A Virtual Performance | Sugar & Salt

Saturday, September 19th | 9:30AM Preshow with Kat Moore, 10:00AM Show (AKST)

Thank you for supporting this production virtually, from near or far! This is our first time expanding access to dance performance on this type of platform. We hope that this unique experience brings you not only into the Alaska Botanical Gardens for the next hour, but also closer to the performers and our community of visual and performing artists. Though distance and differences may separate us, we are all in this together.

All videos are pre-recorded for quality but will air live at the indicated starting time. This allows them to play simultaneously for you. In the garden, audience members may choose the order and pace of their walk along the path, stopping at the sites at their choosing, making each performance combination unique. You get that opportunity as well. You also get to watch them simultaneously if you’d like. After the live airing, these videos will be available for another 24 hours.

Technical considerations

For a quality experience, we recommend viewing from a computer or tablet
Each individual video is embedded with the musical soundtrack. For better listening, choose one video for volume and mute the rest.
The music was created for you to listen through headphones. We recommend them for the full experience.
If you are viewing this after the live air date, you will have to push play on all video streams. Depending on how fast you are, there will be a slight delay. We have provided a separate composition for you to see all sixvideos playing together at once.

Pre-show performance with musician and composer Kat Moore of, The Forest That Never Sleeps, as well as a composite of all six garden sites.

(We recommend you use this audio and mute the rest)

Site 1 | Home Office

Dancers - Karlyn Glidewell, Cara Rude

Site 3 | The Bedroom

Dancer - Courtney Meneses

Site 2 | The Dining Room

Dancers - Erinn Dirth, Maia Draper-Reich, Bonnie Moring

Site 4 | The Living Room

Dancers - Beth Daly, Amy Kofoid, Stephanie Stepp

Site 5 | The Reading Room

Dancers - Irenerose Castillo, Becky Kendall

Site 6 | The Vanity

Dancers - Therese Brennan, Ariel Graham, Greta Nelson

Thank you

Thank you for your support of arts experiences like this one. As we develop our skills at making performances available virtually, we would appreciate your feedback!

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Special thanks to our partners and volunteers who helped make this happen!

Betany Porter and the entire team at the Alaska Botanical Gardens, Indra Arriaga and Jason Sear from Out North and KONR Radio, Tim Eby, Aurora Milam, Lori Bradford, Katie Turner, Kris Palmatier, Jose Isaza, Brenna McCarthy, Scotty Shears, Colette Moring, Stephanie Brenner, Brian Belcher, Stephanie Kendall, Dave Kendall, Samart Turner, Ryan Chernikoff, Alex Troutman, Kelsey Schober

Collaborators

Music written and performed by Kat Moore, The Forest That Never Sleeps

Sound design and editing, Lucy Peckham

Set and costume design, Enzina Marrari

Virtual production, Scott Jensen

Radio Broadcast, Jason Sear, Out North Radio KONR

Momentum Artists

Produced by Becky Kendall

Directed by Ariel Graham & Becky Kendall

Technical Coordinator, Irenerose Castillo

Volunteer Coordinator, Jessie Embley

Usher Coordinator, Karissa DuPree

Performances by Amy Kofoid, Ariel Graham, Becky Kendall, Beth Daly, Bonnie Moring, Cara Rude, Courtney Meneses, Erinn Dirth, Greta Nelson, Irenerose Castillo, Karlyn Glidewell, Maia Draper-Reich, Stephanie Stepp, Therese Brennan.

About A Pathway Performance | Sugar & Salt

Set in the living museum at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage, Alaska, Momentum Dance Collective and The Forest That Never Sleeps have come together for a performance that brings a love story of human experience to life. Kat Moore’s beautiful melodies and lyrics will transport you to the intersection of experiences universally familiar and uniquely personal, a reflection on life, love, and the emotional landscapes sculpted by both a global pandemic and a social justice movement. Originally designed for a stage performance in April 2020 and reimagined for our current climate, we hope to capture and share this moment in time with you. Though carved by the influence of our beautiful environment, this art represents a shared struggle that transcends Alaska’s borders.