If COVID-19 has proven anything, it’s that cities need to adapt and change. This past year cities across the world have moved quickly to prototype new ways to experience and explore the city during a global health crisis. They’ve become more pedestrian and bike-friendly, embraced the use and creation of outdoor public spaces, and offered safe moments of fun and delight.
Created for and during the pandemic, Walk Walk Dance is a series of music-making lines that explore how participation and interaction can create new spaces for play even amidst physical distancing rules and COVID-19 protocols. It’s simple: step, jump, roll or dance on the lines to trigger music. Play with physical distancing rules, one, two, three steps at a time. This project was designed to be accessible to everyone, whether they are on foot or on wheels.
Walk Walk Dance is a roving project — designed for struggling cities that need to quickly revive their public spaces in the wake of COVID-19. Created for temporary displays, the installation adapts to all pathways and streets, making it easy to deploy in diverse urban settings. Walk Walk Dance is presented for the first time at The Bentway, as part of the Playing in Public exhibition.
Because every city needs a dance strategy.
Photos: Jack Landau
collaborators
supporters
TD, Ontario Cultural Associations Fund, Ontario Arts Council, the Michael Young Family Foundation, ArtworxTO, Partners in Art, Canada Council for the Arts
Thank you to our partners:
The Public Space Incubator (an initiative of Park People, supported by Ken & Eti Greenberg and Balsam Foundation) and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, The McLean Foundation, and Fort York National Historic Site.
