BUILDING COMMUNITIES, SUSTAINING ARTISTS
DANCING THROUGH THE BRONX (AUGUST 2015, 2015)
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2015
Ritual Dance by Arthur Avilés / Owen Dolen Park
Photo: Ellen Crane Photography
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2014
Planned Surprises by Toni Renee Johnson / Hayden Lord Park
Photo: Ricardo Muniz
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2015
Rock, Thumb, Up, 10 by Monifa Kincaid / Hayden Lord Park
Photo: Ricardo Nelson
Dancing Through The Bronx was a travelling festival of free, public site-specific dance in parks and green spaces around the Bronx. For two summers, Dancing Through The Bronx highlighted various green spaces around the Bronx with dance created for those spaces by Bronx-based choreographers.
AUGUST 2015
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2015
Life Among Rocks by Shizu Homma / Hayden Lord Park
Photo: Ricardo Nelson
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2015
Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3 by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones / Hayden Lord Park
Photo: Ricardo Nelson
DANCING THROUGH THE BRONX
August 21 & 23, 2015
Artistic Advisor: Joanna Haigood
Dancing Through The Bronx featured choreography by Arthur Avilés, Marsi Burns, Shizu Homma, Monifa Kincaid, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, and David Thomson. Taking place over the span of two days in Owen Dolen Park and Hayden Lord Park, each choreographer used skills honed in a Site-Specific Incubator with Joanna Haigood to create a dance work highlighting the unique features of each space.
Owen Dolen Park / Friday, August 21st, 6 pm
Ritual Dance by Arthur Avilés
short stories by David Thomson
Presented in partnership with BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance and Westchester Square BID
Hayden Lord Park / Sunday, August 23rd, 3 pm
MOUNT Hayden Lord by Marsi Burns
Life Among Rocks by Shizu Homma
Rock, Thumb, Up, 10 by Monifa Kincaid
Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3 by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Presented in partnership with the Bronx Pro Group
AUGUST 2014
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2014
Ritual Dance by Arthur Aviles / Owen Dolen Park
Photo: Ricardo Muniz
Dancing Through The Bronx, 2014
Urban Camouflage by James "Cricket Colter / Wave Hill
Photo: Ricardo Muniz
DANCING THROUGH THE BRONX
August 13, 14 & 16, 2014
Dancing Through The Bronx featured site-adaptive performances by choreographers Larry Keigwin and James "Cricket" Colter, and site-specific performances by Bronx-based choreographers Ni'Ja Whitson Adebanjo, Arthur Avilés, and Toni Renee Johnson. Taking place over the course of a week at Wave Hill, Hayden Lord Park and Owen Dolen Park, each performance featured choreography by Larry Keigwin and James "Cricket" Colter adapted to the unique space and features of each park, as well as a dance choreographed specifically for each space by one Bronx-based choreographer.
Wave Hill / Wednesday, August 13th, 6:30 pm
Urban Camouflage by James "Cricket" Colter
Of Quieting Consequence by Ni'Ja Whitson Adebanjo
Stairs & Doors by Larry Keigwin*
Presented in partnership with Wave Hill
Hayden Lord Park / Thursday, August 14th, 4:30 pm
Urban Camouflage by James "Cricket" Colter
Planned Surprises by Toni Renee Johnson
Stairs & Doors by Larry Keigwin*
Presented in partnership with the Bronx Pro Group
Owen Dolen Park / Saturday, August 16th, 2:00 pm
Stairs & Doors by Larry Keigwin*
Ritual Dance by Arthur Avilés
Urban Camouflage by James "Cricket" Colter
Presented in partnership with BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance and Westchester Square BID
*Each iteration of Stairs & Doors was choreographed and performed in collaboration with community members from each site as a part of Larry Keigwin's Let's Make a Dance workshop.
