Dance Storytime with Davalois Fearon
Presented in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
This performance features a reading of Glenda Armand's book Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth and a dance piece with live music that asks audience members to contemplate the significance of Juneteenth and what it means to be “free.”
Artistic Direction and concept: Davalois Fearon
Dancers: Davalois Fearon, Tess Montoya, Jalisa Wallerson, Julieta Rodriguez-Cruz
Clarinet and Saxophone: Mike McGinnis
Drums: Adriel Vincent-Brown
Lincoln Center celebrates summer in New York City as our free Storytime series returns to The Garden at Damrosch Park—and this year due to popular demand, we have scheduled a second event every Wednesday! Curated by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, this storytime event presents a children's book reading with live dance incorporated to keep kids of all ages enraptured and engaged!
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or guestexperience@lincolncenter.org.
Where?
Damrosch Park, West 62nd Street, New York, NY, USA
When?
Jun 19
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Dance Storytime with Davalois Fearon
Where?
Damrosch Park, West 62nd Street, New York, NY, USA
Presented in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
This performance features a reading of Glenda Armand's book Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth and a dance piece with live music that asks audience members to contemplate the significance of Juneteenth and what it means to be “free.”
Artistic Direction and concept: Davalois Fearon
Dancers: Davalois Fearon, Tess Montoya, Jalisa Wallerson, Julieta Rodriguez-Cruz
Clarinet and Saxophone: Mike McGinnis
Drums: Adriel Vincent-Brown
Lincoln Center celebrates summer in New York City as our free Storytime series returns to The Garden at Damrosch Park—and this year due to popular demand, we have scheduled a second event every Wednesday! Curated by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, this storytime event presents a children's book reading with live dance incorporated to keep kids of all ages enraptured and engaged!
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or guestexperience@lincolncenter.org.