Dance Out!
Date: Wednesday, July 16th - 20th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: East River Park (East River and E Houston St.) directions
Cost: Free
Starting today and continuing through the weekend, The Joyce Theatre presents Dance Out!; three distinct, free, outdoor performances in the park. This evening is the kickoff where you can catch all three performances (Dans le Jardin, Transports Exceptionnels and Contigo) together on the East River before they begin their tour of the boroughs. More on each piece below. All Ages.
Dans le Jardin, an improvised dance created and performed by the Netherlands-based choreographer Michael Schumacher, is set to live music performed by cellist and composer Alex Waterman. Using the park as a backdrop and inspiration for his performance, Schumacher dances around and with his surroundings. Partnering with a statue, moving gracefully under a tree or exploding across the grass; the park, music and audience play equal parts as inspiration and observers for this improvisational piece.
Transports Exceptionnels, by Compagnie Beau Geste, is a unique and whimsical outdoor duet for one man and an excavator. Choreographed by Dominique Boivin and accompanied by the dramatic voice of Maria Callas, the dancer Phillippe Priasso meets, greets, and embraces a moving excavator; transforming the construction site into a stage, street into playground, and dance into a tentative balance between nature, man, and machine.
Contigo is a solo work combining acrobatics and dance by Portuguese choreographer Rui Horta and Joao P. Pereira Dos Santos, an accomplished acrobat and master of the Chinese pole. In this awe-inspiring piece that defies gravity, Dos Santos traverses a 20 foot vertical pole, flipping and spinning with brut strength and drilled precision.
Thursday, July 17:
* Contigo at East River Park (MN) at 7 pm
* Transports Exceptionnels at Coney Island Beach at the Parachute Jump (BK) at 4 pm and 7 pm
* Dans le Jardin at Cuyler Gore Park (BK) at 1 pm and 7 pm
Friday, July 18:
* Contigo at South Oxford Park (BK) at 7 pm
* Transports Exceptionnels at Socrates Sculpture Park (QU) at 1 pm and 7 pm
* Dans le Jardin at Pinocchio Park (SI) at 1 pm and 4 pm
Saturday, July 19:
* Contigo at South Oxford Park (BK) at 7 pm
* Transports Exceptionnels at St. Mary’s Park (BX) at 1 pm, 5 pm, and 7 pm
* Dans le Jardin at St. Mary’s Park (BX) at 4 pm and 6 pm
Sunday, July 20:
* Contigo at South Oxford Park (BK) at 7 pm
* Transports Exceptionnels at South Beach Boardwalk (SI) at 1 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm
* Dans le Jardin at Queensbridge Park (QU) at 4 pm and 7 pm
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