CROWNING
in the cold
janurary 13
3pm (SOLD OUT), 4pm, 5pm staggered entry
CROWNING, or how to change shape while remembering your name is an interactive scavenger hunt following urban water ways back home.
Born in 2020 (DEEP pandemic) CROWNING follows four city kid nature spirits—GATITO (a streetcat) SUGAR (a walking river, city girl), SLINGSHOT (a ghost child…plants growing in the cracks) and RUST (crumbling industry).
CROWNING lives through dance, interactive story telling, moving meditation, altar building, and scaffolded levels of collaboration, the first level being with audience.
Each entry allows time to walk one character path. You are welcome to walk a second or third path, time allowing.
Those who choose 3pm entry may opt in to a guided walk along the Bronx River, beginning at the Boogie Down Grind. Arrival time for the walk is 1pm.
There will be a short talk back and after party beginning at 6pm. All are welcome.
A note about accessibility: BAAD! is not wheelchair accessible, though they are actively working to become so. A portion of this work (about 15 minutes) takes place outdoors, in January, so please dress accordingly. Three of the four paths (GATITO, SLINGSHOT and RUST) move though uneven terrain. Audience is asked to move in groups, and cooperative navigation is encouraged. Necessary, really.
CROWNING in the cold features Alicia Raquel Morales (lead artist, performer) with deep collaboration from Kikashima (sound design, voice performer), Alexander Lambie (performer: DOORKEEPER), Cleopatra Jach (performer: MOODY TROLL), Fana Fraser (audio+ contributor: SUGAR’s path), STEFA* (audio contributor: RUST’s path), & Chelsea Laboucane (audio contributor: GATITO’s path, reading text by Thomas King).
The work is made possible by generous support from BAAD! Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, Pepatían Hi-ARTS, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, CulturePush, Brooklyn Arts Council, NYFA and Boogie Down Grind.
Creative support from Johnnie Cruise Mercer & Queerly Femmetastic, mentorship from Charles Rice Gonzalez, Arthur Aviles, gina breedlove, & support from countless community members who have offered space in their homes, cash, rides, ideas, consulting and equipment to make CROWNING in the cold possible.
Special thanks to Emma Alabaster, Lorenzo Van Ness, Majora Carter, Javier Santos, Isake Smith, Kirya Traber, Marcus Gualberto, Kamila Sanchez, Alexander Morfe, David White, Mario Ismael Espinoza, Luce Lincoln, Sharon Bridgeforth, Marléne Ramirez-Cancio, Ganessa James, Vamir, Cleopatra Acquaye-Reynolds, April Bethea, Ana Connor, Juana Peralta, Aysa Gray, Myles Paisley, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Jane Gabriels, Lisa Newell, Jamie Nessel, Rachel Schragis, Ngozi Ngangwa, Tiffany James, Zola Dee, Arthur Aviles, Kimberly Murray, Emma Grace Skove-Epps, Beto O’Byrne, Maria Bauman, sheri Crump, Nicole McClam, Parijat Dessai, Meropi Peponides, Awilda Rodriguez, Steph McLeod, Kayla Hamilton, Yuhlalia Hernandez, Jennifer Romaine, Denise Sanchez, Argelia Arreola, Olivia Levins Holden, Aviva Geismar, Esther Hinsley, Abdiel Jacobson, Parker St. Charles, Alicia Dellimore, Jennifer McLeod, gina breedlove, Rae Leiner, Aya de León & Jasmine Syedullah.
Thank you to all of the ones who walk (roll, crawl, fly) with me.