Julio Torres, Anne Imhof, and Serpentwithfeet Bring Performa to Broadway
Performa celebrated its 20th anniversary on Wednesday night at Town Hall in New York with a variety show featuring over 50 artists. The lineup included Yvonne Rainer’s "Chair/Pillow, 1969/2026," Lonnie Holley with Shahzad Ismaily, Marcel Dzama’s "Moth Dance," Laurie Simmons and Michael Rohatyn’s "Music of Regret," a performance of Mary Lou Williams’s "A Fungus Amungus" directed by Solange Knowles and Carlos Soto, and a closing act by Alexa West. Julio Torres delivered a comedic meditation with a Diet Coke can, and the evening drew a crowd of artists, musicians, and curators, including Solange Knowles, Alia Shawkat, and others. After the show, an afterparty took place at the premiere of "MUTTER: The Diary of a Mother."