Professor Creates Dance and Music Performance About Water and Climate Change
- May 25, 2016
Cal State East Bay Associate Professor Nina Haft, in partnership with sound designer Dan Gottwald and the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, will present “King Tide: Shoreline,” a dance and music performance about water and climate change. “King Tide: Shoreline” runs May 29, May 30 and June 5 with shows at noon and 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
All performances begin at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, located at 4901 Breakwater Ave. in Hayward, and progress along a 2.5-mile loop of the Bay Coast Trail.
“Our performance explores the fragility and resilience of local watersheds and the shoreline,” Haft, the artistic director, said. “We ask, what can we learn about climate change from balances and extremes in our bodies, our movement, and our relationship to the shoreline?”
King tides are extreme tide patterns that take place in winter when the sun and moon pull water across the earth in opposite directions. Haft consulted the Farmer’s Almanac, local tide charts and other sources to develop this dance performance.
“Audiences will be immersed in both cinematic vistas and intimate experiences of water, air, earth and sun, followed by refreshments and community conversations about climate change,” Haft said.
Audience members should come dressed for wind and variable temperatures, and for a 90-minute walk on level ground. No reservations are necessary, and the trail is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call Shawl Anderson Dance Center at 510-654-5921, email nohaft@gmail.com or visit .