Burning Bones Physical Theatre presents 6th Annual National Water Dance20-04-2024 @ 03:30 PM
Sweetwater Creek State Park, 1750 Mount Vernon Road, Lithia Springs, United States
Lithia Springs, GA,
Education
"increasing awareness of environmental and social issues through collaboration with the artistic, educational and scientific communities."
About this Event
Coming together on Saturday, April 20 at 4 pm EDT are hundreds of dancers from across the country to perform a site-specific dance at a river, a bay, the ocean, a fountain or any water site nearby. From Seattle to Mississippi, Maine to California, Wisconsin to Florida dancers of all ages and experience will join others in uniting to celebrate and collectively take responsibility for protecting our Water.
This performance is organized by Frankie Mulinix and Thomas Bell. Dancers include Emily Zart, Holly Stevenson, Femmaeve MacQueen, Kyo Brown, and additional members of the Atlanta community TBA. Crew includes: Juniper Lee Fowler, Ben Mulinix, and Zane McKinney.
“Burning Bones Physical Theatre’s site specific works are movement poems, meditations on the landscape, and enquries as to the changing ways we experience our bodies in an ecosphere that has been irrevocably changed by humans,” said Artistic Director, Frankie Mulinix. “Many parts of Georgia are named for the natural resources deemed to be useful and profitable. This performance takes place at Sweetwater State Park in Lithia Springs (named for the natural healing salts found in the water). This piece explores the relationship between the alienation of humans from the natural world, the changing ways we experience our bodies in an ecosphere that has been irrevocably changed by humans, the possibility of experiencing value beyond the consumption of these resources, and a pathway of moving through healing and transformation to bring us to a more unified relationship with our ecosphere.”
Attendees are encouraged to dress for the weather and be mindful that the terrain is uneven. While the gradients to and from the dance site are not extreme, those with accessibility concerns are encouraged to contact Frankie a minimum of 72 hours prior to the performance to ensure accommodations can be made to support your needs and enjoyment of the event.
Burning Bones Physical Theatre creates compelling butoh-based productions to contribute to an original and fearless live performance and training culture while building community engagement in Atlanta. Our members are predominantly queer and disabled performers, and this is central to our methods of training and creating together.