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What's a dance theater without an audience?


What s a dance theater without an audience?
The Henry Street Playhouse, part of the Abrons Art Center in Manhattan, which has been used as a food pantry since the pandemic closed performances, Feb. 2, 2021. Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
by Brian Seibert
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- At the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side, the seats are empty but the stage is crowded. The audience is gone, banned by pandemic restrictions, yet since last summer the stage has been covered every Tuesday in hundreds of bags of groceries, lined up to be delivered by stagehands, theater staff members and artists to nearby housing projects and senior homes. ....

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What's a Dance Theater Without an Audience? - The New York Times


What’s a Dance Theater Without an Audience?
A food pantry or a place to vote — or a place to make dance with different expectations: “What we’ve taken off the table is the pressure of the result.”
On the Lower East Side, the Henry Street Playhouse, part of the Abrons Arts Center, is being used as a food pantry.Credit.Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Feb. 9, 2021
At the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side, the seats are empty but the stage is crowded. The audience is gone, banned by pandemic restrictions, yet since last summer the stage has been covered every Tuesday in hundreds of bags of groceries, lined up to be delivered by stagehands, theater staff and artists to nearby housing projects and senior homes. ....

New York , United States , Lower East Side , Montclair State University , New Jersey , Brooklyn Academy Of Music , Stanford Makishi , Brian Rogers , Judy Hussie Taylor , Jay Wegman , Aaron Mattocks , Todd Heisler , Linda Shelton , Jed Wheeler , Craig Peterson , Ronaldk Brown , Emily Johnson , Billt Jones , Brooklyn Academy , Peak Performances At Montclair State University , York City Center , Artists Community Relief Fund , Abrons Arts Center , New York Times , City Center , Paycheck Protection Program ,