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<\/em><\/p>\nRunning from June 2 through June 5, 2022 at the Gene Frankel Theatre at 24 Bond Street in lower Manhattan, \u201cFreedom Dance\u201d consists of a series of playful scenes that build a symbolic, existential story about the challenge of coping in our current troubled world. The production will feature a totally nude cast.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s actually not about the nudity at all,\u201d says writer\/director, and Founder of Human Connection Arts, Andy Golub. \u201cClothing covers up our natural state. We are socialized on so many levels, it prevents us from processing ourselves, each other and the world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the production, a series of existential scenes build an abstract story filled with original music, song, dance, movement, and acting. Scenes include a dance scene exemplifying the relationship of fire and the tree as she burns him down, a person perpetually swimming, the contemplations of a disgruntled god, and the cast symbolically sharing various interpretations of what is freedom.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a time in life when things get so complicated, that we simply need to simplify, to step back and see things in a more basic way,\u201d says Golub. \u201cThis production is designed to help people to get back to seeing the basic, important things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to turning to theater production, Golub has organized many large-scale art events throughout Europe and the U.S., and his \u201cliving art\u201d has been featured at many New York City Parades and Pridefests.<\/p>\n
Naked Theater\u2019s production of \u201cFreedom Dance\u201d stars Annie Cox, Atlantis Carp, Ethan James First, Joseph Grosso, Luca Villa, \u200bMaggie Rineman, Mizuho Kappa, Nora Gatz and \u200b\u200bRaul Gajasamharamoorthy.<\/p>\n
The production is written and directed by Andy Golub and stage managed by \u200b\u200bRaul Gajasamharamoorthy with lighting and sound by Hammer Productions. It runs June 2-5 at the Gene Frankel Theatre at 24 Bond Street in Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreedom Dance\u201d is a unique, one-of-a-kind show with a very limited run of just four performances: Thursday \u2013 Saturday night at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The production runs approximately 90 minutes. Tickets are $35. Must be 18 years or older to attend.<\/p>\n
To be part of this historical theater moment visit: http:\/\/www.nakedtheater.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Venue information: https:\/\/www.genefrankeltheatre.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Human Connections Arts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded by NYC-based artist and body painter, Andy Golub<\/a>, Human Connections Arts<\/a> is a non-profit organization that creates large scale public art events and performances to promote unity and acceptance for all people. Learn more: https:\/\/humanconnectionarts.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Lynn Munroe, 845.548.1211<\/p>\n lynn@maracaibomedia.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK, N.Y., May 27, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Human Connection Arts, a non-profit founded by NYC-based artist and body painter Andy Golub, announced today performance dates of the group’s second Naked Theater production, “Freedom Dance.” Throughout the production, a series of existential scenes build an abstract story filled with original music, song, dance, movement, and acting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9337,"featured_media":82100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,37,237,8,197],"tags":[18212,10559],"class_list":["post-82103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts-news","category-entertainment-news","category-live-theatre-news","category-new-york-news","category-event-news","tag-artist-andy-golub","tag-gene-frankel-theatre","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":5031,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}