Carnival of the Animals (Work-in-Progress Excerpt) with Wendy Whelan and Marc Bamuthi Joseph / Film – Restless Creature: Wen
August 21, 2019 8:00pm – 10:00pm
with Choreography by Francesca Harper
Wendy Whelan- once called “America’s greatest contemporary ballerina” by the NY Times—brings an excerpt of a new work-in-progress inspired by Saint-Saëns’ composition to SummerStage. She’s joined by acclaimed spoken-word artist and playwright, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, who will open the show with a solo poetry performance followed by the Whelan collaboration. The evening will continue with a screening of the 2013 documentary Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, which follows Whelan as she struggles to recover from a potentially career-ending injury and reinvent herself as a dancer beyond the world of ballet.
Cost: Free
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Location
Central Park – Summerstage
71st Street and East River Drive
New York NY 10021 US