An interesting example of this is The Intimacies Project, which I stumbled upon on the course of my short trek from ballet class to the gym.  Mind you, this commute is a total of three blocks.  Within those few short blocks I was hardly planning to experience a live dance performance but, alas, there was Marinov Dance, in a small commercial space of The Port Authority, audience members spilling out into rush hour pedestrian traffic on Eighth Avenue.  The space occupied by Marinov Dance was most recently a pop-up shop.  It is in a location that anyone who commutes by way of Port Authority can hardly avoid passing.  And there, in the midst of it all, you can find two dancers seemingly oblivious to the chaos that is midtown Manhattan at 6 P.M. on a weekday.  Their performance speaks of love, loss, devotion, happiness, and frustration: although "speaks" is somewhat of a misnomer here â€" juxtaposed beside subway station, bus terminal and midtown office space, their message  is better described as screaming, insisting, and demanding to be heard.


If you happen to be passing by, allow yourself to be interrupted by a little live performance art on a lunch break or weeknight walk home.


Marinov Dance is performing daily at 1pm and 6pm through October 29 at the 8th Avenue and 41st Street corner of Port Authority Bus Terminal.


The project has an accompanying blog which can be found at: http://www.theintimaciesproject.com/

Modern, Performance, Chashama, Marinov Dance, The Intimacies Project (all tags)