Large fields, a basketball court, several playground areas, and, until recently, a swimming pool. I wish I knew what the plan is for the mosaic, but hopefully it will be preserved somewhere since it is the only remaining wall of the changing room.
Thanks to Kelsey Grills and Sarah-Katarina Jerome (also our guest choreographer) for their skills at Holmes Field.
We were running dreadfully short on time when we arrived at our last destination, the Hadwen Arboretum. I had staked out the location with my daughter the day before, and we found this beautiful patch of vibrant ground cover under a flowering tree, which reminded both of us of the scene in The Fellowship of the Ring right before Frodo meets Gandalf. This made me want to push these photos just a little bit to the edge of reality. Unfortunately, I arrived with the dancers about an hour later than the day before, and the sun was no longer in the best position to highlight the tree. I wanted each dancer to have some variation in the way the scene was lit, so I moved and adjusted the fill light between each dancer. Again, special thanks to Sarah-Katarina Jerome as guest choreographer and the dancers from the Boston Community Dance Project, Jamie Lovell (photos 3 and 4), Kirsta Paul (photos 5 and 6), and Lisa Charest (photos 1 and 2).
Once again, special thanks to our guest choreographer, Sarah-Katarina Jerome, directing three dancers from the Boston Community Dance Project, Jamie Lovell (photos 2 and 5), Kirsta Paul (photos 3 and 6), and Lisa Charest (photos 1 and 4), at three different parks. This is the second of the series, on the footbridge connecting the site of the demolished Coes Knife Factory with Columbus Park. Though there’s nothing much to see besides an empty lot at the moment, have a look at the master plan for Coes Pond restoration.
Special thanks to our guest choreographer, Sarah-Katarina Jerome, directing three dancers from the Boston Community Dance Project, Jamie Lovell (in blue), Kirsta Paul (in grey and sea foam), and Lisa Charest (in red), at three different parks. The first of the series is at Coes Pond Beach.
A fun April Fools Day with my good friend and good sport, Kevin.
We bring you, Accountants in the Parks.
I like to imagine what would happen if we were more intentional about restoring our abandoned spaces.
Is Dancers in the Parks part of the problem or part of the solution with what is being talked about in this video? Somewhere in between or completely irrelevant? I’d really like to hear your thoughts on this question and about the video in general.
There is also a longer 8 minute trailer available.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28122207[/vimeo]
