the Tongue inaugurates L’Alliance New York’s newly renovated Skyroom, a workshop space designed for intimate encounters with performance. Fresh off a showcase in Berlin, this new production offers a rare opportunity to experience consummate performer Adam Linder engaged in his choreographic process, embodying what he calls “writing in real-time.” Weaving together theoretical, cultural and personal reflections, Linder invites audiences into an inner world of spontaneous invention and sublime musicality, propelled by everything from visual image to a variety of music from Bach to Sinéad O’Connor.

Mothering the Tongue is made possible with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Adam Linder:

Adam Linder is a choreographer working in Los Angeles and Berlin. His practice relies on carefully crafted dance vocabularies to probe how choreography relates to desire, value, technology, and collective psyche. He has presented solo and two-person exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (2023), the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York (2020), and South London Gallery (2018), among others. In 2018, San Francisco’s Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presented Adam Linder: FULL SERVICE, which travelled to Mudam Luxembourg. His stage works have been presented at the theaters Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin and Kampnagel in Hamburg. He was awarded the Mohn Prize for artistic excellence by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Currently he is working on a new work for Danish Dance Theatre, Copenhagen which will be presented in 2024.

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