LAWN DANCES

07/11/2021 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM ET

Summary

Southampton Arts Center presents
LAWN DANCES
in partnership with NYPopsUp

Programmed by Loni Landon and Sasha Okshteyn

Outdoor Dance Festival

Description

Registration opens July 2

SUNDAY, JULY 11 @ 5 PM

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. 

Choreographer Jasmine Hearn.

Shared Bill: Baye & Asa, Kayla Farrish, Christopher Williams
 
John 4:20
Choreography/performers: Baye & Asa
 
An interrogation of our shared history - a physical exploration of our identities as New Yorker, Jew, Black youth, male dancer. Through the personal dynamics of our relationship we address the larger political landscape of our upbringing. John 4:20 captures our relationship as brothers & collaborators working through these ideas, struggling to show a reality of violence while communicating a necessity for empathy.
 
Excerpts from Love Suites and Axis
Choreography/Performer: Kayla Farrish
 
This weekend's works are inspired by whimsical and visceral film improvisations of Kayla happening as an unfolding story. In Axis, she is moved across space witnessing the inside of her home as she reacts to changes, and Love Suites gives her the space to swoon. The work plays with the hybrid of dance theater, film, and narrative.
 
Janet
Choreography: Christopher Williams
Performers: Janet Charleston, Mac Twining, Cemiyon Barber, Aaron Loux, & Logan Pedon
Music: “To the Evening Child” by Stephan Micus (1992)
Costumes: Ciera Wells
 
Janet was originally made especially for seasoned dancer Janet Charleston to be performed in Douglas Dunn’s loft studio at 541 Broadway. The piece, inspired by the Scottish faerie legend of Tam Lin, explores traditional themes of the “mythic hero’s journey” from a contemporary feminine perspective.
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