About BRINGABOUT DEVELOPMENT
BringAbout is transforming the way dance is integrated into the making of new musicals through residencies, fellowships, and the conceiving of new works. Our programming connects more than 200 artists annually to collaborate, contribute and grow in ways that are only happening at BringAbout. 

We are honored to be in residency at New York Stage and Film this summer! If you’ve experienced excerpts of the new work we’re making titled, BODIES OF WORK, ZOE SARNAK, you know the story must be told now, the songs absolutely soar, and the physicality drives narrative with imagination, emotion, and connectivity. 

Summer FUNDRAISING GOALS
BringAbout is dedicated to ensuring all artists receive fair wages. With the upcoming NYSAF opportunity, we are raising $3,000 through grants and individual donations to support the 14 BringAbout artists dedicating a week of their time to the creation of innovative, essential work for the stage. BringAbout is a 501c3 nonprofit. Any donation, big or small, is tax-deductible, impactful, and comes with an invitation to join BringAbout for the first full run of BODIES OF WORK, ZOE SARNAK on Sunday July 21st! More info and announcements below!

About BODIES OF WORK, ZOE SARNAK
Bodies of Work is a theatrical series that employs The BringAbout’s method of development and signature intertwining of music, text, movement and sound design to immerse audiences into the powerful, complicated, and thrilling world of songwriters. Bodies refers to the songwriter’s body of work and to the bodies bringing the story to life.

SYNOPSIS
Introducing Bodies of Work ZOE SARNAK. For the first time, award-winning composer and lyricist Zoe Sarnak shares her own story from the stage, in a piece that leads the audience through the expansive and intimate life moments that influenced her songwriting process. From the piano, or with a guitar in hand, Zoe uncovers family cycles of immigration and assimilation, unpacks queerness and the expansive horizon of a different kind of family making, and teeters on the heartbreak and nerves of her risk-reward relationship with work, art, and the future.

Bodies of Work is purposefully a mid-career examination of Zoe’s body of work. Rather than a look back at the end of a life's work and story, the piece poignantly addresses the pressing decisions and challenges facing Zoe right now. Even with a significant “body of work” out in the world, so much of the future is still wide-open and ever-evolving. The audience is actively engaged in Zoe's present circumstances, as she seeks answers by delving into her past. They are folded into songs, led to dance, engaged with dialogue, and invited to join Zoe on this pursuit to rediscover what it feels like to do back flips off the diving board, even after you’ve had your first belly flop, to love unabashedly even after the painful end of a marriage, and to continue making art even when that means finding the reserves to start again at a new beginning. In a very exciting and real way, creating and sharing Bodies of Work will undoubtedly impact the future landscape and legacy of Zoe’s body of work.

About ZOE & JENNIFER

BringAbout at New York Stage & Film

By BringAbout Development Ltd

BringAbout at New York Stage & Film

Sunday July 21, 2:30 - 5:30pm

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