Tonight is opening night for Puppy-Skills at P.S. 122, Sally Silvers’ 25th Anniversary season.

It promises to be a very special evening featuring: Oven Rack (premiere), a solo for Silvers to the music of Iris DeMent; Puppy- Skills (premiere), a sextet with the incredible dancing of Vicky Shick, Paige Martin, Julie Atlas Muz, Jamie Di Mare, Marion Ramirez and Liz Filbrun; an Improvisation with Pooh Kaye, Cydney Wilkes, a different musician each night and “wearable art” sculptor Anne Katrin Grotepass; Flap (1989), a wild splash of extremist on-the-brink movement performed by Carolyn Hall; Rupt (2005), with a cast of 6, the latest in Silvers’ brain-tingling series; “Live Choreography,” making work on the spot with different guest dancers each night and a set design by Yumi Kori. Live original music by Bruce Andrews with Michael Schumacher, lights by David Fritz and costumes by Elizabeth Hope Clancy.

The schedule of guest musicians is as follows:

Thursday – Shelley Hirsch
Friday – Marty Ehrlich
Saturday at 5pm – Jim Staley
Saturday at 8pm – John Zorn
Sunday – Tyshawn Sorey

Puppy-Skills performs on the following schedule:

November 17-20
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
$20/$15 student/seniors ($10 Members)