Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Ave.
February 22-23, $12-$15, 7:30
www.karenharveydances.org
www.cprnyc.org
New York-based Karen Harvey Dances is dedicated to creating organic performances that integrate community and environment, incorporating the natural world into multimedia dance-theater projects. On February 22-23, artistic director Karen Harvey will lead the company in the world premiere of its first evening-length work, Wetlands, at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn. Investigating global interconnectedness and environmental responsibility, Wetlands is directed and choreographed by Harvey, who performs in it along with dancers Jin Ju Song-Begin, Elisa Vazquez, Andrew Broaddus, Thea Little, and Rachel Watson, set to music by Benjamin Garner, Little, and Broaddus and with a cappella vocals by René Kladzyk. The piece also features videos by an international group of dance artists, including Vazquez, Song-Begin, Emily Athena Abrahams, Anna Asplind, Silvia Balvin, Miguel Angel Guzman, Carolina Tabares Mendoza, Lina Puodziukaite, and Harvey. Movement, sound, visuals, and humanity come together to celebrate personal freedom and biodiversity as the company examines interdependence in today’s ever-more-complex world.