Events Calendar
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Art!Music!Dance!”
John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park
Performance Times: 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM
Des Moines' professional modern dance company, Hurley & Dancers, will team up with the woodwind trio, Opus 3 for an afternoon of three free live dance and music performances entitled "Art!Music!Dance!" at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park on Saturday, August 14. Performances will be held at 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM. The sculpture park is in Western Gateway Park, which is located in downtown Des Moines between Grand Avenue and Locust Street, from 13th to 15th Streets. This event is sponsored in part by the Des Moines Park and Recreation Department.
The audience should plan to meet for each of the performances on the Locust Street side of the sculpture park near the Keith Haring sculpture, "Untitled (Three Dancing Figures, version C)." The performances will then move to "Marriage" by artist Tony Smith, "Café Table I and Chairs" by Scott Burton, and "Nomade" by Jaume Plensa
The rain date for the event is Sunday, August 15 at 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m For more information, email kathleenhurley@hotmail.com.
Kathleen Hurley is an adjunct instructor of Dance at Grinnell College and the Artistic Director of Hurley & Dancers. She has recently been working on site-specific dance in response to architecture and decided to transfer the concepts to dance in response to visual art in downtown Des Moines. Hurley danced professionally in New York City and Europe before moving to Des Moines to start her own modern dance company.
The members of Opus 3 are professional musicians from the Des Moines area. For more information on Opus 3, contact Julie Murphy, (515) 255-3576, jahmurphy@hotmail.com.
