If you see a
troupe of six lithe bodies gallivanting through Empire-Fulton
Ferry State Park May 20-23, it’s not a mirage. It’s a free performance
of "Oasis" by Silver-Brown Dance beginning at 7 pm
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 3 pm on Sunday.
Silver-Brown Dance, in association with the Brooklyn Arts Council,
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, and state Department of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation, presents "Oasis,"
a site-specific modern dance performance designed to celebrate
the newly christened Brooklyn Bridge Park (and connecting Empire
Fulton Ferry State Park).
Artistic Director Eva Silverstein says she uses a tango-inspired
movement vocabulary to connect this Brooklyn hub and the docks
of Buenos Aires – places where immigration, capitalism and social
intermingling echo the ebb and flow of the tides. "Oasis"
is set to Music Director Guillermo Brown’s original soundscore,
mixing tango classics with recordings of trains passing over
the Brooklyn Bridge and waves lapping at the shore.
To view "Oasis," enter the park at Main Street at the
East River. For more information, call (917) 482-8404 or visit
the Web sites www.silverbrowndance.org
or www.brooklynbridgepark.org.
