FREE PLASTIC BAG COSTUME MAKING WORKSHOPS

Gather plastic bags and bring them! Artichoke Dance Company will teach you how to create elaborate upcycled costumes from plastic bags. Wear your costume for the opening parade of Global Water Dances Day, an international platform to raise awareness of water issues and advocate for access to clean water worldwide, June 24th at the Gowanus Canal.

Workshop Dates:

Register Here June 4, 12-3pm at Artichoke Dance Company, 121 Sterling Place, Brooklyn

Register Here June 11, 12-3pm at the Old Stone House in Washington Park, 336 Third Street in Brooklyn

Register Here June 12, 6-9pm at the Old Stone House in Washington Park, 336 Third Street in Brooklyn

Register Here June 21, 6-9pm at Artichoke Dance Company, 121 Sterling Place, Brooklyn

If you're a dancer, join us for movement workshops as well and perform "Water Dances" with Artichoke Dance in your costume. At movement workshops you'll learn the opening and closing sections of Water Dances. 

FREE DYNAMIC MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS:

Register Here June 3, 2-3:30pm at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, 29 Jay Street, Brooklyn

Register Here June 11, 3-4:30pm at the Old Stone House/Washington Park, 336 Third Street, Brooklyn

Register Here June 17, 3-4:30pm at Promenade at Whole Foods Third and 3rd, 3rd Street between 3rd Avenue and Bond Street, Brooklyn.

Global Water Dances Day on the Gowanus Canal

Saturday, June 24

1:00: Eco-tour of the Gowanus Canal by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy

2:00: Costume parade and dance performance with music by Keur Djembe

12:30-3:30: Interactive exhibits and informational tables

Promenade at Whole Foods Third and 3rd, 3rd Street between 3rd Avenue and Bond Street in Brooklyn

Global Water Dances is an international platform to raise awareness of water issues and advocate for access to clean water worldwide. Artichoke Dance Company is a Brooklyn based arts organization committed to upcycling materials that are headed to landfills for its productions. Global Water Dances on the Gowanus Canal is their third collaboration. 

Learn More:

Global Water Dances

Artichoke Dance Company