Choreographing the City: Policy through Performance

For 16 years, Forklift Danceworks has utilized the creative process of co-choreographed performances with city workers and communities to tackle city planning issues. Their latest 3-year Pools Project uses dance to engage historically disenfranchised communities on the East Side of Austin as the City crafts a new master plan to address its aging aquatic infrastructure. Forklift embodies creative placemaking to harness the power of narratives to transform communities, attitudes and behaviors.

[Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.]

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

photo of Michele Martell

Michele Martell

Martell Media House

photo of Krissie Marty

Krissie Marty

Forklift Danceworks

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Laura Morrison

Laura Morrison

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Paul Slutes

Austin City Government

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About
Format: Panel
Type: Session
Track: Cities Summit
Level: Beginner