Root and Branch (1990-1992)

A dance project for fathers and sons. Performed at the Prospect Park Picnic House March, 1990, as well as at Wave Hill, NYC City Center, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Credits

Choreography and Direction: Martha Bowers
Original Cast: Bob and Louis Armistead, Ben and Jake Chu, Donald and Matthew Fleck, Charles and Nathan Flickinger, Siri Vishni and Dharnam Singh Khalsa, Ernest and Ernest Jr. Porcelli and Ken and Edward Stevens
Music: Fiddle improvisation by Bob and Lou; The Old Grey Horse (anonymous); Turkey in the Straw-Dance Calls Neil Morris, Mouthbow-Charlie Everidge; Mississippi Picnic Part II- A. Leroy; Indian War Whoop-Floyd Ming, arranged by A. Leroy
Sound Design: Scott Lehrer
Text: Bob Armistead, Charles Flickinger, Ben Chu

“Root and Branch was both a charming display of parental and filial affection and a tribute to parks as social centers.

– Jack Anderson, New York Times

“A blend of sentiment and style…joyful, gleeful and involved.

– Beverly Sanchez, The Brooklyn Phoenix