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elements of choreographic language, breaking down
systems of movement to introduce them within a
historical and institutional context. Linder’s Shelf Life
ADAM LINDER: is a newly imagined work for six dancers. With each
performance, the dancers enact three concepts: the
SHELF LIFE Barre, the Blood, and the Brain. For Linder, these three

The Museum of Modern Art elements form a kind of nervous system for dance: the
Barre is where dance happens, the Blood propels it, and
the Brain controls it. In Shelf Life, the performers embody
the three “organs” of this choreographic body using
For the first commission in the Marie-Josée and Henry a variety of movements and props. The title Shelf Life
Kravis Studio on February 1, 2020, MoMA presents two alludes to the finite physical resources expended by the
separate solo exhibitions that will occupy the same dancer’s body and how the virtuosity and temporarily of
space: choreographer Adam Linder’s performance Shelf performance is defined within the museum context.
Life and artist Shahryar Nashat’s installation Force Life.
The exhibitions will alternate every hour throughout Adam Linder: Shelf Life is commissioned by The Museum
the day so that only one is on view at a given time. The of Modern Art, New York. It is organized at MoMA by
exhibitions run through March 8, 2020. The Lonti Ebers Chief Curator of Media and Performance
Stuart Comer, and Ana Janevski, Curator, with Giampaolo
Los Angeles–based choreographer and performer Adam Bianconi, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media
Linder (b. 1983, Sydney) works across theatrical and and Performance Art, and produced by Lizzie Gorfaine,
gallery settings, engaging with questions of duration Performance Producer, with Ginny Benson, Assistant
and presentation. Many of his works focus on existing Performance Coordinator.

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