New York, New York

when the blossom passes, what remains? is HOLDTIGHT’s latest site-specific work asking the audience to reconsider how humans can better live in holistic balance with the earth by tuning in and tending to our own and collective bodies.

What Keeps You Going? explores what it means to live in the present moment, versus in a memory of the past, or the fantasy of the future as the artists of HOLDTIGHT delve into moments of chaos, joy, grief, isolation, belonging, and hope.

It’s Not What You Think is a series of pop-up performances using a mixture of artistic mediums to create a new work wholly inspired by the art work/installation in a gallery space/museum/school/restaurant, etc. This specific piece was in response to & inspired by the artwork of Mikel Glass & produced by The Cell Theatre.

Hosted by Church Street School for Music and Art in the TribeCa area of Manhattan, Why Believe? blends dance, theater, storytelling, projection/lighting design, live music, and participatory set design with small bites by Sixteen Mill Bakeshop and drinks from Bad Seed Cider Taproom.

What does it mean to take responsibility, to fulfill expectations, and to feel disillusionment? How does this vast range of joys and struggles manifest itself within us? Is there ever a point when we stop growing up? What does it feel like to grow up? invites the audience to ponder these sorts of questions throughout the show while experiencing each performer’s inner world and perspective.