PERFORMANCE DATES:
SATURDAY, JULY 10TH – 2:00-4:00PM
SUNDAY, JULY 11TH – 2:00-4:00PM
SATURDAY, JULY 17TH – 2:00-4:00PM
SUNDAY, JULY 18TH – 2:00-4:00PM
ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT THE SALT LOT IN GOWANUS (2 SECOND AVENUE).
Artichoke Dance Company presents Just Gowanus: An Interactive Performance Tour that intersects performance and environmental education to bring awareness to the neighborhood of Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Both the Gowanus Canal and neighborhood have historically faced environmental challenges due to decades of industrial pollution. The Gowanus Canal was named New York City’s first superfund site because of the extreme toxicity in the canal. Remediation is finally underway, and the largest scale rezoning in New York City in 20 years is being proposed for the area. Just Gowanus is an experiential walking tour of the neighborhood that brings audiences to location that are significant to the remediation of the canal, rezoning, and other sustainability initiatives in the area. Interactive experiences engage tour goers in activism and visioning, and performances reflect on the areas complex history and contentious future.
This project will be Artichoke Dance Company’s third event in Gowanus and aims to illuminate the area’s history from an environmental justice perspective.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.