Dancers Unlimited Launches a Multimedia Dance Installation Event

Event: Edible Tales Immersive Dance Installation Performance
What: Storytelling Food Culture + Food Sustainability + Social Justice
Location: Good Life Garden, 50 Goodwin Place, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
Performance Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Presenter: Dancers Unlimited 501 (c)(3)
Refreshments by Chef Lioness: Small bites
Contest: Salsa-making with $250 prize sponsored by VERSD
Cost: Free admission/Donations-based
Attendance: RSVP Recommended
Website: https://www.dunyc-hi.com/edible-tales
Stay Connected: 24/7 Access to Videos, Classes, Workshops: DUTV APP

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PRESS RELEASE

Dancers Unlimited Launches a Multimedia Dance Installation at Good Life Garden,
Entitled Edible Tales

Let’s explore cultural heritage, social justice
and food sustainability through food-related narratives

In partnership with Guest Chef Lioness to host a salsa-making contest sponsored by VERSD

New York, NY, October 6th, 2022 – Dancers Unlimited (DU), is honored to launch Edible Tales’ immersive dance installation in partnership with Good Life Garden in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. The event is on Sunday, October 23rd, from 5:00 PM -7:30 PM EST. RSVP is recommended. Admission to the event is free and in support of all monetary donations at your discretion to make this event possible. Additionally, a special guest, Chef Lioness will be hosting a salsa-making contest, sponsored by VERSD and one winner will receive $250.00.

"Edible Tales is inspired by our community, and guided by our individual and collective experiences. It's an ode to our shared humanity and an opportunity to build a better future for the future generations," says Linda Kuo, Co-Artistic Director of Dancers Unlimited.

Edible Tales is the culmination of over 2 years of community conversations on Cultural Heritage, Social justice, and Food sustainability that continue to impact lives through a series of repertoires curated by the DU choreographers.

Cultural heritage is an identity. The repertoire story tells all walks of life from the perspective of BIPOC communities, immigrants and children of immigrants, and refugees, spotlighting life obstacles and the journey of healing through the transformation of cultural traditions alongside family practices and the dire need for cultural preservation of your heritage.

The social justice repertoire continues to evolve, as DU continues to narrate the collective documentaries of human stories and life experiences, emphasizing the reflection of today’s reality of inclusion, focusing on opportunities and resources available and the accessibility to all equally.

The food sustainability repertoire features the circle of life as we acknowledge how the motherland has given us an abundance of food, to nourish our minds, body, and soul. We, therefore, have to give back to her by nourishing her with an abundance of our care and love, by eliminating toxins and pollutants, planting seeds, and nurturing the motherland back to health.

Join the community. To learn more about DU’s program and services, including the developmental stages of Edible Tales, please subscribe to DU TV App, a free 24/7 digital platform that hosts food-related content, including the latest live performance repertories, documentary videos, dance classes, and workshops are available to subscribers.

DU’s choreographers have been practicing community-centered creative processes that turn their food-related stories into impactful and authentic moveMEANT narratives and a documentary anthology.

Choreographers of the Dancers Unlimited community come from all walks of life and join together with their common search for healing and nourishment. As a collective, we continue to evolve as our relationship with food continues to change in every generation as we reconcile cultural identity with larger societal limitations and challenges. However, food-related topics, specifically a type of cuisine, a food group, or a list of spices, continue to be a reminder of home, traditions, and the endless journey into healing as we narrate our emotions and experiences through dance.

Thank you to our funders and collaborators:

• Brooklyn Arts Council
• Dance NYC Dance Advancement Fund
• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Artist Residency
• Womenʻs Sports Foundation & Athleta Wellbeing For All Grant
• Brooklyn Grange
• Good Life Garden
• VERSD

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Founder of Dancers Unlimited, Linda Kuo: Dancers Unlimited founder, Linda Kuo, is an established choreographer born in Taiwan and raised in Hawaii. Being an immigrant raised in Hawaii has allowed her to be surrounded by cultural diversity and performing arts including dancing the Hula. Linda believes that dance is the backbone of cultural identities and resilience.

Dancers Unlimited: Dancers Unlimited is a bi-coastal 501(c)(3)company based in NYC and Hawaiʻi. The company creates authentic moveMEANT narratives for community advancement through community-centered creative collaboration and social justice work. Established in 2009 as a free youth dance program, the company has presented work in prestigious festivals and showings in Hawai’i, NYC and Asia. More information on Dancers Unlimited is available on www.DUNYC-HI.com.

Chef Lioness: In May of 2019, a fellow creative took a chance and leapt with her into a food service venture that allowed her to have her first brick and mortar – Dancing Tastebuds – making her the first Dominican-American female chef to cook in a deli in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nine months in, the New York Post published an article recognizing her as the “Deli Influencer"

Good Life Garden: The mission is to improve New York City's quality of life through environmental programs that transform communities block by block and empower all New Yorkers to secure a clean and healthy environment for future generations.

VERSD: A company based in New York with the purpose to facilitate knowledge and culture sharing within and across communities. We work to empower creators and organizations to share their knowledge with ease via classes, meetups or events; while making a sustainable income from their craft

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