Music, movement and technology experience for children of all ages
May 6, 2023 at 4:30PM (Butterfly Orchid Market opens at 3PM)
May 7, 2023 at 4:30PM ((Butterfly Orchid Market opens at 3PM)
Secret Garden in Coconut Grove
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Once upon the time, Florida was an orchid paradise. More than one hundred native species bloomed profusely around the state, weaving a colorful ecosystem. In the late 1800s, the new train line to South Florida stimulated exploitation of the landscape, leading to near extinction of many. Orchids have thus become a call for action to protect, conserve and understand our connection to the land and each other in respectfully integrated ways.
Closer Encounters: The Orchid Adventure will take you on an immersive sonic journey, exploring the famous Encyclia tampensis: The Butterfly Orchid as imagined by the composer and artphibian Juraj Kojš, the contemporary dance company Pioneer Winter Collective and Miami Sound Choir.
Where does the orchid live? How did it get to South Florida from the Bahamas and Cuba? Can you grow it in your garden? Betzaida Ferrer will guide us in an inter-generational sonic journey in which the orchid’s habitat, culture and botanical features will be explored through music, movement, language, technologies and performance.
The Orchid Adventure is the second and third of four performances, featuring Kojš and Winter’s Knight Foundation Challenge Award project Closer Encounters that aims to rediscover, reclaim and nurture our sense of intimacy and connectiveness in the post-pandemic era.
Whether you are an orchid or plant aficionado, music, dance and technology lover, children of all ages are invited to participate. In addition to the performance, you’ll get to experience the Butterfly Orchid market, including the Encyclia tampensis interactive installation designed by Monica Leslie Travis, Rodrigo Arcaya and Juraj Kojš, an orchid exhibit, tables by Coalition for Orchid Species, Million Orchid Project and Kawaii Universe. You will have an opportunity to purchase Florida native orchid species too.
Juraj Kojš, creator and music
Pioneer Winter, choreographer
Miami Sound Choir. Laurah Merisier, artistic director
Betzaida Ferrer, storyteller
Dimitry Chamy, guide
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We are offering a special 3-d printed Orchid Adventure Collectible Card stack of four pieces:
Price: $15 for the set of four
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We offer:
- Garden celebrations with orchids for special occasions (birthdays, graduations, memorials, etc.)
- Activity workshops and performances: story telling though music, dance, poetry and technologies
- School appearances
- Orchid conservation activities
Send inquiry to info@closerencounters.space
Would you like to listen to music based on the sonification of Florida native orchid species DNA? Here is Juraj Kojs’ album Orchid Music.
The Orchid Adventure Participants:
Donna Torres (the live drawing artist)
Encyclia tampensis interactive installation by Monica Leslie Travis, Rodrigo Arcaya, Troy Rogers and Juraj Kojs.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY:
February 12, 2023 feat. Miami Children’s Chorus at the Miami Beach Bandshell.