This event is in the past.It took place on June 20, 2026 at Governors Island Ferry.
Financial District, New York
⏰Arrive anytime after your slot, stay as long as you like
🎭Three hours of sustained, intimate performance
🌳Bring a blanket for the lawn seating at Colonels Row
"my tongue is a blade" is a three-hour movement practice by MacArthur Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, exploring the limits of attention through radical intimacy. Four performers build a spectacle of sustained connection while audiences witness, resonate, and question their own gaze.
experimental dance
Black interiority
radical intimacy
durational performance
Financial District, New York
⏰Arrive anytime after your slot, stay as long as you like
🎭Three hours of sustained, intimate performance
🌳Bring a blanket for the lawn seating at Colonels Row
"my tongue is a blade" is a three-hour movement practice by MacArthur Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, exploring the limits of attention through radical intimacy. Four performers build a spectacle of sustained connection while audiences witness, resonate, and question their own gaze.
experimental dance
Black interiority
radical intimacy
durational performance