This event is sponsored in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts. You can learn more about NorthPark Center’s art collection at their website. Audience members are welcome to come and go throughout the performance.įort Worth musician Austin Patton will be featured at all 3 shows, and Dallas musician Jon Johnston will be featured at the Sunday performance. The performance at each sculpture will last approximately 3-6 minutes before traveling to the next sculpture. Large Leaping Hare, 1982, by Barry Flanagan (Between Macy’s and Nordstrom).Rediscovered King, 1987, by Alain Kirili (Between Dillard’s and Macy’s).A Surrounded Figure (Assediato), 1983, by Mimmo Paladino (Between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s).Five Hammering Men, 1982, by Jonathan Borofsky (SouthCourt, between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s).The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1987-1988, by Jim Dine (Between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s).Three Places, 1983, by Antony Gormley (Between Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus).20 elements, 2004-2005, by Joel Shapiro (Nordstrom Court).Ad Astra, 2005, by Mark diSuvero (NorthCourt, between Nordstrom and Macy’s).
The performance starts at the NorthCourt near Mark di Suvero’s “Ad Astra” and will progress counterclockwise around the mall, stopping at 8 different sculptures: Sculpture Dance: A traveling performance inspired by sculptures on display at NorthPark Center Skydancer is presented in collaboration with Women Make Movies. CD/FW is a Domestic Touring Partner with DFA.
The Last Tightrope Dancer In Armenia is presented in collaboration with the Dance Films Association of New York City's annual Dance On Camera Festival, which is co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. SKYWALKERS is presented in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. An elegy to a vanishing art form, this remarkable film by director Inna Sahakyan was the winner of the Best Documentary Film at the 2011 Dance On Camera Festival. Two septuagenarians, the most celebrated tightrope dancers in Armenia, share the same dream - that their only remaining student will keep their daring heritage alive.
"Skydancer" was selected for many film festivals: Margaret Mead Film Festival One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Hot Springs Film Festival Salem Film Fest Brooklyn Film Festival American Indian Film Festival, and is released through Women Make Movies.ģ:30pm - The Last Tightrope Dancer In Armenia (Armenia, 2009, 52 min. The film includes amazing footage of the steel workers moving with the grace and skill of dancers on girders high above the ground, which is contrasted with glimpses of participation in traditional dances at home on the reservation.
Through archival documents and interviews, Academy Award nominated director Katja Esson (Ferry Tales, Latching On) explores the colorful and at times tragic history of the Mohawk skywalkers, bringing us a nuanced portrait of modern Native American life and a visually stunning story of double lives. Jerry McDonald Thunderbird and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. Renowned for their balance and skill, six generations of Mohawk men have been leaving their families behind on the reservation to travel to New York City, to work on some of the biggest construction jobs in the world. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell, FW, 76107Ĭontemporary Dance/Fort Worth presents a double feature of films documenting movers who dance in the high space, above the earth's surface.īroadcast premiere on PBS was Octosee it now on a big screen. Saturday November 17, 2012, 2pm and 3:30pm SKYWALKERS: A daring double feature dedicated to humans who dance high above the ground