TAKE ROOT

TAKE ROOT, now in its 13th season, nurtures dance artists at established stages in their careers, pairing them in a split bill or full evening-length program. This monthly series supports dance makers’ experimentation and growth with support to present their work to the public. Take Root will present 20 aesthetically diverse artists among seven performances July 2021 – June 2022.

**Note: This event is NOT free, but is available on a donation-made basis through the link below.**

TAKE ROOT featuring Alison Cook Beatty Dance and Anabella Lenzu will be made available starting July 16. Performances can be viewed on a donation-made basis.

Visit https://danceentropy.networkforgood.com/…/120552-take… and select “8) TAKE ROOT – JULY 2021” under Apply My Donation To. Donors will receive an email with the links to view each work. Viewers can make a donation with the July 2021 designation at any time through December 31, 2021.

About the Work:

MAHAWAY: SPRING ETERNAL is a two-act ballet that tells the story of a Mother Skunk named Akhushtal, her baby girl Mahaway, and a protective jaguar named Ix Chel. MAHAWAY: SPRING ETERNAL is a commemorative dance & musical celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s and Vaslav Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”. Cook-Beatty’s ballet premiered at The Schermerhorn Theater in Brooklyn, NY, on the century anniversary date May 29, 2013, in collaboration with composer Dorian Wallace, the co-artistic director of Tenth Intervention. In this virtual performance, 2019, Tenth Intervention performs live with 25 dancers from Alison Cook Beatty Dance and Infinity Dance Theater, a non-traditional dance company committed to expanding the boundaries of dance by featuring dancers with and without disabilities, under the direction of Artistic Director Kitty Lunn.

Anabella Lenzu’s “The night that you stopped acting/ La noche que dejaste de actuar” confronts the absurdity and irony of life, while being an artist and a spectator in today’s world. The work reflects Anabella Lenzu’s my experience as a Latina/European artist living in New York and comes from a deep examination of my motivations as a woman, mother, and immigrant.