Where do you go when you need comfort? Join us for an unconventional, immersive dance experience celebrating Inwood Hill Park.
¿A dónde vas cuando necesitas consuelo? Únese a nosotros para una experiencia de baile envolvente y poco convencional que celebra el parque Inwood Hill.
Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm
sábado, 18 de junio de 2022 a las 2:00 pm
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 2:00 pm
domingo, 26 de junio de 2022 a las 2:00 pm
Rain or shine
Lluvia o sol
Enter the park at 218th Street and Indian Road, or meet us anywhere within the performance area, shown on the map below. Performances of SOLACE are free; however, donations are appreciated.
Ingrese al parque en 218th Street y Indian Road, o encuéntrenos en cualquier lugar dentro del área de actuación, delineada en el mapa abajo. Las presentaciones de SOLACE son gratuitas; sin embargo, las donaciones son apreciadas.
We acknowledge that SOLACE takes place on unceded Indigenous land, specifically the homeland of the Lenape peoples. We acknowledge the genocide and continued displacement of Indigenous peoples during the colonial era and beyond. Inwood Hill Park, in particular, was an important site for the Lenape people and remains so today; it is the proposed location of a Lenape cultural center. We encourage you to learn more from the Lenape Center.
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Garnet Henderson (choreographer, performer) is a Wyoming-born, New York-based dancer and choreographer. Her work has been presented at Arts on Site, the EstroGenius Festival, the Flea Theater, HERE Arts, the West End Theater, the 92nd Street Y, Triskelion Arts, Gibney Dance, and more. She was a Women in Motion 2017-2018 commissioned artist. Garnet holds a BA cum laude in Dance and English Literature from Columbia University and has performed in works by Ori Flomin, Kyle Abraham, David Parker, Larry Keigwin, Reggie Wilson, Colleen Thomas, Heidi Henderson, Faye Driscoll, Mark Dendy, and Jordan Morley. Garnet is also a freelance journalist and Contributing Writer at Dance Magazine.
Vanessa Knouse (performer) is a dancer and teacher in New York City. Originally, from Santa Fe NM, Vanessa trained at the School of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet before earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Vanessa has worked with the Merce Cunningham Trust, Cornfield Dance, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Co. Douglas Dunn + Dancers, Kimberly Bartosik/Daela, Susan Marshall and Company, Jody Oberfelder Projects and Ian Spencer Bell.
Melanie Munoz (performer) is a dance artist moved by the authenticity and freedom of modern and contemporary dance. Melanie is a native of Manhattan, New York but raised in Winter Haven, Florida where she attended Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts. She later obtained her B.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography with a minor in Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. During her time at PBA she was a company member with Dancing Waters Co, a Non-profit Dance company based in contemporary modern and non-traditional partnering. Melanie spent her recent summer & winter breaks training with Dancing Waters Co, Inlet Dance Theatre and Dance Italia.
Kelsey GIbbs (performer) was born and raised in Houston, TX. She began her professional career in 2013 when she found Hope Stone Dance and had her love of dance reignited. She continued to dance with Jane Weiner’s company the following 6 years before making her move to NYC. Within those years she had the pleasure of freelancing with various Houston-based artists and companies as well Houston’s Theater Under the Stars and multiple productions with the Houston Grand Opera. Aside from performing, Kelsey has also taught outreach dance within the Houston Independent School District through Hope Stone Inc. as well as teaching Creative Movement at the Houston Ballet Academy.
Jessica Autumn Ziegler (performer) is a Brooklyn-based artist, Chicago native, and recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her BFA in Dance with highest honors and her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification under the direction of Linda Lehovec. While in college, she was fortunate to extensively study with and perform in works by Abby Zbikowski, Jennifer Monson, and Kaitlin Fox, among many others. Since moving to New York in September, Ziegler has had the pleasure of being in process with nia love as an apprentice for love’s g1(host):underCURRENTS, performing with Jennifer Monson/iLAND as a part of Monson’s move thing, and now working with Garnet Henderson on Henderson’s project SOLACE.
This project is funded, in part, through a Seed Fund for Dance grant from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, thanks to the support of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.