We invite you to REVIVAL 8 Then & Now
Dances for a Variable Population Presents REVIVAL 8 Then & Now
With FREE public performances and workshops in October & November 2024
REVIVAL is our annual city-wide performance series at Queensbridge Park and Grant’s Tomb in West Harlem in June. Performances in September are at Washington Square Park (West Village), and Yolanda Garcia Park (South Bronx). All Performances serve over 2,500 New Yorkers of all ages. These performances highlight the beauty of the older performer and feature legendary artists and neighborhood older adults from 4 boroughs of NYC. Interactive workshops accompanying the performances engage communities in the power of dance. Centers can participate in the rehearsals and performances as dancers – or simply transport older adults to the sites for a free workshop/performance experience.
The REVIVAL series begun in 2017 is a project of historical, social, and artistic innovation highlighting six choreographers, and extraordinary artists who trained in dance traditions of the 20th century. They transmit and interpret the essence of Martha Graham, Charles Moore, and Alvin Ailey, celebrating the past performing careers of these artists and the impact these techniques have had on dance history and their lives in a completely new way. Through exploration in rehearsals, in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, REVIVAL 8 Then & Now will bring audiences the unique expression of older adults mixed with the power of older trained professionals.
We are thrilled to announce that our November 16th performance will be held at the prestigious Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, marking our first-ever indoor stage performance of REVIVAL! This is a historic moment for us, and we are beyond excited to share this experience with you.
This one-of-a-kind event will be free to the public. Reservations are recommended. The event will provide diverse audiences an opportunity to see movement distilled from the seminal techniques of legendary geniuses, to see the eloquence of the older brain/older body, and to witness the intergenerational connection in the spirit of creation and collaboration. Performances will also include daily interactive, free, open-access workshops for adults of all ages and abilities. Through these workshops, audiences, including adults of all ages and abilities, will dance in ways that are new to them, be stretched physically and intellectually, and gain new experiences of personal mastery.