WEEK TWO

SEPT 6 + 7

Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths:

LUNAR RETREAT

An interactive, multi-sensory performative experience

SATURDAY, SEPT 6: 4 PM + 7 PM

SUNDAY, SEPT 7: 2 PM

Audiences will enter the interactive guided tour in small groups with timed entry points every 10 minutes.

Lunar Retreat, Nichole Canuso. Photo by Laura Bianchi.

NICHOLE CANUSO | BRANCHING PATHS: LUNAR RETREAT

Inspired by the gradual distance growing between the Moon and Earth

SAT, SEPT 6: 4 PM + 7 PM

SUN, SEPT 7: 2 PM

45–60 minutes with timed entries

$30 General Admission, $15 Students w/ ID

Studio Complex (indoors)

Coinciding with September’s full moon, Lunar Retreat is an interactive, multi-sensory performative experience inspired by the gradual distance growing between the Moon and Earth.

Set within the hallways, grounds, and studios of Kaatsbaan, this immersive journey invites audiences to wander, witness, and reflect on how we move through care, grief, and transformation—both individually and collectively.

Lunar Retreat opens a space for poetic, playful, and communal connection with the shifting rhythms of our planetary bodies. It invites us to reflect on our deep evolutionary ties to the ocean and the moon, reminding us that we are all interconnected with the natural world.

From Nichole Canuso’s The Garden. Photo by Yi Zhao.

With high expectations going into this interactive experience, I walked out with my expectations having been blown out of the park.

-Rick Westercamp, DC Metro Theater Arts

From an interview with The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage:

I aim to give the audience agency, space for reflection, and to remind them that they are co-creators of meaning. My dances acknowledge the relationship between audience and performer, but also between the audience members and their past. Most projects are an invitation to notice yourself amid a constellation of other people.

AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL

BodyCartography Project

Jennifer Zackin, Cautionary Tails, 2025

Two audio-guided, physical experiences adapted for Kaatsbaan’s campus, each under 30 minutes. Bring a blanket, your smart phone/tablet (data streaming required) and earbuds/headphones, and be led into a range of embodied performance practices with your imagination as the site of the artwork.  READ MORE

Explore contemporary works by acclaimed, Hudson Valley and regional artists as well as two, newly installed bronze works by world renowned 20th-century sculptor, Gaston Lachaise. Artists include

Neil Enggist, Freeda Electra Handelsman, Daisuke Kiyomiya, Heidi Lanino, Ian McMahon, Portia Munson, Aurora Robson, and Jennifer Zackin. Curated by Hilary Greene.

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