The Art in Public Places program is mixing it up a bit with a public dance.
Boynton Beach City Hall, 100 E. Boynton Beach Blvd., will be the site at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 for the presentation of Urban/Land/Scapes, a series of alternative sites dance performances for urban environments.
Debby Coles-Dobay, public art administrator for Boynton Beach, said the idea is to have alternative dances in spaces in urban areas going through change or redevelopment.
“The idea is also to get out of the halls and outside so the public can enjoy the dances free of charge,” she said.
This multimedia performance approach will incorporate dance by the Demetrius Klein Dance Company, live music by Nicholas Klein, video film installations by John Watts and a public art installation by Lucy Kesharvarz.
“Lucy’s art installment will be public art combining organic materials in the environment,” Coles-Dobay said.
Urban/Land/Scapes has a goal to take dance and art out of the performance halls and into the environment.
Barbara Ready, chairwoman for the Boynton Beach Arts Commission, said the performance is intended to take dance, music, art and visual art to unexpected places and to highlight urban areas that are going through change.
Past Urban/Land/Scapes performances have been on the lawn in front of the Pahokee Historic High School, at Rivera Beach's Bicentennial Park and at the Humanities building at Palm Beach Community College in Lake Worth.
The performance will last approximately an hour, followed by an opportunity for the public to ask the artists questions about the performance.
Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.