The Houston Botanic Garden and Open Dance Project will present the site-specific work “Flutter: The Monarch Butterfly Project” in the Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden for two afternoons only, Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, from 4-7 p.m.
The family friendly event will celebrate and draw attention to the monarch butterfly’s approximately 3,000-mile southern migration, which passes through Texas each fall.
As visitors explore the Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden – including the hands-on Water Play features – and discover three interactive butterfly installations by local sculptor Meredith Tucker, which the Garden added to its permanent art collection in the summer, the company of Open Dance Project will present a half-hour, immersive contemporary dance performances with an accompanying soundscape by sound artist Lynn Lane (Director of Transitory Sound and Movement Collective), in whimsical costumes by Houston-based artist Natasha Bowdoin. The performance will travel throughout the family garden and begins at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30pm.
The San Antonio River Foundation and Open Dance Project will present the site-specific work “Flutter: The Monarch Butterfly Project” at San Antonio’s Confluence Park on Sunday, October 15th from 2:30-5:30pm.
The family friendly event will celebrate and draw attention to the monarch butterfly’s approximately 3,000-mile southern migration, which passes through Texas each fall. A butterfly release celebrating the Monarch Butterfly is scheduled to accompany the event.
As visitors explore the river path and award winning art and architecture of Confluence Park, the company of Open Dance Project will present a half-hour-long immersive contemporary dance performance with an accompanying soundscape by sound artist Lynn Lane (Director of Transitory Sound and Movement Collective), in whimsical costumes by Houston-based artist Natasha Bowdoin. The performance begins along the river and will be performed three times, beginning at 3pm, 4pm, and 5pm.
Choreographed by Annie Arnoult with the Dancers. Music by Lynn Lane. Costumes and props by Natasha Bowdoin. Created and performed by Joshua de Alba, Sonia Engman, Jaime Garcia Vergara, Atticus Griffin, Madelyn Manlove, Cameo Reneé, and Brenden Winkfield. Produced by Robin Anderson. Accessibility resource direction by Judi Stallings.
