Pieter Plays the River, Ed Reyes River Greenway, October 26, 2014

All photos by John Tain

From Pieter’s press release: “As part of Play the LA River’s year of riverside programming, Pieter Performance Space presents a day of dance and performance at Ed Reyes River Greenway in Lincoln Heights. Pieter is located near the confluence of the LA River and Arroyo Seco, where industrial and residential spaces meet a vibrant urban aquatic landscape. Pieter is commissioning site-responsive choreographed works, improvisations, interactive happenings, and a free community yoga class, to be presented as part of an afternoon of riverside art.”

Some of the works in the event are captured in the photos that follow. Thank you to JOHN TAIN for supplying the photos, and Allison Wyper and Maya Gingery for help with the captions. Pieter Plays the River was co-produced by Pieter and Project 51.

Option – option, choreographed by Harriet Bailey. Dancers: Laura Berg, Lindsey Lollie, Jordan Saenz, Gracie Whyte.

Absorbed, choreographed by Rebeca Hernandez. Pictured L to R: Olivia Mia Orozco, Victoria Rose Wolfe, Rebeca Hernandez.

Alexx Shilling and the Modern Dancers of America, The Other Side of Stillness. Pictured L to R: Alison D’Amato and Barry Brannum.

From the Rock/A River Fable by Margaret Laurena Kemp. Pictured: soprano Jennifer Miller, in a costume by Murray Burn.

From the Rock/A River Fable by Margaret Laurena Kemp.
Pictured: drummer Hassan Jamal.

Maya Gingery

Allison Baar

Maya Gingery’s Butoh: A Somatic Workshop at Pieter. Pictured: Allison Baar, Soyoung Shin, Emily Jane Rosen, Ilona Finta, Maya Gingery.