this is concrete II
$25 (kids under 12 free w/ticketed adult)
- Path with Art, community choir
- Erin Jorgensen, marimba
- Various artists
MALACARNE and choreographer Alice Gosti present the world premiere of “this is concrete II,” a new performance staged within the Georgetown Steam Plant. Created in collaboration with light designer Amiya Brown, composer Monika Khot and dance artists Alyza DelPan-Monley, Lorraine Lau, Kaitlin McCarthy, Madison Shorter, Aja Green, Margaret Luxamon Hotchkiss, Nia-Amina Minor and Dominique See.
On April 30 and May 1, “this is concrete II,” will mark the performance ensemble’s return to in-person, site-responsive performance and celebrate Georgetown's rich history.
MALACARNE, the Seattle-based dance company, and Italian-American performance artist Alice Gosti are proud to present “this is concrete II,” a five-hour, site-responsive performance spectacle created in response to the emotional and architectural landscape of Seattle’s historic Georgetown Steam Plant. Taking inspiration from the engineering feet of Lillian and Frank Gilbreth, the permanency of the concrete structure, anti-environmental approaches of the past and the long-term costs associated with antiquated technology, “this is concrete II” will be the first large-scale in-person dance performance MALACARNE has presented in Seattle in four years.
Costume design is by Christine Tschirgi. The creative producer for “this is concrete II” is Clare Hatlo. Grant writing and media outreach efforts are led by Megan Torgerson. The performance will also include music by composer and marimba player Erin Jorgensen and Path with Art’s community choir.
“this is concrete II” is created in collaboration with the Georgetown Steam Plant Community Development Authority, led by Sam Farrazaino and underwritten by Case Van Rij and John C. Robinson. "this is concrete II" is supported by funding from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
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The performance will be capped at 75 people per night, and visitors will be required to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination. Audiences are invited to come and go during the performance.
Children under 12 attend for free with an accompanying adult with a ticket.
The first floor of the Georgetown Steam Plant will be ADA accessible. You will be able to walk through out the Steam Plant which includes ascending and descending two flights of stairs. Please wear close toed shoes appropriate for standing on concrete and navigating the Steam Plant. The building will likely remain cool even as outdoor temperatures warm up towards the end of April. Audience members anticipating staying for the duration of 5 hours are encouraged to bring layers.
About MALACARNE
MALACARNE is an experimental dance and performance ensemble with the mission to co-author transformative performance rituals that fight reductive ideas regarding class, sexuality, gender, ability and ethnicity. During Mussolini’s fascist regime, “malacarne” was a derogatory term assigned to women who did not conform to the fascist ideals of “exemplary” wife and mother. These women’s physical bodies were deemed inadequate to uphold fascist assertions of Italian biological superiority, and their emotional exuberance threatened the ideologies upon which fascist power resided. These malacarne were institutionalized by the state and often placed in solitary confinement. We are MALACARNE.
http://www.gostia.com/malacarneAbout Path with Art, community choir
About Erin Jorgensen, marimba
Erin is a musician and sometimes concert-producer based in Seattle, WA. When not playing music she can be found aggressively promoting fellow artists or at her day job in reproductive rights.
https://www.erinjorgensen.com/