Rachel Damon is the director of Synapse Arts, a dance-theater company based in Chicago.
Artists across the country are creating Crosswalk Dances, a series originated by Synapse Arts. These “fancy street crossings” incorporate improvisation and set choreography to the flow of traffic, forging public space for movement expression, and setting dance in unexpected places. Catch them live or on Synapse Arts’ social media, and do your own #crosswalkdance!
Seen here (in order of appearance): Steph Anderson, Jamila Kekulah Kinney, Dylan Roth, Kait Dessoffy, Kara Brody, Nora Sharp and Grace McCants, Rachel Damon. We’re only halfway through the month-long series. Watch artists dance through crosswalks in New York City, Seattle, Taos, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, and Synapse Arts’ home base of Chicago.
“Crosswalk Dances” is a popular street performance series that began in 2008. We’ve brought it back as a means to support artists and make dance happen. We welcome donations towards our Pandemic Artist Support Campaign: https://synapsearts.networkforgood.com/projects/97355-dance-will-keep-us-together-synapse-arts-pandemic-support
