Registration opens July 2
SATURDAY, JULY 10 @ 6 PM
Photo by Ian Douglas
Lawn Dances is the first annual dance festival at Southampton Arts Center presenting contemporary New York-based choreographers who are invited to re-imagine their work on an outdoor stage situated on the lawn. Two shared bills will present the work Baye & Asa, Jasmine Hearn, Kayla Farrish, Jodi Melnick, Loni Landon and Christopher Williams. The series provides a platform for fresh unique voices and connects them to new audiences in the East End. Lawn Dances is curated and programmed by choreographer Loni Landon and performance producer Sasha Okshteyn.
The series provides a platform for fresh unique voices and connects them to new audiences in the East End. Lawn Dances is curated and programmed by choreographer Loni Landon and performance producer Sasha Okshteyn.
Choreographer Jasmine Hearn.
Shared Bill: Jasmine Hearn, Jodi Melnick, Loni Landon
The Way Color Set Upon Your Shoulders
Choreography/Performer: Jasmine Hearn
Garments by Athena Kokoronis of Domestic Performance Agency
A solo response that asks, "If god left the lights on and mama said I was clean and a monster had been made and the blue rib came loose in the cage, then how am I here?". Sourcing a rolodex of memories and feelings, Jasmine shares a dance that lives in four places at once.
Lily of the Valley
Choreography/performer: Jodi Melnick
Head dress: Jon Kinzel
An assemblage of speculative, finely carved, muddled, crystal clear, and awkward movement poems, paired with the experience of being poisoned.
Before IS Over
Choreography: Loni Landon
Performers: Gregory Lau, Nicole von Arx, David Flores, Dorchel Haqq, Chantell Good
This new work features five dancers navigating a spectrum of paradigm shifts through a journey of self realization, loss, and growth, individually and within a group. This work was started pre-pandemic and finished afterward when life was opening back up. This work deeply reflects the narrative of each person mentally, physically and spiritually during a time of reflection and stillness.
