Archs & Textures DWTN.

May, June 2022

Bautanzt Here presents Archs & Textures DWTN, a dynamic new performance series inspired by the architecture and history of the Central Fulton Library. These site-specific performances will all take place downtown.

This performance series is funded by Arts & Entertainment Atlanta, a neighborhood activation and economic development project for Downtown Atlanta.  

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We'll present our first performance in the series as part of Third Friday, A Courtyard Experience Event at Underground Atlanta, which features a wide array of entertainment including live music, dance, open art galleries, and delicious food.  

 

Archs & Textures DWTN explores the unique architectural character of Atlanta's Central Library, which was designed in Brutalist style by Hungarian-born Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. 

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Our company was inspired by the range of shapes found inside and outside of the library -- the lattice patterns, the blend of cement and wooden textures, and the monumental staircase structures. We also approached the building from a humanistic perspective, imagining how it might express itself if it could feel emotions. The building might feel like a stranger, an outsider, even an immigrant, next to the buildings more standard-looking for the area. 

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The library was slated to be destroyed, but saved in 2016 after a multi-year preservation effort led by activists and downtown Atlanta residents, and renovated instead. So, this performance also explores the fragility of a huge cement structure awaiting its fate at the hands of people, significantly smaller and brittle physically compared to it. 

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RSVP: https://fb.me/e/1T4tyIEYk 

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Choreographic direction, basic costume design: Nadya Zeitlin. 
Special costume design: Jennifer Schottstaedt. 

Collaborating performers: Shea Carponter-Broderick, Nicolas Hopkin, Amber Kirchner, Raina Mitchell, Jacquelyn Pritz.

Music by Xay Zoleil. 

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Photos by Kimara Dixon.