Burning Bones Physical Theatre presents
6TH Annual National Water Dance
April 20, 2024
Audience meets in parking lot 3:30 pm EDT
Show begins 4:00 pm EDT
Coming together on Saturday, April 20 at 4 pm EDT are hundreds of dancers from across the country to perform simultaneous site-specific dances at rivers, bays, oceans, fountains, or any water sites nearby. From Seattle to Mississippi, Maine to California, Wisconsin to Florida dancers of all ages and experience will unite to celebrate and collectively take responsibility for protecting our Water.
This performance is organized by Frankie Mulinix and Thomas Bell. Other dancers include Holly Stevenson, Femmaeve MacQueen, Kyo Brown, and additional members of the Atlanta community TBA. Crew includes: Emily Zart, Ben Mulinix, and Zane McKinney.
“Burning Bones Physical Theatre’s site-specific works are movement poems, meditations on the landscape, and enquiries into the changing ways we experience our bodies in an ecosphere that has been irrevocably changed by humans,” said Artistic Director, Frankie Mulinix.
Performed at Sweetwater State Park in Lithia Springs, this piece explores the relationship between the alienation of humans from the natural world, the changing ways we experience our bodies in an ecosphere that has been irrevocably changed by humans, the possibility of experiencing value beyond the consumption of these resources, and a pathway of moving through healing and transformation to bring us to a more unified relationship with our ecosphere.
Attendees are encouraged to dress for the weather and be mindful that the terrain is uneven. While the gradients to and from the dance site are not extreme, those with accessibility concerns are encouraged to contact Burning Bones a minimum of 72 hours prior to the performance to ensure accommodations can be made to support your needs and enjoyment of the event.
Burning Bones Physical Theatre creates compelling butoh-based productions to contribute to an original and fearless live performance and training culture while building community engagement in Atlanta. Our members are predominantly queer and disabled performers, and this is central to our methods of training and creating together.
For more information, visit www.burningbonestheatre.com
The land where this performance is taking place is within the traditional territories of the Mvskoke (Muskogee) people. In 1821, the Muscogee were forced from their lands as part of a program of oppression, dispossession, and genocide.
National Water Dance is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
WHAT: 6th Bi-annual National Water Dance
WHEN: Saturday, April 20th, 4 pm EDT
WHERE: Audience meets at 3:30 pm at the main parking lot beside the Visitor’s Center on Factory Shoals Road inside Sweetwater State Park, Lithia Springs, GA 30122. Members will be escorted a short distance to the performance site next to the river.
TICKETS: Event is free & open to the community. Please RSVP by claiming a free ticket so we can send you directions with maps and ensure we collect you from the parking lot.
NB: $5 parking fee required for those without a Georgia State Park Pass.
INFORMATION: Enquiries can be directed to Frankie Mulinix burningbonestheatre@gmail.com
