Fort Greene Park to Serve as Ballet Backdrop

The Fort Greene Park Steps will act as a stage Friday as dancers from Bardos Ballet invade the space to perform their latest piece, Burrows.  

"This will be our first time performing at Fort Greene Park," Cynthia Anne Stanley, choreography and founder of Bardos Ballet, told Patch. "I chose it because I have long considered this park a hidden gem of city parks."

And serve as a performance space it will, as 12 women and one man "emerge from a mirage of World War II era styles and sounds [to] construct, inhabit and disassemble dwellings both primal and domestic," the Bardos Ballet Facebook page notes.

Stanley said this will most likely not be the only piece she brings to the area, which she thinks of fondly. "It is a beautiful, diverse and intimate community park," she said. "The monument and dramatic stairway [and] crypt has always lured me as an amazing performance space."

The performance will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and is free. Check back to the Ballet's Facebook page for any potential changes due to weather.