Brooklyn BEAT Festival returns this fall
Emerging Local Artists Bring Adventurous Performance to Eclectic Venues Across the Borough
Audiences can experience ten days of immersive and experimental theater, dance and vocal performance when the 2015 Brooklyn Emerging Artists in Theater (BEAT) Festival brings its lineup of more than a dozen cutting-edge local artists to intriguing and unlikely venues across the borough. The festival will run from Sept. 10-19.
The BEAT Festival, now in its fourth year, represents Brooklyn artists, venues and art forms. Throughout the festival, works are created and unfold as they take place — an of-the-moment interplay between audience, artist and performance space.
While the vibe that represents Brooklyn may have become identifiable and popularized around the world, the borough remains an ever-changing dynamic place made up of unique neighborhoods and people. That’s something the festival strives to highlight.
“We step back and take stock of what’s happening in diverse communities around the borough from an artistic, social and economic perspective,” said Stephen Shelley, artistic director and executive producer. “Then we digest the way we see things evolving, and use it to inform the performances. We try to capture the essence through the artists’ work, and push those boundaries further in real time.”