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Artichoke Dance Company offers FREE performances as part of the Association of Performing Arts Professional’s 2025 conference.
An afternoon of FREE eco-inspired performances, workshops, and installations on Governor's Island
Immersive performance tour of Gowanus on 6/29, 6/30, 7/13 and 7/14 combine site performances with a walking tour guided by experts in native plants, street art, water and environmental justice in Gowanus.
Come with us on a performance journey through the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, as part of Prelude in the Parks: performances for the planet.
Excerpts of Water…We Waiting For? will be shown during the Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2024 conference. Reserve your spot today.
CANCELED DUE TO BAD WEATHER.
Enjoy a FREE performance by Artichoke Dance Company as part of Open Streets NYC!
Join us for a FREE performance on Randall’s Island during the Waterfront Festival, an afternoon of activities and festivities along the East River.
An immersive and educational performance tour of Gowanus, Brooklyn, highlighting the environmental issues and history of the community and envisioning a resilient future.
Tours are held Saturday and Sunday, June 17, 18, 24 and 25.
Global Water Dances Day advocates for access to clean safe water for all worldwide. Free performances, talks and activities are held in Riverside Park.
Artichoke Dance Company will be premiering a new work examining our relationship with water at Texas A&M on Earth Day.
Artichoke Dance Company will be sharing excerpts of Water Rises at two showings as part of APAP 2023.
Catch our pop up performances as part of Open Streets along 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Performances begin at 5th Avenue and Lincoln Place and end at 7th Street. These events are FREE.
This immersive experience brings audiences into contact with sites in and around Gowanus, a rapidly changing area, with performances that reflect on the complexities of the area and a narrative that brings the history and currently realities to life from an environmental justice perspective.
Tours occur June 25 and 26, 1:00-3pm. Space is limited. Reserve your spot.
Artichoke Dance appears as part of the Ecological City Pageant celebrating climate action on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
We return to live performance with an outdoor show in Battery Park City, in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. This event is FREE but if you want a distanced seat, RSVP here. Standing room is also available and does not require a reservation.
FREE 30-minute performance showings via zoom. The event will feature three pre-recorded works including “Distanced Dance”, “Visioning Bodies”, and one of the four “Isolation/Connection” films. The events will include space for conversation with Director Lynn Neuman and collaborators. There are six showings between January 7th and 14th.
We are performing Distanced Dance as part of a performance tour on the Lower East Side. Distanced Dance is all about six feet. What does it look and feel like? Is it a spacial constriction? Safety? Freedom? Come and see.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE COVID 19 EPIDEMIC
Artichoke Dance presents a roving work that leads audiences through the tumbling journey of the abandoned, discarded and highly mobile single-use plastic bag. Showtimes: 12pm, 1pm, 3:30pm
Showcasing Visioning Bodies and Liberate the Earth at the Ailey Studio Theater (lower lever). Catch it again at the same location on Sunday, January 12 at 4:45pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Visioning Bodies appears in the Urban Garden Room in midtown NYC. The performance repeats every half hour (8:40, 9:10, 9:40pm) and at the same times on Monday, January 13.
Artichoke Dance will make movements happen at the Earth and Ocean Art Festival in Cannon Beach, Oregon. We are thrilled to be the featured dance performance of this inspiring event held by Cannon Beach Gallery Group.
Visioning Bodies is featured as part of Summer Streets NYC. This annual celebration provides space for healthy recreation in public areas of NYC and encourages New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation. Free and Open to ALL.
June 15th is the GOWANUS VISIONS: A Festival of Art and Action, an exciting day of events that offers educational and participatory activities and performances at sites near and along the Gowanus Canal. During the GOWANUS FESTIVAL we will also celebrate Global Water Dances Day to raise awareness about canal superfund remediation and impending rezoning of the Gowanus neighborhood. Leading up to the festival, we’re hosting a series of free workshops.
Car Free Earth Day returns Saturday, April 27th opening two miles of streets to pedestrians and cyclists, including Broadway from Union Square to Times Square. At 2pm, Artichoke Dance Company will be presenting Proteus and Visioning Bodies on E. 23rd Street & Broadway (Flatiron Public Plaza). The Event is FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.
Come walk or bike Broadway and see some dance! For more details click on the link >> Activities Car Free Earth Day
On Friday, April 5, The Soraya will host Future Currents: LA River, a multidisciplinary festival and performance event culminating a year-long collaborative effort with our Director Lynn Neuman around the Los Angeles River with local artists, academic units at California State University Northridge and adjacent communities. Artichoke Dance will premiere Visioning Bodies, a contemporary folk dance for a resilient future.
The Dance and Sustainability Project is a collaborative work with Riders University. Dancers, film and media students, Eco-Reps, theater techs and many other interested students across campus will learn & work on Artichoke Dance Company’s repertoire piece ‘Overflow’. Performances take place 3/9
Celebrate rituals and practices related to courtship, marriage and weddings in the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Film selections, live performances, interactive stagings, refreshments and conversation all included!
Proteus and excerpts of The River Project will be shown during the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference Jan. 4 at 9:00pm and repeats Jan. 6 at 4:30pm.
Director Lynn Neuman will perform her solo We Are Drowning during the Dance@DMAC series. Get tickets here.
Learn choreography and improvisational structures from the water inspired Overflow onboard the IX514 ship docked at West 125th Street and the Hudson River. Then join in performing what you’ve learned. Workshop runs 1-2pm and space is limited, so reserve your spot. Performance is at 2pm.
A traveling site specific work created for Canal to Coast, celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal.
