Produced by Dancing in the Streets and Dance/Theatre/Etcetera
A site-specific work created for the Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront exploring the history of immigration from the 1800’s through present day 1998.
Photo credit: Brittain Stone
Credits
Conceived and directed by Martha Bowers
Production Manager: Sara Coffey
Production Technical Director: Larry Smallwood
Composer and Musical Director: Tiye Giraud with Hoss Hed Juju: Marlene Rice, Cooper Moore with Safe Harbor Community Chorus
Additional Music: Bob Goldberg
Lighting Design: Tony Giovannetti
Set Design: Ed King
Costumes: Liz Prince
Dancers: Shannon Hummel, David Matiano, Alison Easter, Scot Willigham, Noah Weis, Kym Woodford.
Guest Artists: Hank Smith and Josephine McNamara, David Sharps and daughters Sophie and Dalia Sharps, and with special appearances by Annie Lanzilotto and Sunny Balsano
Boats and Boat Crews: Floating the Apple
Art Works by students from Brooklyn International HS
Additional Support from the O’Connell Organization and Greg O’Connell Sr. as well as the Waterfront Museum, Captain David Sharps
Safe Harbor was made possible with major support from the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund , the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 1998 Cultural Challenge Initiative and Meet the Composer’s Composer/Choreographer Project as well as by the generous support of private individuals.