[Attackpanther] June 23, 2007 - Ridgewood Reservoir/iMAP Dance Performance (NYC)

[Chris Wolf]

iLAND, Inc. presents

Ridgewood Reservoir/iMAP Dance Performance

Saturday, June 23, 2007 from Dawn to Dusk
at Ridgewood Reservoir, Highland Park, Queens

The performance ushers in summer 2007 with a day of dancing informed
and inspired by the unique ecosystems and landscape of the Highland
Park Ridgewood Reservoir area.

For reservations e-mail at info at ilandart.org or call 212 375 8283.

Conceived of and directed by Jennifer Monson in collaboration with
Composer - Kenta Nagai,
Architects - Gita Nandan and Elliott Maltby of thread collective and
Dancers Maggie Bennett, Charlotte Gibbons, Mariangela Lopez, Jennifer
Monson and Christina Muellenmeister
Field Guides - Uli Lorimer, Native plant curator of the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden; Johanna Meyer, Choreographer; Heidi Steiner, member of
the Brooklyn Bird Club; and Nami Yamamoto, Choreographer and Jeff
Billak, NYC Parks Department Urban Park Ranger, DD Dorvillier, Andrea
Liu, Jennifer Miller, Elizabeth Monson, Melissa Sanfio.
Video Documentation - Ryutaro Ishikane, Robin Vachal
Costumes - Jocelyn Melechinsky

Production Manager - Ariel Federow

Performing Dawn to Dusk: Maggie Bennett, Charlotte Gibbons, Kenta
Nagai, Mariangela Lopez, Jennifer Monson and Christina Muellenmeister.

Performing noon to 1pm: Young dancers from the New Song Studio in
Elmhurst, Queens - Kristy Lau, Kelly Lau, Amanda Lee, Ann Li, Karen
Li, Shelley Li, Jessica Santosa, Janice Wang.

Performing noon to 4pm:
Musicians - Sean Meehan, Tamio Shiraishi, David Watson
Dancers - Yari Alcaraz, Brooke Belott, Azahara Ubera Biedma, Eve
Chalom, Marie-Charlotte Chevalier, Diana Crum, Milka Djordevich,
Christine Elmo, Alexis Halkovic, Chih Chun Huang, Jen Kelly, Margaret
Paek, Richert Schnorr, Eryn Rosenthal, Isabelle Thiele, Rebecca
Wender, Sarah White, Sara Worden.

Ridgewood Reservoir/iMAP is a year long performance project that
investigates the unique landscape of the reservoir. This 50-acre site
comprises wetlands, native swamp forest and urban wilderness unusual
to the inner city. The artists are involved in a year long process of
investigating the ecology of the reservoir with scientists as well as
developing a creative process on site that responds to the changing
seasons and the dynamic interplay of the human actions and natural
phenomenon at play in the area.

The dancing will move around the mile long perimeter of the reservoir
in five distinct groups. The audience is asked to take their time
walking the edge while watching the dancing, observing the environment
and engaging in two architectural exhibits that will display
information from a breeding bird census, vegetative mapping, the
history and seasonal shifts at the site. Four guides will be on hand
to direct and offer information.

The public is invited to come at any time during the day. The majority
of the dancers will be performing from noon to 4pm. Bring a picnic,
relax, come and go as you please as you enjoy this rare and special
urban gem and the dancing that responds to it.

Ridgewood Reservoir/iMAP is hosted by City of New York / Parks &
Recreation and is supported in part by the Multi-Arts Production Fund,
a program of Creative Capital, supported by the Rockefeller
Foundation.

iLand, Inc. interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance
investigates the power of dance, in collaboration with other fields,
to illuminate our kinetic understanding of the world. ILAND, a dance
research organization with a fundamental commitment to environmental
sustainability as it relates to art and the urban context, cultivates
cross-disciplinary research among artists, environmentalists,
scientists, urban designers and other fields.

iLAND is a 501 (c) (3) organization; incorporated in 2004.