For Audiences
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
SummerStage Dance presents Carnival of the Animals with Wendy Whelan and Marc Bamuthi Joseph
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS (WORK-IN-PROGRESS EXCERPT) WITH WENDY WHELAN AND MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH/ FILM - RESTLESS CREATURE: WENDY WHELAN
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
SummerStage, Central Park
Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, 10021
Wendy Whelan- once called “America’s greatest contemporary ballerina” by the NY Times—brings an excerpt of a new work-in-progress inspired by Saint-Saëns’ composition to SummerStage. She’s joined by acclaimed spoken-word artist and playwright, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, who will open the show with a solo poetry performance followed by the Whelan collaboration. The evening will continue with a screening of the 2013 documentary Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, which follows Whelan as she struggles to recover from a potentially career-ending injury and reinvent herself as a dancer beyond the world of ballet.
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Join us at 6pm for the pre-show panel:
The Art of the Transition: A Conversation On Next Steps
Join us as we talk with celebrated dancers, Alicia Graf-Mack, Desmond Richardson & Bebe Neuwirth, about the unique challenges artists face around career transition.
RSVP is required for all panels and is on first-come, first-served basis at rsvp@cityparksfoundation.org
SummerStage
East 69th St and 5th Ave
New York, NY, 10065
2123602756
https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/carnival-of-the-animals/?date=20190821
Schedule
August 21, 2019: 8:00pm