Kinesis Project dance theatre announces pop-up performances of Search(Light) on Little Island on Saturday, September 25, 2021, between 6pm-8pm, presented in Kinesis Project’s signature, space shifting, intimate, large-scale style. Kinesis Project will perform twice or 3 times between 6pm-8pm. For more information and to book your timed entry to the park, visit kinesisproject.com/events/2021/6/7/kponlittleislandsept25.

Kinesis Project dance theatre—the large-scale, outdoor dance company known for creating beautifully expansive yet surprisingly intimate dances— brings excerpts of Search(Light), their newest evening-length work to Little Island. Combining high energy dancing, gorgeous details, and live music, this mesmerizing performance traverses the hilltops and open spaces of Little Island, drawing in and converging. Prompting viewers to contemplate the potency of connection across distance. Search(Light) will be danced by company members Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, Therese Ronco, David L. Parker and Nicole Truzzi and accompanied by live violin soloist Doori Na, creating a layered experience of the human and the ethereal for audiences. Melissa Riker, Kinesis Project choreographer, says: “the dancers and I are thrilled to bring a pop-up performance to Little Island. This new, wild and wonderful park brings so many curious people, we look forward to delighting them with dance. Using Search(light), we reveal the curving landscape overlaid with the intimacy of individual connection.” The dancers’ connections are enhanced by reflective costumes designed by Rebecca Kanach. These eye-catching elements replicate lines of light through the movement as the 20-minute dance progresses through the park. 

Search(light) is set to premiere live and live-streamed in NYC at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 8-9, 2021 with live performances by Doori Na and Sandbox Percussion Quartet. The performance will be performed by Kinesis Project NYC and Kinesis Project Seattle in simultaneous live-stream. The west coast live performance and live-stream partnership is with Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA. 

The New York cast includes Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, Therese Ronco, David L. Parker, Sumaya Mulla-Carrillo, and Nicole Truzzi. The Seattle cast includes Kimberly Holloway, Hendri Walujo, Robert Moore, Margaret Behm, Madeline Morser. 

Search(Light) in 2020 and 2021 has been made possible in part through partnerships with Brooklyn Navy Yard and Vashon Center for the Arts, Dance/NYC Covid Relief Grant, Indie Theatre Fund, City Artist Corps Grant, The Small Business Administration, John C. Robinson, Emily and Tony Seaver, Amerigo Falciani and Melissa Graule, and many generous individuals.