HELLO, BUFFALO
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Artistic Direction, Choreography : Daina Ashbee
Interpreted by : Imara Bosco
Rehearsal director : Gabriel Nieto
Scenography : Daina Ashbee
World Premiere : New York Live Arts - May 18 & 19 2023, New York City
Photo : Hello, Buffalo by Maria Baranova of Imara Bosco 2023
The creation of Hello, Buffalo was supported in part by New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas 2023: Planet Justice
CALENDAR :
Avant-premiere, April 1st 2023, Gabriola, BC.
World-premiere, May 18th & 19th 2023, New York City, New York
Canadian premiere, September 30th & October 1st 2023, Kitchener, Ontario
STUDIO EXCERPT, august 31st 2024 - tanzmesse international dance platform - düsseldorf, GERMANY
mAY 24TH 2026, DANCE WEEK FESTIVAL - ZAGREB, CROATIA
A hollow swimming pool hall
diving boards,
many lengths.
Attempts.
Shallow waters.
Belly flops.
Resilience.
Full body, full body Water.
Walk on Water.
A sinking Island.
Whisper
Words of devotion.
Worship the land
scape.
Agua de luz in a swimming pool hall.
Many diving boards, different lengths.
A belly flop.
hollow pools, dry lands, thirsty landscape.
bodily glow.
Whisper prayers of devotion.
Hot feet burning on dry lands.
Worshiping the burning sun.
Sinking in, drowning above, the melted concrete
pads of islands off of rough lands.
Tumbling into water.
sinking with
land