2021 River To River Festival Lineup Announced
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) presents the 20th annual River To River Festival, Downtown New York City s leading free summer arts festival, taking place June 10-27.
From its origins in the aftermath of 9/11 to the present context of the global pandemic, River To River has long highlighted the fundamental role that creativity in all its forms plays in processes of recovery, resilience and renewal. This year, the cathartic power of groundbreaking work by pioneering artists is on full display, in a wide-ranging program that takes into account the present moment and offers audiences new ways of seeing and opportunities for profound connection-with the artists themselves, with New York City as it emerges from a pandemic and with one another.
River to River Festival Announces Lineup
“For us, there was no option of not doing River to River,” said Lili Chopra, who curated the festival with Nanette Nelms.
Mariana Valencia performs “Futurity” at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2019. She will reprise the piece at the 2021 River to River Festival in June.Credit.Paula Court
May 6, 2021
The River to River Festival will once again bring live performances to Lower Manhattan, its organizers announced on Thursday. The lineup for the 2021 edition, set to run June 10-27, includes work by Okwui Okpokwasili, Mariana Valencia, Miguel Gutierrez, Nora Chipaumire and more.
“For us, there was no option of not doing River to River,” said Lili Chopra, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s executive director of artistic programs, who curated the festival with Nanette Nelms. That’s because, Chopra said, the festival “was created in the aftermath of 9/11 as a way of really showing resiliency and the healing power of a
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