NM announces new dance residency and performance series at Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens, NY—Socrates Sculpture Park, internationally recognized for its large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations, partners with Norte Maar, renowned for their cross-disciplinary collaborative projects, in a new summer series bringing New York based choreographers and their dancers to Socrates. Each week during the month of August, a new choreographer will be in residence at the park making new dances on site in full view of the public who will witness the working process of these dance makers and experience fully produced free public performance every Saturday throughout August at 3pm.Visitors to the park will enjoy not only the unique contemporary sculpture the park is well known for, but also cutting edge dance and movement in the making. A related public project will be offered to young choreographers (details to follow). A special stage has been constructed for this exciting 4-week outdoor dance series. For more information click here: Dance at SocratesResidency Schedule:Julia K. Gleich / Gleich Dances (Aug 5-10)Edisa Weeks / Delirious Dances (Aug 12-17)Takehiro Ueyama / Take Dance (Aug 19-24)Rachel Cohen / Racoco Productions (Aug 26-31)Performance Schedule:Sat, Aug 10, 17, 24, 31 @ 3pmSocrates Sculpture Park32-01 Vernon Boulevard @ BroadwayLong Island City, NY 11106
