Artichoke Dance Firm will current Immersive Efficiency Excursions of Gowanus Saturday, June twenty eighth and Sunday, June twenty ninth at 2:00 p.m. This expertise combines an informational strolling tour with interactive experiences and web site performances. The excursions will journey by Gowanus to varied websites close to and alongside the Gowanus Canal. The beginning location of the excursions shall be shared with ticket holders 2 days previous to the tour. Tickets are on a sliding scale from $10-$50 accessible on-line at artichokedance.org/occasions. Excursions final roughly 2 hours and journey roughly one mile.
Artichoke Dance Firm’s revolutionary tour guides audiences by key websites in Gowanus, spotlighting the continued superfund remediation of the canal and the neighborhood’s rezoning efforts. At every cease, the corporate performs dynamic dance works that embody the world’s geographical and cultural significance, weaving reflections on its previous with visions for a sustainable future. Led by group organizers from the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice and the New York Metropolis Environmental Justice Alliance, the strolling tour presents a strong exploration of Gowanus’ historical past and present environmental justice challenges, mixing artwork and activism for an unforgettable expertise.
“What we’re seeing in Gowanus now’s the results of years of planning, organizing and envisioning each across the canal clear up and neighborhood improvement. Each week one thing new pops up and this efficiency tour brings individuals into contact with these developments in addition to the world’s historical past and challenges in relation to local weather change,” displays Artichoke Dance Firm’s Director Lynn Neuman, who has been lively in the neighborhood for over a decade. “As a group, we advocated for and gained many advantages for Gowanus by the rezoning. Now we’re seeing a few of this being put into motion, like the event of park areas alongside the canal.”
That is Artichoke Dance Firm’s eighth manufacturing, highlighting Gowanus and involving space residents and organizations. In 2024 and 2023, the Firm hosted different iterations of Immersive Excursions of Gowanus. In 2022 the corporate produced Brooklyn Utopias Alongside the Canal, Simply Gowanus in 2019, the Gowanus Visions Pageant of Artwork and Motion in 2018, and International Water Dances on the Gowanus Canal in 2017. In these occasions, Artichoke Dance Firm collaborated with native, environmentally centered, and community-based organizations and artists to carry consciousness to, and involvement in, Gowanus.
For extra data concerning Immersive Efficiency Excursions of Gowanus or Artichoke Dance Firm, please contact Lindsey Jennings at data@artichokedance.org or 217-242-3547.
