Liturgy|Order|Bridge
July 13, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
A project of Scapegoat Garden, “Liturgy|Order|Bridge” is a participatory dance ritual that fuses sacred traditions and secular performance modalities to make porous the border between “audience” and “performance.” Calling on Black church traditions, core performers bring guests into a collective score of movement, clapping, vocalization, and witnessing. A chorus of local movement artists and change makers guide guests into and through the liturgy performance and then into the rest of life through a visual and aural landscape that pushes and pulls ideas of faith, nature, fashion, and experimentation. Liturgy provides an avenue by which all participants of the encounter can identify and establish shared responsibilities among and to one another, which can then ripple out beyond the performance itself.
CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY DEBORAH GOFFE
CREATIVE TEAM:
Core Performers/Co-Creators: Deborah Goffe, Lauren Horn, Abena Koomson-Davis, Arien Wilkerson
Wisdom-Keeper: Jasmin Agosto
Threshold Chorus Members: Chantal Edwards-Matthews, Juanita Harris, Latoya Walker, Ian Watson and a growing group of community participants
Technical Director: Maritza Ubides
Lighting Designer: Kathy Couch
Rehearsal Manager/ Producer: Amisi Nazaire-Hicks
Creative Producer: Alexandra Ripp RUNTIME: 90 minutes
FULLY-MASKED MATINEE: The 2pm performance on Saturday, July 15, will be fully masked for audience members in order to make the event accessible for folks who cannot be in unmasked spaces. Please note that performers will not be masked. Extra masks will be available onsite.
PARKING: Metered street parking is available near the venue and is free after 6pm and on Saturdays. Alternatively, by showing your ticket to the parking attendant, attendees have access to a lower rate ($5) at the MAT Garage adjacent to Hartford Stage (50 Church Street, Hartford, CT) and across from the venue. Please bring cash for this transaction.
ACCESSIBILITY: The front entrance of the venue is fully accessible. Attendees will be invited to stand for short periods of time, move lightly, and vocalize as a group.
