The Hudson River is the first river to be saved in the history of global environmentalism. It was the spur for the Clean Water Act of 1972. Today the great river is once again in grave danger of intensified pollution and toxicity. Shorelines is a clarion call to riverine climate awareness and the centrality of the Hudson River’s marine health to the region’s ecologies.
Directed by May Joseph
Choreography: Claudio Caverni
Music Direction: Matthew Christian
Vocalist: Patricia Jane
Dancers: Serena Carella, Riccardo Passera, Marilou Perez, Simran Vilain
Musicians: Katya Barmotina, Brendan Hearn
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May Joseph is an environmental performance artist who choreographs site-specific, durational movement events at the junctures of land and sea. She uses performance, gesture, dance, voice, and movement as tools to explore climate aesthetics and the habitats and histories of islands. Joseph views archipelagos as living biospheres affected by human impact. She has curated over twenty-four ocean-centered performances addressing water politics in New York City and coastal regions worldwide.
Claudio Caverni was born in Siena, Italy. He started dancing in a small studio in his village in Tuscany before moving to Siena to train at Ateneo della Danza where he performed in Don Quixote with Balletto Di Siena. A graduate of The Ailey School Certificate Program, Claudio performed in the Opening Night Gala of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s fall season at New York City Center, as well as excerpts of Bird Lives by Alvin Ailey in 2021 and Festa Barocca by Mauro Bigonzetti in 2022. He also performed Hope Boykin’s new work, Chasing the Spirit, for the 2023 Ailey Spirit Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center as well as Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during AAADT’s 2023 New York City Center season and at BAM in 2024. In addition to Ailey repertoire, he has worked with Amy Hall Garner, Ronald K. Brown, Brice Mousset, Norbert De LaCruz III, Avree Walker, Renee Robinson, Tracy Inman, Janice Rosario. He participated in Intensives such as Orsolina28 working with Juliano Nunes and FLOCK, ChoreoLab at Ballet Hispanico, and Gibney NYC Summer Study. In September 2024 Claudio began dancing with inDance company.
Matthew Christian plays and teaches traditional Irish fiddle. He has three local weekly music residencies and a number of thriving students in the New York Irish scene, and is also an avid environmentalist.
Patricia Jane is a performance and teaching artist based in NYC. She grew up in Indonesia and moved to the United States to pursue her education at the Joffrey Ballet School and a BFA in dance, music, and theater from NJCU. Jane also holds a diploma from the ABRSM Royal Schools of Music (UK) in voice, violin, and piano, all of which were achieved with consecutive highest examination scores in Indonesia. Professional dance experience includes works with Baayork Lee for NAAP, Margot Sappington and Victoria Rinaldi for Orpheum Dance Theater, Winston Brown for EMDOD Dance Against Cancer, Cindy Brandle for KoDaFe, and Buglisi Dance Theater for Table of Silence. She recently opened and closed the BVFW x NYFW 2024 with her violin solo and was invited to perform the Queen of the Night aria at the Sha Tin Town Hall in Hong Kong, as well as several solo performances representing her country at the Indonesian Embassy in New York. Insta/YouTube: @patriciajane_
