NEW ART joined Tucson’s spring Carnaval festival on Feb. 19 to share movement exercises related to water and rivers. We invoked Oxum, the Yoruba-Brazilian diety of love and rivers, played with equilibrium, followed the flow, and created a dance phrase about our recent experiences with water in the desert. Thanks to our lovely participants and the NEW ART dancers for their creativity!
Dancing with the River, Carnaval Style!
Join NEW ARTiculations for a movement workshop to awaken your own body rhythms and honor the Brazilian Candomble diety, Oxum, goddess of love and sweet waters. Presented as part of the company’s current project FLOW: Dancing for Water Awareness in the Desert, this interactive workshop incorporates modern dance, personal memory, and community stories to explore our connections to Tucson’s now-sporadic river, the Santa Cruz. Come share your story, dance with us, and pay tribute to the mighty river, in all her forms.
Where: Tucson Carnaval Armory Park, Celebration Village
When: 4:30-5:15
Wear comfortable clothing.
Open to all ages and abilities. No prior dance experience necessary!
For a map and schedule of the day’s events, visit www.TucsonCarnaval.org
The Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards honors the extraordinary contributions of artists, arts organizations, businesses, educators and individuals to the quality of life in Arizona.
NEW ART was nominated in the category of “Community,” in recognition of its commitment to community engagement through dance-making, dialog, and public performance.
The 30th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards is presented by Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Office of the Governor. Honorees in six categories will be named on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 theHerberger Theater in Phoenix.
For more information, visit www.governorsartsawards.org.
Katie Rutterer helping two 1st graders make movement. Picture Rocks Community Center. Oct. 2010.
In October, we began facilitating workshops in partnership Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation and the Ironwood Tree Experience. Using movement, we help tell the story of the watershed that funnels water into Tucson and the surrounding areas. We also explore the local water cycle, from rainfall to run-off to infiltration to pumping to household and industry use to graywater or more run-off. Many of the young participants at Community Centers have already had basic watershed education offered by environmental educator Yajaira Gray of PCNR.
