Beautiful Dreamer

at the Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY

a durational site-specific performance installation that inhabited the Great Hall of the Hudson Opera House

About Beautiful Dreamer

Hudson Opera House (2010)

Beautiful Dreamer was a durational site-specific performance installation that inhabited the Great Hall of the Hudson Opera House. Evoking a dreamlike reflection of turn-of-the-century elegance, referencing the region’s ties to whaling and maritime industries, and recalling performances and events that happened in the site in bygone eras, Beautiful Dreamer was an immersive performance that happened all around the audience, and was performed on a fifteen-minute loop, without pause, for three hours during Hudson’s Winter Walk Festival.

Photos

  • Zach Morris, Tara Ocon

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Marissa Nielsen-Pincus

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tom Pearson

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tom Pearson, Christopher Cummings

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Marissa Nielsen-Pincus

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tara Ocon, Zach Morris

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tara Ocon

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Beautiful Dreamer

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Beautiful Dreamer

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Zach Morris

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Beautiful Dreamer

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tara Ocon

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Christopher Cummings

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Marissa Nielsen-Pincus

    Photo by Laura Murphy

  • Tara Ocon, Zach Morris

    Photo by Laura Murphy

Credits

Beautiful Dreamer

Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY (2010)

Creative Team

Created, Designed, and Performed by
Christopher Cummings, Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tara O’Con, and Tom Pearson

Project Support

Beautiful Dreamer was made possible, in part, by Kuumba Dance & Drum, Operation Unite, NY, Materials for the Arts/DCA and Department of Sanitation; and was developed during the TOPAZ ARTS Choreography Residency Program made possible, in part, by NYS DanceForce with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional material was created with support from Abrons Arts Center; and by Third Rail Projects, with support from the Lucky Star Foundation and individual and institutional donors.