PASS: Edible Tales: REST by Dancers Unlimited

Inspired by Tricia Hersey’s Rest is Resistance, Dancers Unlimited explores ideas centering rest as a radical act, an act of liberation. This interactive work offers rest through sound, movement, and collective care. These offerings create a safe space for healing and collective liberation. We invite community to rest, dream, resist.

WHEN:

• May 17 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

WHERE: Dance Center at Snug Harbor, Building G, 2nd floor, Studio G201
ADMISSION: Pay what you wish! (Suggested $10 donation)

Join us for pre-performance refreshments beginning at 1 PM. The performance starts promptly at 2 PM and will be followed by a brief Q & A with the artists.

Dancers Unlimited is a bi-coastal company based in NYC & Hawai’i. DU creates authentic moveMEANT narratives for community advancement through creative collaboration, community engagement, and social justice work. Established in 2009, the company has presented work in festivals and showings in Hawa’i, NYC and Asia, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Hawai’i Contemporary, shanghai world expo, Battery Dance Festival and La Mama moves! Dance Festival.

Dancers Unlimited centers community engagement as a key part of our creative process. Our artistic voice blends Contemporary, Street and Club dance styles while being rooted in cultural practices. Our work seeks to inspire healing, facilitate dialogues and elevate authentic expressions.

PASS: Performing Arts Salon Saturdays residency program is made possible through generous lead support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, with additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Edible Tales was created with the funding and in-kind support from National Endowment for the Humanities, Hawai’i Council for the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Puffin Foundation, La Mama Experimental Theatre, Dance/NYC, ART NY Creative Opportunities Fund, Brooklyn Grange, Page Dance Academy, Waiwai Collective, and Papahana Kualoa.

This residency and event is presented in partnership with the CUNY Dance Initiative. The CUNY Dance Initiative receives major support from the Howard Gilman Foundation and Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Additional support is provided by the SHS Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Charles E. Culpeper Arts & Culture program, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.