Each performance tour consists of site performances and a walking tour in between the performances. Each date highlights a different aspects of Gowanus and is led by experts in that area.
TOUR DATES:
Saturday, June 29, 2:00-4:00pm - Medicinal and Edible Plants of Gowanus*
Sunday, June 30, 2:00-4:00pm - Environmental and Social Justice in Gowanus
Saturday, July 13, 2:00-4:00pm - Gowanus Watershed
Sunday, July 14, 2:00-4:00pm - Gowanus Street Art**
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LOCATION:
Performance tours begin at the promenade along the Gowanus Canal adjacent to 400 Huntington Street in Brooklyn, 11231. We will walk to various sites within the 2 hours of the tour and travel approximately a mile with multiple stops in between.
ABOUT THE TOURS:
Immersive Performance Tours Along the Gowanus Canal brings audiences to sites in Gowanus that are significant to the superfund remediation of the canal and the rezoning of the neighborhood, both currently underway. At stops along the way, Artichoke Dance Company performs dance works that are embedded into the locations, reflect their significance, and envision a resilient future. Area community organizers lead the walking tour, providing specialized information specific to each tour.
*The June 29 tour is led with Journei Bimwala, clinical herbalist, foraging practitioner, and certified health coach, and Candace Thompson, land steward and creator of The Collaborative Urban Resilience Banquet (The C.U.R.B.). This tour ends with an optional light meal made from mostly foraged ingredients. This tour is in collaboration with Holes in the Wall Collective's Imagined Futures Initiative
**July 14 tour is led with Richard Garr, an interdisciplinary artist who leads monthy “SideWalks” along the Gowanus Canal.
ARTICHOKE DANCE COMPANY + GOWANUS:
This is Artichoke Dance Company’s sixth production highlighting Gowanus and involving area residents and organizations. Brooklyn Utopias Along the Canal, held in 2022, Just Gowanus, held in 2021, the Gowanus Visions Festival of Art and Action, held in 2019, and Global Water Dances on the Gowanus Canal, held in 2017, also collaborated with local environmentally focused and community based organizations and artists to bring awareness to, and involvement in, Gowanus.