June 17, 2014, Tuesday - Emily Johnson's SHORE at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave S

Emily Johnson's SHORE

SHORE is Emily Johnson/Catalyst’s new dance work, the third in a trilogy of works that began with The Thank-you Bar and continued with Niicugni. SHORE is a multi-day performance installation of dance, story, volunteerism, and feasting. It is a celebration of the places where we meet and merge—land and water, performer and audience, art and community, past, present, and future.
 
Over the course of a week, SHORE will be presented in four equal parts: COMMUNITY ACTIONS (volunteerism) in partnership with local community organizations; STORY, a curated reading by local authors; a PERFORMANCE that begins outdoors and moves into the theater at Northrop, and a festive culminating potluck FEAST to which participants also bring the stories and recipes of the dishes they bring to share.

SHORE: STORY (curated reading)
Tuesday June 17, 7 p.m.

In partnership with The Loft Literary Center and Emily Johnson/Catalyst.

Featuring works by authors Jayal Chung, Paula Cisewski, Heid Erdrich, Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., Marcie Rendon, Ben Weaver, and Dwayne Williams. Curated by Emily Johnson.

Local writers, their perspectives, stories, and poems have a prominent place within SHORE in this curated reading featuring original work relating to home, place, and land. Infinite associations, connections, and disconnections people have with, to, and from these sites are conjured in the moment of the reading and create a shifting, localized context for our stories, memories, and own definitions of home.

Free, registration requested:
http://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/shore-story

For further information on SHORE and Emily Johnson/Catalyst:
http://www.northrop.umn.edu
www.catalystdance.com