The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Loco7 Dance, Puppet Theater Residency

ROXBURY - Open house July 27, 2:00-4:00pm at the Roxbury Arts Center

5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury,  NY 12474

607-326-7608 or roxburyartsgroup.org

The Roxbury Arts Group is thrilled to be hosting Loco7 dance puppet theatre at Roxbury Arts Center for a residency in support of the development of new work from July 18-28th, 2024.   On Saturday July 27th from 2pm to 4pm, Loco7 will host a free and  interactive open house experience at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury.  This interactive event is free and open to the public and will feature live performances, interactive shadow puppet workshops, meet and greets with the artists, and children's workshops. 

Founded by Colombian-born artist Federico Restrepo in 1985, Loco7 aims to be a public association where artistic expression and cultural community meet. The company explores the junction of race, culture, history, and media in New York and throughout the global community.

The residency at Roxbury Arts group is an opportunity for Loco7 to develop new work exploring themes linked to the natural environment.  With this developing work, Loco7 aims to shed light on the interconnectedness between humans and animals while showcasing the beauty and fragility of our shared world. During the special open house event in Roxbury, Loco7 will share portions of their children's series "The Adventures of Seucy and Boto", a family-friendly theatre production that adapts mythological tales from the Amazon Jungle.  

In addition to the open house event,  Loco7 will offer a number of other opportunities for the general public to witness their creative process unfolding during this residency period. On Saturday July 20th, 2024 Loco 7 will be performing on the hour between 12-4 in and around Veterans Park as part of the Headwaters Music and Arts Festivals.  In between performances they will also host a puppet crafting station, inviting festival-goers to participate in creating basic paper puppets depicting the transformative journey from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

Then on Friday July 26th, 2024 Loco 7 will be facilitating a shadow puppet workshop with students participating in Camp Feathers in a Notebook in Roxbury.  Then on Saturday July 27th, 2024 Loco7 will perform at  the round barn, Pakatakan market between 9am and 1pm.  

Join Roxbury Arts Group and Loco7 dance puppet theater in discovering the beauty of the rainforest and the significance of friendship in preserving its splendor at an Open House event on Saturday July 27, 2024 from 2-4pm at the Roxbury Arts Center 5025 Vega Mountain Road More information at roxburyartsgroup.org.

Loco7's residency is in partnership with Roxbury Arts Group, is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts - Special Opportunities to Targeted Opportunities, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Delaware National Bank of Delhi.