Connecting Landscape – A Berlin/New York Movement Choir

An URBANCHOIR Project
In partnership with
EUROLAB Laban Konferens 2008

Go to this link to see our video on You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MAHvV3FJE

Connecting Landscape – A Berlin/New York Movement Choir will continue a dialogue between Berlin and New York begun in 2007 as an 80 person Movement Choir
in Washington Square Park, New York.

Where: Performance begins at the fountain
at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
When: October 5th, 2008 from 3:30 to 4:00pm

URBANCHOIR Project is directed by Kristi Spessard - in collaboration with Cheryl Clark-Hopkins, D. Chase Angier and Balinda Craig-Quijada. The purpose of URBANCHOIRS Project is to investigate the transformative nature of large movement choirs for participants and viewers and discover the relevance of this choreographic form to the 21st Century. As artists we are interested in cross-cultural exchange and how the “life story” (atmosphere, architecture, nature, and communities) of a cityscape influences movement behavior and action.

A Movement Choir is a choreographic format created by movement theorist Rudolf Laban (1879 – 1958) that created solidarity and excitement among participants and viewers alike. Being himself an architect, a choreographer and a visual artist, Laban believed Movement Choirs, promoted a basic need in human society: sharing, relating and constructing together.

For more information www.KristiSpessard.com or contact KiSpeDance@aol.com

The presentation Connecting Landscape – A Berlin/New York Movement Choir has been made possible through the generous support of private donors and faculty development grants from Alfred University, Kenyon College, and Drew University.