These
Lines
Are
Living
Place based dances for changing shores. In April 2022 we will be staging our second iteration of These Lines Are Living, a performance journey at Bay Area Shorelines, presented by the Animate Dance Festival.
An inter-generational movement at the shifting shore, this project unfolds at an intersection of landscape, climate science, community practice, live music and dance. This includes a special collaboration with the Shawl Anderson Youth Ensemble.
April 9, 2022 two performances*
2pm-5:30pm
Animate Dance Festival
Waterfront Park, Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda Point, Alameda California 94501
A changing shoreline of moving bodies
In a time of accelerated climatic and social change
ECOLOGY OF PLACE
The shore is shifting - this project is an art and science collaboration into what was, what is, and what is coming. Come explore the land at the Marin Headlands through various timescales and cultural lenses. This project intersects performance, climate adaptation strategies, creative cartographies, and participation.
EXPERIENTIAL PERFORMANCE
Experience and participate in the rituals and actions that create the landscape through our imaginations in physical space. Fog Beast will bring dance, song, visual and media arts into the elements, creating a sensorially diverse experience for audience participants.
EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR ART AND CLIMATE
From a long history of working in educational settings, Fog Beast is engaging youth dance groups from around the bay in the development and performance of this work. Honoring these young artists not merely as “students” but as key players, generators and world shapers of a future that is theirs to inhabit.
collaborators
Directors: Melecio Estrella and Andrew Ward
Music and Sound: Ben Juodvalkis
Science Advisor: Andrew Jones
Performers/Creators: Becca Dean, Katie Faulkner, Damara Ganley, Melissa Lewis, Jesse Sachs, Wailana Simcock, Janine Trinidad, Patricia West
Visual Artist: Sofia Nikolaidou
Production Creative: Krystal Harfert
