The BEAT Festival returns, celebrating Brooklyn’s emerging artists
2013 Edition Focuses on Cutting Edge Site-Specific Performances in Non-Traditional Venues, Taking Audiences on a Journey
After a successful inaugural season, BEAT Festival organizers announced last week its second annual lineup of innovative emerging Brooklyn artists in theater, dance and voice. The festival will be held from September 12-21, with a focus on site-specific, journey-based performances in non-traditional venues spanning four Brooklyn communities. Performances – including artist mashups, flex dancing, an Odyssey Works piece for one person and much more – will pop up throughout Downtown Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope and Prospect Heights, injecting culture into unusual spaces.
“This year, the BEAT Festival is taking Brooklyn on a journey. Our cutting-edge artistswill be invading four Brooklyn neighborhoods, bringing the best of the borough’s theater, voice and dance performance to unique and exciting venues,” said BEAT Festival Artistic Director Stephen Shelley. “As always, BEAT is by Brooklyn, for Brooklyn and in Brooklyn, and we can’t wait to treat the borough to another great slate of talent in their own backyard.”