Name: Jane Franklin Dance Company Performance at Site See
Start: 2023-10-13T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Waterfront Park

Jane Franklin Dance Company Performance at Site See

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This performance will combine spoken word and dance to respond to Nina Cooke John's artwork "Two Boxes of Oranges and Admonia Jackson."

Waterfront Park

*﻿*Please note that the Saturday October 14 Performance is rescheduled to Sunday October 15 at 7pm due to inclement weather**A﻿bout the 2023 <a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/arts/2023-artist-residencies-program" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Artist Residencies Program</a>The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts is pleased to announce that it was awarded a second National Endowment for the Arts grant to fund its community Artist Residencies Program. Since 2019, the Site See installations have played an important role in the success of Waterfront Park, providing engaging and interactive visual anchors that received accolades from the public and the press.Through the National Endowment for the Arts Grant Artist Residency Program, two performers were selected for the performing arts residencies, specifically to bring interpretive movement pieces inspired by the artwork to the Waterfront Park space during the period of September to November.A﻿bout <a href="https://janefranklin.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jane Franklin Dance</a>Based in Arlington since 1997, Jane Franklin Dance is a company of movement artists who work in partnership with additional dance professionals, guest choreographers, and partnering organizations. Jane Franklin Dance has been recognized by Virginia’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the company tours for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program, and the Virginia Commission’s Tour Directory.A﻿bout &quot;<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/public-art/site-see-two-boxes-of-oranges-and-admonia-jackson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Two Boxes of Oranges and Admonia Jackson</a>&quot; by Nina Cooke JohnThe installation Nina Cooke John has created for Waterfront Park forms an abstracted ship’s hull with steel vertical elements that rise and bend, referencing the curve of the hull’s frame. The vertical elements spread across the site to form the rough outline of a ship. Visitors can stand within the space and imagine a time in Alexandria’s history when the ships carried not only cargo like tobacco, molasses, rum and limes, but also enslaved people who were traded as part of the transatlantic and domestic slave trades.Like an archaeological dig, the installation is layered. Text on the vertical elements and the ground reveals fragments of information taken from the manifests of ships that arrived to the Port of Alexandria in the 18th century. Lists of cargo such as “herring”, “coconuts” and “gin” are painted on the ground and embedded in the vertical elements alongside names found in the manifests, such as “Jane Tailor, female, 5’-2.”” Also listed are “two boxes of oranges” and “Admonia Jackson”.Approaching the installation from the exterior of the abstracted hull, visitors view one side, or layer, of history. Once inside the installation, a fuller story is revealed. Visitors can move in, through and between the installation elements, reading the text, running their hands along the words, and stepping amongst the lists of items and individuals carried to and from Alexandria’s waterfront in the 18th century.

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