Dove Springs Swims

Forklift Danceworks, a nationally-recognized Austin-based dance company, will be performing its next show, Dove Springs Swims, this July. This free performance will be created with City of Austin lifeguards and aquatics maintenance staff along with Dove Springs neighborhood residents. The performance is co-directed by Artistic Director Allison Orr and Associate Choreographer Krissie Marty with an original musical score by Graham Reynolds and production design by Stephen Pruitt.

Dove Springs Swims will be presented at 8:30 on July 12, 13, 14, and 15 at Dove Springs Pool, located at 5701 Ainez Dr., Austin, TX 78744, with pre-show entertainment by Cecilia + the Broken Hearts and Tiarra Girls on the 14th and 15th at 7:30. To volunteer, learn more, or get tickets, visit forkliftdanceworks.org. Limited tickets will also be available at the door. To learn more about My Park, My Pool, My City, visit our project website at myparkmypoolmycity.org.

You can reserve your free ticket here.

Dove Springs Swims is part of My Park, My Pool, My City, Forklift Danceworks’ three-year artistic collaboration with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s Aquatics Division. Artistic Director, Allison Orr, says “by helping to tell the stories of this pool, we will highlight the value of our city pools while inspiring Austinites from across the city to work together to tackle the complex issues of our aquatics system.” This ambitious, multi-year collaboration is the first of its kind to raise awareness about the city’s pools and their dedicated workers. “The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is excited to continue working with Forklift Danceworks on such an important and captivating project,” states Kimberly McNeeley, Acting Director of the Parks and Recreation Department. “The manner in which Artistic Director Allison Orr and her team create an unbelievable appreciation for nature and culture is amazing. Incorporating facilities, dance, motion and history while at the same time engaging the community and staff through collaboration, is truly a gift Allison freely shares with anyone who wants to view the performance. You can’t help but be touched by it.”

This project is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program, Dance USA/Engaging Dance Audiences, the MAP Fund, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Additional funders include: St. David’s Foundation, Austin Parks Foundation, AT&T, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Alamo Drafthouse, Butler Nonprofit Consulting, Conversation Piece Marketing & PR, Hotel San José, IBC Bank, Texas Gas Service, Topo Chico, Violet Crown Cinemas, and Zócalo Design.