One Brooklyn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2016
BROOKLYN, NY, September 12, 2016: The 2016 BEAT Festival and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams are proud to announce a partnership for the fifth annual BEAT Festival to showcase Brooklyn’s most exciting crop of local dance, theater, and voice talent, performing in unique locations borough-wide. The festival will run from September 15th to September 23rd, with Borough President Adams kicking off the celebration on opening night by declaring September 15th “BEAT Festival Day in Brooklyn.”
“I’m proud to support the fifth annual BEAT Festival and its efforts to build on our artistic traditions as well as allow young, diverse performers and playwrights to demonstrate their talents to the world, all while celebrating our cultural legacy with 10 days of experimental dance, theater, and vocal performances that feature more than a dozen cutting-edge local artists in venues throughout Brooklyn,” said Borough President Adams. “Join me as we honor the many contributions of the performing arts to our community and to the invaluable Brooklyn brand.”
The partnership will allow the festival to be promoted to a wider audience — not just throughout Brooklyn but all around the five boroughs. For the fifth year, BEAT has put together an amazing lineup that includes special one-time collaborations curated specifically for BEAT. Many of these collaborations can be seen for free, right around the corner from Brooklyn Borough Hall at MetroTech Center Plaza and 1 MetroTech Center’s lobby. Details are available at beatbrooklyn.com.
“We are excited and honored to be working with Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams on this year’s fifth annual BEAT Festival,” said BEAT Festival Artistic Director and Executive Producer Stephen Shelley. “With his support, the reach of our platform can expand to include more artists and audience members during our nine-day event. We are grateful to him for championing the borough’s innovative and diverse performing arts community.”
BEAT Festival opening night will be held at the Brooklyn Museuem on September 15th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. For one night only, the Brooklyn Museum becomes the “Brooklyn Museum of the Performing Arts” where all of this year’s BEAT Festival artists will perform throughout Brooklyn’s largest cultural institution. Free performances will take place in all corners and halls of the building and the evening will be a true celebration of Brooklyn performing arts. Guests will have access to the museum, including many of its most popular current exhibits,
For more information about BEAT’s calendar of events — including participating artists, times, and venues — visit beatbrooklyn.com.
