The dance of drawing

The Big Draw Flash Mob presents Breathe Time Draw In 

Tuesday, November 30, 7:00pm

Meets at the west end of Triangle Park
Thompson Street entrance (between Broome & Watts Streets), Manhattan

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Left: Slick Photography by Ashley Woo; Right: Photo by Aehee Kang Asano.

This Tuesday, November 30 at 7pm, move through the streets of SoHo with The Drawing Center and The Rover, and explore drawing as gesture!

Traveling along a 4-block path, this dancer-led movement event invites participants to shadow dancers as they make their way through the streets. Drawing will be investigated through the embodied line, which will take the form of the path traveled, the lines formed by the body, and the metaphorical ‘line’ that connects the thoughts of those partaking in the movement. Connect, observe and explore your surroundings in a new way – no experience necessary!

Captained by Rani Welch/Tribe of Human, the event will begin with a cue from opera singer Abby Powell at the Thompson Street Entrance of Triangle Park. Participants will be led by three dance companies – Tribe of Human, Theo Boguszewski Dance, and Lane Gifford/Lane & Co. – who will trade off at three distinct points along the route. Each company will lead using movement motivated by one of three themes: site/sight line, negative space, and change of perspective. 

The event will end at 41 Wooster Street, for Sunday Brunch, a dance event hosted by The Rover at 8pm.

Drawn...to photograph!

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in The Big Draw 2009 at New York's National Museum of the American Indian, a River to River Festival event co-sponsored by The Drawing Center. The program featured the Native Pride Dancers--led by Larry Yazzie (Diné)--who posed and performed dances as we drew.

While I did manage to work up a small pastel drawing, I spent most of my time trying to keep my multicolored fingers away from my white pants and taking lots and lots of photos. Here's a selection.

To see any photo larger, just click on it. Please enjoy.

All photos (c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com