Social!

Park Amory

Concept
Steven Hoggett
Christine Jones
David Byrne

Dancer
Chelsey Arce

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A Note from Chelsey

Steven called me during the pandemic. This was the first show back. He and Christine conceived it so that we could have LIVE performance again — socially distanced inside The Park Armory, with a hundred individual spotlights, each audience member in their own pool of light. 

The whole hour was narrated by the icoic David Byrne who was also there most night dancing his heart out. It was really special. What moved me most was seeing New Yorkers so desperately wanting to come back to live theater — watching people dance for an hour in their own spotlight, in their own world. It gave me real hope when we all had very little.

If this was what theater had to be from that point forward, that was still okay. David is iconic, and the combination of him, his music, and that space was just the coolest thing.

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Can Performance Be Wellness? Inside Social!
Vanity Fair
Can Performance Be Wellness? Inside Social!
Vanity Fair

Laura Regensdorf takes you inside SOCIAL!, the socially distant dance party emceed by David Byrne. Read about the hour-long work now up at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory, where participants in a cavernous drill hall find their groove—and a little catharsis.

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Vanity Fair
This Ain’t No Disco: Alone in a Crowd at the Armory
The New York Times
This Ain’t No Disco: Alone in a Crowd at the Armory
The New York Times

Siobhan Burke takes you inside the sold-out experience conceived by the choreographer Steven Hoggett, the set designer Christine Jones and the dance-obsessed musician David Byrne. The show invites 100 participants to groove in their own spotlights, each six feet in diameter, spaced 12 to 15 feet apart throughout the Drill Hall.

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The New York Times
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