Feb 18 + 19 : PARK

2 WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWINGS OF PARK

As a part of the Dance Theater Workshop Studio Series, two work-in-progress showings of PARK will take place on Thurs and Fri, Feb 18 and 19 at 7:30pm. PARK explores how nature consumes itself to regenerate, and how humans consume and construct it through the creation of parks. This work integrates field research in parks – iconic ones like Yosemite; emergent ones at post-industrial sites like the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island; and neighborhood parks – sites of everyday recreation and leisure as well as home to displaced people. PARK features performance by Abby Block, Rebecca Brooks, Phil Colosi, Rebecca Davis, Ursula Eagly, and Kazu Nakamura; text by poet Jennifer Scappettone; environment/set by architect Seung Jae Lee; music by Sean Meehan and Toshimaru Nakamura. Conceived and directed by Kathy Westwater.

Post-performance discussion moderated by Dan Hurlin on Thurs evening.

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED. Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $5 at the door. Tickets can be reserved in person at the box office or by calling (212) 924-0077. Box office hours are Monday – Friday from 5pm – 9pm and Saturday – Sunday from 12pm – 8pm.

Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street
between 7th and 8th Aves

Thurs & Fri, Feb 18 & 19
7:30 pm


PARK is commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop’s Studio Series Commissioning and Creative Residency Program with support from The Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

This work was begun in summer 2008 at Djerassi Artists’ Residency Program. It is created in part through a residency granted by The Rockbridge Artist Exchange, a program of the CDCT, in Lexington, VA; and through The Field’s Artist Residency program, supported by the Tides Foundation.