Dance Your Heart Out, NYC! Hell’s Kitchen Steps Into Central Park with Public Summer Pop Up

You’re invited to pull on your dancing shoes and join a 1,000-strong cast of dancers who will bring a Hell’s Kitchen and NYC anthem to Central Park this summer.

As part of Public Pops Up this summer, Public Works will be hosting a participatory dance piece set to Alicia Keys’ New York City classic Empire State of Mind from the original cast recording of the Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen , which originated at The Public Theater in the fall of 2023.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK! An Unforgettable Dance Experience is a city-wide initiative, and will be choreographed by Hell’s Kitchen ’s four-time Tony-nominated director/choreographer Camille A Brown and her initiative Every Body Move, and directed by Public Works’ Laurie Woolery. The experience will culminate in a performance both by and for New Yorkers on Monday, August 12 at 6pm.

Are your toes itching to get tapping? Then keep a close eye on The Public’s website and social media channels, where choreography will be released digitally in the coming weeks. In-person instructional sessions will also be taught at other Public Pops Up events throughout the summer leading up to the performance at Frisbee Hill in Central Park. You can register here for more information .

“For the past 11 summers, Public Works has engaged 200 New Yorkers to perform on stage in Central Park, creating art that reflects our vision for what a unified city could be,” said Laurie Woolery. “With The Delacorte under renovation, we asked ourselves ‘What if we create an artistic experience that ALL of New York could have access to?’ Set to Alicia Keys’ glorious anthem and with re-envisioned choreography exclusively for Public Works by the illustrious Camille A Brown in partnership with Every Body Move, we knew we could create a radically ambitious project that invites New Yorkers of all ages and abilities to participate in that captures the joy and celebration of what it is to be a New Yorker. All are welcome and we can’t wait to dance with you!”

Following the performance, there will be a screening of the 2019 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing at dusk (approximately 8:30pm) as a part of Central Park Conservancy’s annual Film Festival.

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