Atlanta Beltline Art Residency
Avoiding Highways, a site-specific dance theatre performance.
Culmination of Nadya Zeitlin’s Atlanta Beltline Art Residency.
November 9, 2024
Old Fourth Ward Tower Plaza, 405 N Angier Avenue NE.
Choreographic direction, costuming: Nadya Zeitlin.
Special costume design: Jennifer Schottstaedt.
Writer: Petar Miloshevski.
Co-creators and performers: Caroline Alcott, Kendall Alexander, Versailles Jones, Faith Fidgeon, Petar Miloshevski, Isa Newton, Rianna Wallace, Katie Watkins. With Hiroko Kelly.
What does your old home look like?
What does your old home feel like?
What did you have to do to adjust to your new home?
Together with participating artists, Nadya was exploring a variety of answers to these questions through the movement language, adapting the dance to the landscape of the Old Fourth Ward Tower Plaza right at the Beltline's East Side Trail.
During the residency, Nadya explored the art of adapting to new circumstances and "homes." This theme holds deep personal significance for Zeitlin, as she recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of her relocation from her hometown, Almaty, Kazakhstan, to the United States.
Photographer: Jordan Young.
Participating in the Atlanta Beltline Art Residency, Zeitlin's goal is to delve deeper into the realm of performance art in public spaces and advance her mission of making the art of dance more accessible to the public. That involves bringing dance to where people are, rather than inviting them to traditional performance venues where attendees often need to purchase tickets, arrange babysitting, find parking, and deal with various logistical challenges.
The diverse landscapes offered by the Atlanta Beltline perfectly align with the theme she wishes to explore: the art of adapting to new circumstances and "homes." This theme holds deep personal significance for Zeitlin, as she recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of her relocation from her hometown, Almaty, Kazakhstan, to the United States.
Weaving dance and theatre into each selected location environment, Zeitlin will create a series of unique performances of various lengths, each telling a meaningful and visually engaging story.
Photographer, videographer: Jordan Young.