Performances include Indigenous storytelling from the vantage point of one Haudenosaunee’s woman’s matriarchy, dancing in nature, music, spoken word, and an outdoor art gallery.

Tupper Lake, N.Y. – The Wild Center is thrilled to announce a special presentation of ADIRONDACK REMNANTS, a captivating and immersive performance by electricGrit Dance, on August 17 at 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm. This unique event will explore the rich tapestry of human and ecological memories of the Adirondack region, weaving together dance, music, photography, visual art, and storytelling.

The acclaimed collaboration, created by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Trish Corcoran, Andrea A. Gluckman, and Stella Wang, offers a deeply moving experience that unveils the stories of the land that has been and remains the ancestral home of the Haudenosaunee. Audiences will be transported through time, from the indigenous beginnings of the region to the present day, with a special focus on the Haudenosaunee matriarchy, shared by a descendant herself.

ADIRONDACK REMNANTS is designed as an immersive walking art installation, inviting the audience to move through natural spaces as part of the performance. Each rendition is unique, influenced by the specific site, performers, and stories being told, yet all share a universal experience of space, story, and the integration of multiple art forms. This active and immersive adventure seeks to uncover hidden histories and bring the landscape to life.

Admission to the performances is free with Wild Center admission and is also complimentary for Wild Center members. However, spaces are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience a powerful and transformative journey through the Adirondacks. For more information and to plan your visit, please visit The Wild Center website or contact our Visitor Services at (518) 359-7800.

About the Collaborators

Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp (she/her) (MFA, CLMA) is a dance artist, educator, filmmaker, and activist. A transplant to Rochester, she has carved her space in the community while making work with electricGrit dance. Rose’s creative interests lie in integrating dance, theater, design, and media, while her artistic research centers around collaboration across disciplines. Her choreographic work with inFluxdance and SirensProof Films has been featured internationally for the past 14 years and continues to flourish with electricGrit dance. She has been selected for multiple residencies and performance projects across the country. Most recently, she was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Western NY Choreographers’ Initiative Award, sponsored by NYS Dance Force. Rose is co-founder of Artists Coalition for Change Together (ACCT), an organization founded in 2016 as a way to engage dancer-citizens in Rochester and beyond. In 2017 & 2021, she received grants from the Rochester Center for Community Leadership to spearhead initiatives using dance to foster collaborative relationships across various communities. Since then, her work as a community-engaged educator and artist has deepened. She teaches with a focus on the dancer-citizen and creates with an emphasis on community engagement. Rose continues to perform and present her creative research internationally with a focus on dance as an agent of change. Currently, she is exploring metaphor as it relates to socio-political art-making and bodies of resistance. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester in the Program of Dance and Movement.

Andrea A. Gluckman (she/her) (MTS) is an international award-winning photographer, educator, researcher, and experiential designer who uses her platforms of academics, activism, and art to witness and leverage the stories of communities and collective memory. Using photography, digital projection, installations, immersive events, placemaking, and collaborative curation, Andrea creates performances, exhibits, and installations designed to translate historical and community narrative into experiential endeavors. Her work invites collaboration from multi-modal artists to uplift invisible histories, reimagine collective memory, and engage in placemaking for healthier communities through the arts. Her current work focuses on socio-hydrology, river cultures, climate change, and how art emerges from each. Though having residencies from Elaine, Arkansas to Cairo, Egypt, she is currently based out of Rochester, New York, where she teaches and works with artistic communities on issues of social justice, indigenous truth-telling, anti-racism work, and climate action.

Trish Corcoran (she/her)(Tonawanda Onondowaga, Bear Clan) is a mother of two and one generation removed from Indian Boarding School. She is a member of the Tonawanda Onondowaga and is a kindergarten teacher at The Harley School, serving on their Diversity and Sustainability Committees. Previously she ran the hybrid program, taught Summer Learning Connections classes and has subbed throughout the school. Trish has been very involved with Parent Council at The Harley School and also done costume and prop design for theater. She has Montessori training and a BFA from RIT. In the past Trish has been a professional ice hockey coach and trainer, from beginners to Olympians and NHL. She is a naturalist and steward of the Harley Pollinator Garden, while also consulting on native plantings for their Wildwood. Trish is currently a member of the Indigenous People’s Day Committee, Tonawanda Historical Society and Seventh Generation Land Defenders.

Stella Wang (she/her) is a multilingual writer and translator. She teaches a range of first-year writing courses at the University of Rochester. For the Writing Studies minor, she offers an interdisciplinary translation course where students experiment with different types of translation from academic translation to audiovisual translation (AVT), zero in on the distinct challenges in interpreting across languages and cultures, and apply their learning to a culminating para-professional community-engaged transcreation project. See course-related websites: Code-Meshing Pedagogy: Encouraging the Expression of Identity in Writing, Speaking, and Arguing and Authentically Urban, Virtually Global: Southwest Rochester.

Greg Woodsbie (he/him) is a wide ranging pianist and percussionist with a highly attuned sense of story and ritual, and backgrounds in jazz, classical, and Cuban music, among others. Before joining SUNY Brockport as their full time staff musician, he was a sought after freelance dance accompanist and church musician in the Boston/Providence area. He has been a class pianist for the Boston Ballet company, and has performed with Bill Evans, Shura Baryshnikov, and Kristina Berger, and played masterclasses for Carolyn Adams, Stephen Rooks, Sydney Skybetter, and Heidi Henderson. He holds a degree in Piano Performance with a Jazz emphasis from Lawrence University. Primary teachers include Fred Sturm and Stephen Massey.

About The Wild Center

The Wild Center invites visitors to discover the story of the Adirondacks, and to explore new ways that people and nature can thrive in the same place. Located in Tupper Lake, NY the center uses science-based experiences, exhibits and programs to open new ways to look into the relationship that people have with nature and to promote environmental best practices. The Wild Center’s reimagined experience utilizes Wild Walk and its largely outdoor 115-acre campus.