If you could sum up 2020 with a dance, what would it be? An amazing selection of artists and cultural groups shares their answers to the question of our times, on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m., at "Reflections," a virtual dance festival. This online event celebrates Indigenous and Black performing arts and culture.
The backdrop of "Reflections" is also the unveiling of the waterfront's stunningly rebuilt Pier 62. The featured emerging artists and cultural practitioners dance metaphorically using the waters of memory, the pier, and the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic as their backdrops. We ask our audience to share "what the water holds" for them, too, over social media and during the streamed program.
The Library has teamed up with Friends of Waterfront Seattle, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and the Seattle Art Museum to create this unique virtual dance festival that focuses on Native American and African-American art and cultural preservation via dance. You are encouraged RSVP at the Reflections Dance Festival Facebook event page (the program is free and open to everyone).
"Reflections" will feature the following performers:
Community partners
"Reflections" is made possible with support from the Seattle Public Library Foundation.
Friends of Waterfront Seattle is the nonprofit partner to the City of Seattle responsible for helping to fund, build, steward, and program the park — today and into the future. In addition to raising $110 million by 2024 to fund park construction, Friends will provide funding and manage the programming and operations of the future Waterfront Park through a joint-delivery partnership with Seattle Parks & Recreation. Park construction has begun following the Viaduct's removal and the first piece of the park — Pier 62 — is now open. Visit www.waterfrontparkseattle.orgfor details.
As the leading visual art institution in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) draws on its global collections, powerful exhibitions, and dynamic programs to provide unique educational resources benefiting the Seattle region, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. From a strong foundation of Asian art to noteworthy collections of African and Oceanic art, Northwest Coast Native American art, European and American art, and modern and contemporary art, the strength of SAM's collection of approximately 25,000 objects lies in its diversity of media, cultures, and time periods. More at www.seattleartmuseum.org.
The Seattle Public Library brings people, information, and ideas together to enrich lives and build community. We support universal access to information and ideas, and form strong partnerships with community organizations to offer art that is accessible to all. More at www.spl.org.
Courtesy of the Seattle Public Library