About the Event:
WOMBTOMB is a site-responsive dance performance with live music by local musicians.
Great transitions occur within the confined spaces of wombs and tombs. The original function of the Richmond Beach Saltwater Park cottage was as the residence for the park caretaker and since has served the community in several different ways including housing the Shoreline Art Cottage Artist Residency, camps, meetings and events. The site continues to support the community in new and emerging ways. What will grow and create offspring at the site and what might no longer meet the needs of the community and be left as memories at the site? What new seeds will be sown here and which garden beds will become dormant?
Using live music and dance, two forms of constant movement, WOMBTOMB joins this land in its current state of transition in hopes that this embodiment will lead to hearing what it is calling out for.
From the Artist:
This land was named Kekektwsidat, or place of gathering, kinnikinic in Lushootseed (Salish). I wish to honor the Indigenous people of the Salish Sea and the dxwdəwʔabš and Tulalip people, past, present, and future, by holding true to the intention they gave to this site. I am grateful for the opportunity to experience community and art in your homeland.
Performance Information:
Saturday, October 15, 5:30pm - 7:20pm
Richmond Beach Art Cottage
2021 NW 190th Street Shoreline, WA
Part I 5:30pm - 6:10pm
Sunset Intermission with Live Music, 6:10pm - 6:30pm
Part II 6:30 - 7:20pm
Please RSVP for this free public performance.
About the Artist:
Rachelle is Co-Director of AnA Collaborations, and has choreographed, directed, and produced multidisciplinary works both on and off screen since 2015. She was a cast member of the Off-Broadway sensation Sleep No More, and her dance films have won awards at the L.A. and San Francisco Dance Film Festivals, among others. Her most recent projects have been supported by Shoreline Public Art, Open 4Culture, the Collective Power Fund, and SmART Ventures. She was also one of this year’s AiR at Mini Mart City Park.
Audience Advisement
This performance will take place on the grounds and inside of the Richmond Beach Art Cottage (the bright blue building across from the upper parking lot). You are encouraged to roam at your own pace and freewill for the entire duration of the performance. There will be chairs, benches, and picnic tables set about for you to sit or stand on at any time. Please do not move these from their location.
- Please wear comfortable clothing for being outside and walking on some uneven ground.
- Please arrive NO earlier than 5:30pm. There is a 15-minute period allotted for check in.
- The park will remain open until 7:30pm for this event. After the performance commences you are invited to mingle with the artists and other guests over food and drinks at BlackBird Cafe and Bar just down the road from the park and cottage.
Funding for this art project has been provided in full by the City of Shoreline’s Public Art Artist in Residency Program.
