Breaking Ground – A Public Charrette - Events

Nov 12, 2009 at 10:00am to Nov 13, 2009 at 2:00pm UTC-05
Location: Federal Hall National Memorial
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DANCING IN THE STREETSBreaking Ground – A Public CharretteTwo FREE Interdisciplinary Site-Specific Workshops forChoreographers, Dancers, and ArchitectsLed byJoanna HaigoodFederal Hall National MemorialThursday, November 12, 10 am – 2 pmOrFriday, November 13, 10 am – 2 pmAdvanced Registration RequiredBreaking Ground – A Public Charrette is a site-specific choreography workshop that will be held in one of New York City’s most intriguing sites. Led by nationally acclaimed choreographer Joanna Haigood, the workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to work across disciplines to explore movement composition within the context of architecture, history, and public spaces. Haigood offers tools to interact with this historic landmark and guides participants to create short studies using their own movement language and sensibilities. Participants will discuss architecture as object, its function and design, and its role as container of history, as metaphor and as a stage. The 4-hour workshop is modeled after the 5-day charrette process, which Joanna Haigood developed for Breaking Ground – A Dance Charrette, Dancing in the Streets’ critically acclaimed series that “raised the bar for site-specific dance in this city” (Gay City News).THE WORKSHOP• A guided tour of Federal Hall• An overview of site-specific work• Choreographers, dancers, and architects work together in small teams to create short movement studies in response to the siteTO REGISTER:The workshop is free, but advance registration is required.• Each workshop is limited to 25 participants• Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis• To register, go to:http://www.nycharities.org/beta/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=652• Please specify which day you would like to take the workshop.Registration begins October 15th and ends November 5thUpon registration, you will receive an automatic confirmation email from the registration service provider, NYCharites.org. Shortly after this confirmation, you will receive detailed information from Dancing in the Streets, including travel directions.

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