Soaking WET is a series of choreographic evenings curated by David Parker, whose company, David Parker and The Bang Group has been the first and only resident-dance company of the West End Theatre since January 2003. Parker is committed to bringing together artists of varied backgrounds and levels of experience in order to break down aesthetic barriers and achieve mutual inspiration.
Program A: ELLIS WOOD and Dancers
Premiere of Earthbound, created by Wood and dancers Chelsea Hecht, Alexandra Lockhart, and Emily McDaniel, three graduates from SUNY Purchase. The work is the first in a new initiative designed by Wood to support emerging female choreographer/dancers. Participants are provided with rehearsal space, rehearsal pay, choreographers' fees, music, costumes, set, performance venue, lighting and tech, allowing the artists to focus solely on their craft. Earthbound, set to a music collage, has dancers creating various spaces by moving structures to form pathways, rooms and surfaces. Within these boundaries, they explore physical and emotional states of being, such as heaviness, ecstasy, and confusion.
Program B: ERIKA BATDORF and KATE DIGBY
Directed and choreographed by Kate Digby and written by Erika Batdorf, The Red Horse is Leaving is inspired by the journals of Thaya Whitten, a Nova Scotian painter, performance artist and musician. The work gives the audience an intimate view of someone who is plagued (or blessed) by visions, and struggles to distinguish inspiration from delusion. Along this journey we watch and intensely painful and joyful battle with drugs, addition, isolation, and manic-depression in the pursuit of something beautiful. A "gargoyle," played by Kate Gordon, haunts the painter's studio wearing a spine with lighting responding to Batdorf's breathing and heart rate.
Show Finder
Soaking WET Dance Series
First Preview: May 13, 2019
Opening Date: May 16, 2019
Closing Date: May 19, 2019
Running Time: 02:00
Playing @
West End Theatre
The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, New York, NY 10024
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Use the ramp on the north side of the street to enter the church. The theater is located on the second floor. An elevator is available.
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7 PM & 8:30 PM (Program A & B)
SUNDAY @ 2 PM (Program A)
Director
- David Parker and Jeff Kazin - Co-curation
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$20.00 - $20.00
Accessibility
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Box Office
There isn't a permanent box office. -
Curb Ramps
Yes -
Restroom
One and two levels below the theatre, accessible by stairs or elevator. -
Elevator/Escalator
Yes: Elevator -
Telephone
None -
Entrance
Theatre is housed in the Church of St. Paul and St Andrew and the entrance is up several stone steps. Wheelchair-accessible entrance on West End Avenue, through the sanctuary. -
Visual Assistance
None -
Folding Armrests
None -
Water Fountain
Yes -
Assisted Listening System
None -
Wheelchair Info
The first row can be removed for wheelchair accessibility.
