Dancing in the Streets

Charrette originally referred to an intensive course for architectural students in Paris in the 1800s. The students were given 72 hours to solve a complex design problem, place their plans in carts [“charrettes”] and rush them to the École des Beaux Arts.

Dance Charrette was conceived by Joanna Haigood as an invigorating exercise for choreographers that challenges them to create a site-specific work in five days with no prior knowledge of the site, its location, characteristics or the stories it contains.

Mystery! To safeguard the integrity of the Dance Charrette, the identity of the site will not be revealed to the choreographers (or to the public) until the first day of rehearsals, i.e., five days before the public performances. The site will be revealed on September 29, 2 pm: dancinginthestreets.org, ohny.org or 212-625-3505