Friday

April 25, 2008

noon (PDT)

the first day of

 

National Dance Week 2008

 

dance anywhere is a conceptual performance that will take place on the first day of National Dance Week. This geographically complex work, is an open invitation to all: to stop and dance wherever they will be at noon (PDT) on April 25, 2008 or at the same time wherever they will be. other time zones

The concept for dance anywhere derives from the idea that art and dance do not need to be separated from our daily lives.

Art does not need to be in a gallery or museum, and dance does not need to be on a stage.

dance anywhere is about the transformation of familiar and ordinary locations. It slips dance / art into the experience of both the performer and the audience, who are present without expectations of a performance.

It brings everyone's awareness to the space they are in: the street, the office, the library, the grocery store or park etc....

and brings awareness to the change that dance brings as it converges unexpectedly with their day. dance anywhere is about shifting assumptions and heightened awareness, and generating dance anywhere and everywhere simultaneously.