Dance by the Water Edge
Image courtesy of Mary Manning
Image Courtesy of Mary Manning
Image Courtesy of Sam Fleischner
Image Courtesy of Mary Manning
Image Courtesy of Mary Manning
Image Courtesy of Rose Lichter-Marck
2012, Live Performance, Prospect Park Gathering, Brooklyn, NY
Dance By the Water’s Edge is a live vignette set in Prospect Park. Two women play cards at a table and hand out gin and tonics to the audience. A woman plays the harmonium on a blanket. A saxophone player steps out from behind the trees, followed by a dancer who does an improvised dance to a version of the jazz standard Stardust.
Writing, Choreography, and Performance – Megha Barnabas
Saxophone – Jay Rodriguez
Harmonium – Anna Thorngate
Card players – Gloria Maximo and Maggie Jacobstein
Curators - Dave Wilson and Sam Fleischner