Fables for the Future: Lights Out

an interactive dance and arts event
to celebrate and learn about fireflies

Saturday, Sept 7, 2024 at Highland Park, Brooklyn
Saturday, Sept 14, 2024 at Open Streets, Amsterdam Ave and 106th St

Kids Art Activities: 4:30-6:30p
Performance: 6:30-7:00p
This event is open to the public and accessible to all ages.
Dance performance includes a participatory processional for all ages.

Location: “Lattice Views” mural above the Highland Park tennis courts

Directions:
Highland Park, Brooklyn, Lower Park. Nearest subway stop: J train, Cleveland St https://maps.app.goo.gl/iApjgHD1wjNJRPHo9

Open Streets, Amsterdam and 106th, Manhattan. Nearest subway stop: 1 train to 103rd St
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8TnoXdiK6YWArVPn8

Join us at 4:30pm at the Norte Maar “Lattice Views” Mural for firefly origami and arts activities,  plus learn about the exciting world of firefly communication and life cycles. Firefly processional starts at 6:30pm and leads to a 15-20 min dance performance inspired by firefly flight patterns,  firefly mythology and folklore, and the factors leading to their population decline. This piece is produced by Norte Maar, Julia Gleich/Gleich Dances (a NYC Department of Transportation Space Activation Partner), and the Forest Park Trust.  This project is an extension of Norte Maar’s Free Kids Art, produced in partnership with the Arlington Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.

Choreography by Sarah Yasmine Marazzi-Sassoon
Mural Design by Elisabeth Condon
Art Activities by Sophia Chizuco
Firefly science with Gabriel Willow

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