Improv Spaces Music Festival
IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL will present five days of live music, art, and dance showcasing a range of Saratoga County and Capital Region musicians as well as bringing musicians and artists from New York City/New Jersey upstate.
5-7PM: Swamp Smartweed, a real-time vegetal composition
a new work by choreographer/dancer andrea haenggi
7-9PM: METROPOLIS
Original live score by Joe Fee, Ed Fritz, Mike Sojkowski
Day 4 of the IMPROV SPACES MUSIC FESTIVAL will start off with a real-time vegetal composition (5-7PM) initiated by andrea haenggi, a choreographer/dancer collaborating with plants, and joined by guitarist On Ka’a Davis. The improvisation will allow the audience (the guests) to actively engage in creating a relationship with plants, movement, and sound. They will be immersed in the search for the endangered plant Swamp Smartweed (Persicaria setacea). This plant may be found in the Village by the Round Lake, according to sources.
Swamp Smartweed, a real-time vegetal composition
In a swamp-campground atmosphere, the guests (audience) will join us in search of the endangered plant Swamp Smartweed (Persicaria setacea). This plant may be found in the Village by the Round Lake, according to sources. Emerging from long-term, deep encounters with spontaneous urban plants, artist, dancer, and choreographer andrea haenggi will collaborate with them in their research, creating a dynamic flow of actions: dancing, speaking, listening, touching, and reflecting to develop a poetry of bodies and establish relations with Swamp Smartweed.
Learn More: Day 4 — Saturday, June 1