New York, NY… For two years, Savona Bailey-McClain and Hilary Brown-Istrefi talked about this lost ballet Horse Power. Diego Rivera designed the costumes. Now, this work has been revitalized in West Harlem.
Presented by West Harlem Art Fund and Riverside Park Conservancy's 2023 Summer on the Hudson by director and choreographer Hilary Brown-Istrefi | HB² PROJECTS, July 29 & 30 at West Harlem Piers Park. Horses full of steam is a free, outdoor, site-specific performance.
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Saturday July 29 & Sunday July 30, 2023
3 PM
West Harlem Piers Park, NY
(Enter at 125th & Marginal Streets)present “Horses full of steam” by director and choreographer Hilary Brown-Istrefi | HB² PROJECTS, July 29 & 30 at West Harlem Piers Park.
“Horses full of steam” deconstructs to reimagine visual and topical elements from the almost forgotten 1932 ballet-symphony, “Horse Power”, with music by Carlos Chávez, designs by Diego Rivera, and choreography by Catherine Littlefield. Adopting the ballet’s original 4-episode structure, the performance explores the hybridity of Pan-American culture through a magical realist lens.
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Performance Members:
Director & Choreographer Hilary Brown-Istrefi | HB² PROJECTS
Dancers Sabrina Canas & Maira Duarte
Composer & Musician Mahsa Matin with Vocalists Abena Roman & Aiyana Roman
(aka The Triple Tones)
Visual Artist Heather Weston
Art Historian & Narrator Savona Bailey-McClain
“Horses full of steam” was created through the Trisk Presents 2023 Resident Artist Program, made possible with generous support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York State Council on the Arts; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Howard Gilman Foundation; and Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
