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www.newislandfestival.com, 10-20 september in New York
10-20 september 2009, Governor’s Island, New York City
New isLand is a new and one time only performance art festival on Governors Island that brings the latest performance arts, site specific theatre and visual arts from the Netherlands combined with performances and art installations from young NY-artists. Governors Island will be the stage for performances on several venues on the island. Non verbal open air performances, site specific art projects in Governors houses, theatre and music in nostalgic theatre tents at the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a temporary theatre street. The theatre street will be completed with temporary bars, restaurants and an old merry go round!
More then 150 artists from the Netherlands and NY will create an temporary art colony on the island. A visit to New Amsterdam will be adventurous and exciting and a unique opportunity to relax and explore art projects on this historic and beautiful island.
The festival will be curated by Joop Mulder, artistic director of the Dutch Oerol Festival, an annual site-specific theatre festival held on the Dutch island of Terschelling in mid-June. Over the past 25 years, the event has grown from a small-scale street festival into an internationally recognized, multi-disciplinary arts program. New Amsterdam Festival will use Governors Island in much the same way as the Oerol Festival uses Terschelling. The whole island will be a stage for art and theatre!
The festival is financed by NY400, Oerol and Time Based Arts (de Parade), TIN is responsible coordination and business management. The festival program will be presented in april.
New isLand is part of the celebrations to commemorate Henry Hudson's voyage form Amsterdam to what is now New York harbor. www.ny400.org.
