The Friends of Cedarmere presents “Kindred Wayfarers,” an historical pageant conceived and produced by Paul Baserman. “Kindred Wayfarers” celebrates milestone birthday anniversaries this year of the great journalists, philanthropists and poets William Cullen Bryant at 225 and Walt Whitman at 200.
“Kindred Wayfarers” is directed by Baserman with the creative forces of Beth Jucovy, Scott Payne and Fred Stroppel, featuring community players and local musicians with Dance Visions NY.
Dance Visions NY, under the direction of Jucovy, is providing the dance element for this event. Included are dance divertissements and enhancements for the theatrical narrative, the procession, “The Unfurling of the Hudson,” and featured dance presentations. These include an embellished version of Isadora Duncan’s “Roses from the South” with live percussion, original dance works to two WC Bryant poems and Duncan’s “Water Study,’’ illustrating an excerpt from Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” The pageant will conclude with a interactive dance party performed to taped and live music of Carla Cook’s ”Dem Bones.”
Dance Visions NY is delighted to be part of this multifaceted, multi-disciplinary historical celebration. The company brings Duncan’s artistic legacy into the present through the presentation of authentic Duncan works, as passed on to Jucovy through her second generation Duncan mentors, as well as through presentation of highly original, contemporary works often inspired by Duncan’s aesthetic.
Dancers and collaborators include Jucovy, as well as Louisa Cathcart, Ligia Gaissionok, Samuel Humphreys, Hope Kroog, Rebekah Mulkey, Michelle Tilghman, Francis Walker
Dance Visions NY’s participation in the Cedarmere program is made possible in part with funds from the Decentralization Program, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, administered by The Huntington Arts Council.
“Kindred Wayfarers” will take place at the Cedarmere preserve, located at 225 Bryant Avenue in Roslyn Harbor. The performance will begin Saturday, Sept. 14 at 5:30 p.m. with the rain date scheduled for the following day. There will also be another performance of “Kindred Wayfarers” at Bryant Park in Manhattan on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. with a rain date scheduled for the following week, Sept. 28.
Submitted by Dance Visions NY.
