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APAP | NYC 2020—New York, NY


  • 130 West 56th Street New York, NY, 10019 United States (map)

RINK LIFE – APAP|NYC


Reservations required.

Email kim@luckyplush.com or text/call 917.903.5783 to reserve your spot.

Presented by the Dance Managers Collective. 

Click HERE to learn more.


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An electric, adventurous, big-hearted, and hilarious tour-de-force
— Chuck Harper, Southern Illinois University

In Rink Life, Lucky Plush brings its highly integrated approach to dance-theater into a communal space that nods to the visual aesthetics and social dynamics of 1970’s roller rink culture, where relationships and storylines are as transient as the world that contains them. Rink Life’s staging and choreography are built from the rink’s spatial rules and social codes, and its script-turned-libretto—created from passing conversations, distant whispers, pop-song earworms, and found scripts—is entirely spoken and sung live. As the ensemble sings full-throatedly to score their experiences, they demonstrate through effort, risk, beauty, and failure that they—and we—are utterly dependent on one another.


Sunday, Jan. 12

8:30-9:45 pm

Ailey Citigroup Theater

405 W 55th St (at 9th Ave), New York

Monday, Jan. 13
10:30-11:30 am (an abbreviated version of Rink Life)

City Center, Studio

130 W 56th St (btwn 6 & 7 Aves), New York


CREATED & DIRECTED BY Julia Rhoads

DEVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENSEMBLE: Kara Brody, Michel Rodriguez Cintra, Elizabeth Luse, Jacinda Ratcliffe, Rodolfo Sánchez Sarracino, A. Raheim White, Meghann Rose Wilkinson

COLLABORATING DIRECTOR: Leslie Buxbaum Danzig

VOCAL COLLABORATOR: Bethany Clearfield

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Rachel Levy

COSTUME DESIGNER: Patrick Burns

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Rachel Damon

AUDIO ENGINEER: Bradford Chapin