Saturday and Sunday | May 18+19 | 5pm
$20 suggested donation
Kestrels | 188 6th st, Gowanus BK
AND WE ARE: having met in 2013-ish as Chez Bushwick AIRS. Little did we know then that we were simultaneously beginning new ways to make work and honor the dances that lived inside our bodies. And now we are here, turned around so much that we found each other 10 years down the road. We have deepened and returned to our dances in ways that fit who we are now.
AND THIS IS: Mariana reinterprets a dance that she made a decade ago. She upholds the improvisatory and lyrical qualities of the work, two essential elements of her research since. Within her current—older yet newer—body, she’s chasing after the remnants of something that’s aged well over time. MEANWHILE: Katie re-works a solo made in 2022 newly titled We Must Take the Canoe. She wades deep into historical fantastical scenarios, American myths of pioneering and conquest, personal and imagined anecdotes to construct a self; one that separates and merges, is contained and spilling all over the place.
Tuesdays and Thursdays in May and June
10:15-12:00 | $16
In “today’s dance” class we will explore everyday movement through experimentation. We will warm up and use simple movement scores in self-exploratory ways. Our work together will be inclusive of skill level, experience and individual range, so come as you are—we are all able to contribute here. Expect to move together and in solos, experimentation and the willingness to “yes, and” through movement is a must. All experience levels are welcome as we find today’s dance through collaboration, patience, self-love, and openness.