Dance Site-specific dance performances come to western Queens waterfront KINEMATIK Dance Theater presents LIC’s first two-day outdoor site dance festival extravaganza, taking place at four LIC and Astoria waterfront parks and featuring a diverse program of new site-specific dance works by New York’s most sought-after contemporary choreographers. LIC Flea and Food is sponsoring the festival, and there will even be a pre-festival performance at the market on June 24 and 25. In partnership with NYC Parks, NYS Parks and Socrates Sculpture Park, INSITU transforms the western Queens waterfront into one big stage, offering audiences, residents and dance lovers a fresh and exciting way to experience dance in the public spaces of their communities. In one weekend, July 8 and 9 from noon to 7 p.m., 24 distinguished and emerging NYC-based dance companies activate the western Queens waterfront with world premieres of unique, site-specific dances inspired by the natural and urban landscape. The performances take place at Hunters Point South Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Queensbridge Park and Socrates Sculpture Park. Audiences are led through immersive dance performances several times throughout the day, setting up a chain of physical dance interventions at the waterfront. 40 JUNE 2017 I LIC COURIER I www.qns.com LIC community members are invited to move and create together in the three-month community dance workshop (Thursdays and Saturdays, April through July), co-hosted by Jacob A. Riis Settlement at Queensbridge Housing Community. An integral element of INSITU, their performance will be featured as part of the festival on July 8 and 9. INSITU Site-Specific Dance Festival is curated and organized by Svea Schneider and her dance company KINEMATIK Dance Theater. All of the performances and workshops are free and open to the public. The mission of INSITU is to activate public spaces through dance and create community through the arts. It is an initiative to strengthen, bridge and celebrate the diverse communities living along the LIC and Astoria waterfront by using dance as a tool for deeper community engagement. INSITU aspires to make dance accessible, connect with new audiences and raise awareness of the power of movement by bringing it into public spaces. At the same time, INSITU highlights the artistic excellence coming from Queens while creating and cultivating a supportive platform for artists to develop new work. INSITU strives to increase the cultural awareness and visibility of the vibrant communities in Queens.
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