Support the Creation of HORSES FULL OF STEAM

Hello! My name is Hilary Brown-Istrefi and I'm a Canadian-American director & choreographer raising funds for a new interdisciplinary performance work based in NYC, Horses full of steam.

Your valuable support will help to cover necessary expenses throughout the project's 6-month creation and production period including rehearsal and performance fees for the talented collaborative team of:

Dancers Sabrina Canas, Maira Duarte & marco farroni leonardo

Composer Mahsa Matin

Visual Artist Heather Weston

Art Historian & Narrator Savona Bailey-McClain

Horses full of steam will premiere as part of the Trisk Presents' Spring 2023 Season, June 9 & 10 at Trisk Theater in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; followed by outdoor site-specific performances during Riverside Park Conservancy's 2023 Summer on the Hudson Festival, July 29 & 30 at West Harlem Piers Park, NYC.

To learn more about the project & artists visit: HB² PROJECTS

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Horses full of steam deconstructs to reimagine visual and topical elements from the almost forgotten 1932 ballet-symphony, H.P. (Horse Power), with music by Carlos Chávez, designs by Diego Rivera, and choreography by Catherine Littlefield. Adopting the ballet's original 4-episode structure, the performance explores the hybridity of Pan-American culture through a magical realist lens.

Horses full of steam was created through the Trisk Presents 2023 Resident Artist Program, made possible with generous support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York State Council on the Arts; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Howard Gilman Foundation; and Mertz Gilmore Foundation.