Bronx Museum of the Arts presents Alice Farley Dance Theater
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‘Conversations With Monsters’, Experiments in Puppetry and Dance (with a talk by Alice Farley),
commissioned by the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Photo courtesy of the Alice Farley Dance Studio.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
will present a commissioned work
by the unique Alice Farley Dance
Theater on Friday, June 28, 6 p.m. at
the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040
Grand Concourse (at 165th Steret).
Farley will premiere “Conversations
with Monsters” (Experiments
in Puppetry and Dance), featuring
amazing fanciful costumes and performers
who specialize in stiltwalking,
street dance, and more.
The new creation is inspired by
the work of Oskar Schlemmer, Jean
Benoit and Mask Dance traditions
from non-western cultures.
Free Admission.
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Upcoming Wave Hill events and
programs include:
Saturday, June 29; Sunday, June
30: Family Art Project: Nature Reshaping
and Wild Adaptation: As
humanity continues to reshape the
world around itself, what will other
life on this planet come to look like?
With exhibiting artist Geoffrey
Owen Miller, create art inspired by
his work in Wave Hill’s Sun Porch
and envision dreams of future nature.
Create papercraft sculptures of
plants and animals of your imagination
based on adaptations that will be
important to the future. Free, and admission
to the grounds is free until
noon.
Saturday, June 29: Gallery Tour:
Tour Glyndor Gallery with Wave
Hill’s Curatorial Fellow or Gallery
Greeter to get an insider’s view of
current exhibitions. The exhibition
Here We Land features three former
Winter Workspace artists, Camille
Hoffman, Maria Hupfi eld and Sara
Jimenez, who return to explore narratives
about contested space that
draw on personal and cultural touch
points in their immersive installations.
In the Sunroom, Amir Hariri
creates sculptural installations constructed
of wood, brick and other
building materials—along with a
wall drawing—that connect to his
architectural research to the Bronx
and Wave Hill. In the Sun Porch,
Geoffrey Owen Miller suspends
transparent, upside down sculptures
of fl ora and fauna—inspired by Wave
Hill—from the ceiling over sheets
of black-mirrored glass. Visitors see
prismatic refl ections of the hanging
plants and animals in upright positions
in the glass. Free with admission
to the grounds. Glyndor Gallery,
2 p.m.
Sunday, June 30: Yoga in the Garden:
On Sundays through July, enjoy
the gardens as the setting for
your yoga practice as your fi nd your
breath and become connected to the
landscape. Classes are led by certifi
ed Yoga Haven instructors. All levels
welcome. Please bring a mat and
be on time. This class is rain or shine;
the rain location is Glyndor Gallery.
$25; Wave Hill Members save 10%.
Registration suggested, online.
On the grounds, 9:30 ot 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, June 30: Rosy Sunday
Wellness: Rose Water Spritz Station:
Stop by our spritz station to sample
scents from the Rosaceae (Rose) family.
Learn about the medicinal qualities
of roses and mix your own rose
water spritz to use cosmetically or
around the house. Ages eight and
older welcome with an adult. $10 materials
fee. Rosy Sunday event. On
the grounds, 11a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, June 30: Garden Walk:
The Rose Garden: To misquote Shakespeare,
that which we call a rose…
could be a lady’s mantle (Alchemilla
mollis), a pearlbush (Exochorda
racemosa) or even a California holly
(Heteromeles arbutifolia). Discover
the amazing diversity of the rose
(Rosaceae) family on a gentle stroll
through the garden with Senior Horticultural
Interpreter Charles Day.
Free with admission to the grounds.
Rosy Sunday event. Meet at Perkins
Visitor Center, noon.
Sunday, June 30: Rosy Sunday
Cooking Demo: Stop and Eat the
Roses:
Roses are beautiful and fragrant,
but did you know that they are also
edible? Both rose petals and rose water
are common ingredients in Persian,
Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine.
Learn how to incorporate the
aromatic fl avor of roses into your
summer recipes and sample rosy
baked goods and a beverage prepared
by a talented chef from Great Performances.
Go home with tasty recipes
and a new appreciation for this noble
fl ower! Free with admission to the
grounds. Rosy Sunday event. Wave
Hill House, 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 30: Garden Highlights
Walk: Join a Wave Hill Garden
guide for a public tour of seasonal
garden highlights. Free with admission
to the grounds. Meet at Perkins
Visitor Center, 2 p.m.
Wave Hill is located at 675 West
252nd Street. For further information
call (718) 549-3200.
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