Climate in Movement and Monument
April 25 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join Riverside Park Conservancy, artist Kenneth Doherty, and Artichoke Dance Company for an afternoon of dance performance and discussion, celebrating Earth Week. Dance performances held at 12pm and 2pm, with artist talk and presentation of the Conservancy’s sustainability initiatives in between. Rain date April 26.
Within the Waters, created by Lynn Neuman and performed by Artichoke Dance Company, is staged in conversation with Kenneth Doherty’s sculpture The Raft. A lush and dynamic ensemble dance, Within the Waters reflects on three themes: the realities of climate migration, the memories that water holds from what has occurred within it, and the resiliency of communities in the face of disaster.
About Artichoke Dance Company: Under the direction of Lynn Neuman, is a national leader in eco-performance productions and projects entertaining, engaging, and inspiring audiences, communities and organizations through performance and action. From stage productions to immersive performance tours to site inspired spectacles, Artichoke Dance Company delights and activates audiences and participants. www.artichokedance.org
About Kenneth Doherty and The Raft: Kenneth Doherty is a member of the Art Students League of New York, where he has studied with Barney Hodes, Oscar Garcia, Marilyn Friedman and John Belardo. Working with Natsuki Takauji and Haksul Lee in the Art Students League of New York’s Works in Public program, he has developed an interest in the narrative potential of figurative art, and the challenge of using figurative art to address contemporary issues. He welcomes the collaborative opportunity of working with the Artichoke Dance Company to bring attention to the threat that rising ocean waters will have on New York City and these environs.
About the Art Students League Works in Public: Works in Public, originally known as Model the Monument, is a fully-funded program that invites artists to conceive of, create, and install site-specific sculptures in partnership with League instructors, Works in Public advisors, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Sculptures created in the Works in Public program are displayed in a year-long exhibition at two sites in Riverside Park.
