Dance Performance In Inwood Hill Park To Celebrate Upper Manhattan

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — For those looking for outdoor activities this weekend in Upper Manhattan, there will be an immersive dance performance on Sunday in Inwood Hill Park.

Garnet Henderson will perform her new work "Solace," which looks to celebrate "the beauty and relief found in our city's green spaces" — particularly in Upper Manhattan.

“In the early days of the pandemic, when I heard sirens day and night, and every dance space in the city shut down, I took comfort in long walks in Inwood Hill Park. Eventually, I started dancing there, too," Henderson said in a news release. "I wouldn’t have survived without it."

The performance will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday. It will begin at the 218th Street and Indian Road entrance to Inwood Hill Park.

The immersive performance will then make its way into the park, before wrapping back around at Shorakkopoch Rock.

The piece will utilize the ecology and community of Inwood Hill Park and will be performed without recorded music.

You can check out the full performance route here.

There will be five dancers in "Solace."

The performance is free, but donations are welcome at this GoFundMe.

Henderson is a Wyoming-born, New York-based dancer and choregrapher.

The performance is part of the Upper Manhattan Arts Stroll.