Graveyards & Gardens
RESERVE YOUR SEATS
April 28-30, 2022 @ 7:30pm + Matinee April 30 @ 3:00pm
Bodecker Foundation 2360 NW Quimby Street Portland, OR 97210
Graveyards & Gardens is presented with a donation-based model — Suggested Donation levels are $35 General, $30 Senior, $10 Student. You will be prompted on the last step of checkout with the option to add a donation to your order.
Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw returns to Portland with dancer Anya Saugstad to present Graveyards and Gardens from the Bodecker skate bowl. Co-produced by Shaw and dancer-choreographer Vanessa Goodman, this new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions.
“A dance. A concert. A curious analogue-driven performance experience. A visual and sonic album of reconstructed memories and distortions. Revealed in an immersive environment of nature and technology. The warm glow lure of antiquated innovations and embodied experience. It’s a living album that continues to fold and unfold into itself. Digging deep into the beauty of how the body remembers.”
—Nicole Mion
Seating
Audience members may choose between “Chair” or “Skatebowl” seating for this program. Skatebowl seating will be cushioned ground seating outlining the perimeter of the skate bowl with the option to dangle your legs inside (pictured below), and Chair seating will be set up slightly behind to ensure everyone has a good sight line inside the skate bowl.
Works
Graveyards & Gardens
Created by
Caroline Shaw & Vanessa Goodman
Performed by
Caroline Shaw & Anya Saugstad
Lighting Design by
James Proudfoot
Audio Design by
Eric Chad and Kate De Lorme
Graveyards & Gardens is generously supported by
Oregon Cultural Trust
James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
Caroline Shaw and former Executive Director Lisa Volle enjoying the skate bowl seating
The “stage” for Graveyards and Gardens will be the base of the Bodecker skate bowl
Artistic Director Sarah Tiedemann practicing entering and exiting the stage (Vanessa Goodman will be the only person inside the skate bowl during performances)
