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Event Series Event Series: The Way of Water: Onion Creek

The Way of Water: Onion Creek

April 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A performance featuring the Onion Creek watershed and the work of people who steward it.

The Way of Water is a global arts-based project bringing people together around water challenges. In Austin, Forklift is partnering with the Watershed Protection Department and residents of the Onion Creek watershed to present The Way of Water: Onion Creek.

Audience members will begin with an immersive audio walk and then witness a performance on a restored urban floodplain. The dance will feature municipal workers and community members who steward the watershed. Directed by Allison Orr and Krissie Marty. Production Design by Stephen Pruitt. Musical Direction by Graham Reynolds with commissioned composers Vanessa Burden, Orion Garcia and DJGL.

This project is generously funded by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, City of Austin Economic Development Department, the Texas Commission on the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project.

Details

Date:
April 12
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Series:
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.austintexas.org/event/way-of-water%3a-onion-creek/380161/

Other

Performance Type
Arts, Class or Workshop

Venue

Onion Creek Greenbelt
7407 S Pleasant Valley Road
Austin, TX 78744 United States
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A performance featuring the Onion Creek watershed and the work of people who steward it.

The Way of Water is a global arts-based project bringing people together around water challenges. In Austin, Forklift is partnering with the Watershed Protection Department and residents of the Onion Creek watershed to present The Way of Water: Onion Creek.

Audience members will begin with an immersive audio walk and then witness a performance on a restored urban floodplain. The dance will feature municipal workers and community members who steward the watershed. Directed by Allison Orr and Krissie Marty. Production Design by Stephen Pruitt. Musical Direction by Graham Reynolds with commissioned composers Vanessa Burden, Orion Garcia and DJGL.

This project is generously funded by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, City of Austin Economic Development Department, the Texas Commission on the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project.

Details

Date:
April 13
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Series:
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.austintexas.org/event/way-of-water%3a-onion-creek/380161/

Other

Performance Type
Arts, Class or Workshop

Venue

Onion Creek Greenbelt
7407 S Pleasant Valley Road
Austin, TX 78744 United States
+ Google Map