The Grand Steps Project June 16, 2004

The Grand Step Project
Stephan Koplowitz
June 15 - 28, 2004

50 dancers and acclaimed choirs perform in Stephan Koplowitz's largest site-specific work to date. From Brooklyn to Manhattan and the Bronx, six of New York City's most magnificent staircases come alive in director/choreographer Stephan Koplowitz's largest site-specific work to date. 50 dancers fill the stairs with movement that evokes the historic and contemporary uses of each staircase. Dancers perform to an original score by composer Quentin Chiappetta. At each performance, the 15-minute dance segment is preceded by a 15-minute segment, in which an acclaimed choir sing from its repertoire.

Performance Schedule
All performances are FREE and open to the public and repeated three times on staircases at the following sites:

Tuesday 6/15
Continuously on view from 8:00 until 9:30 p.m.
World Premiere!
WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER WINTER GARDEN
West and Vesey Streets in Lower Manhattan
Classical: NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY

A/C/J/M/Z/2/3/4/5 to Fulton St/Broadway-Nassau
Exit onto Fulton St & walk west to Church St.; turn right on Church St; turn left on Vesey St. and continue across West St. to the WFC. Winter Garden is inside WFC.
co-presented with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The World Financial Center Arts & Events Program as part of the 2004 Hudson River Festival

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 6/17, 18, 19
12:00, 12:45, 1:30 p.m. on each day
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
5th Ave between 40th & 42nd Sts
Classical: NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY
B/D/F/V to 42nd St; #7 to 5th Ave

Wednesday 6/23
12:00, 12:45, 1:30 p.m.
BRONX COUNTY BUILDING
161st Street and Grand Concourse
Youth Choir: HIGHBRIDGE VOICES

B/D/4 to 161st St/Yankee stadium; Walk uphill on 161st St. (away from stadium) to Grand Concourse
An official event of Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion?s Bronx Week Celebration

Friday 6/25
12:00, 12:45, 1:30 p.m.
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
Plaza steps (209 Joralemon St. btw. Court & Adams Sts.)
Choir: GREAT DAY CORALE

A/C/F to Jay St/Borough Hall, M/N/R/1/2/4/5 to Court St/Borough Hall
An official event of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz - Brooklyn Tourism & Visitors Center

Saturday 6/26
2:00, 2:45, 3:30 p.m.
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN OF DIVINE
Amsterdam Ave at 112th St
Spirituals: GREAT DAY CHORALE
(Rain Date: Sunday 6/27)

1/9 and C/B to 110th St.

Monday 6/28
5:00, 5:45, 6:30 p.m.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AT ALEXANDER HAMILTON U.S. CUSTOMS HOUSE
1 Bowling Green
Native American Traditional Drummers: SILVERCLOUD

4/5 to Bowling Green; 1/9 to South Ferry; Museum is just West of Battery Park

Co-presented with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
(Rain Date: Wednesday 6/30)

The Lower Manhattan performances of The Grand Step Project are made possible in part by Altria and NYMEX as part of LMCC's SiteLines series and are produced in association with the Downtown NYC River to RiverTM Festival 2004 - a summer-long celebration featuring hundreds of free music, dance and cultural programs in Lower Manhattan from May to September. For complete event listings and more information, please visit www.RivertoRiverNYC.com

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