JUNE 18 EVENT: POSTPONED Due to Emergency Heat Advisory. Rescheduled date will be announced soon!

You bet giraffe it’s going to be good! This is a very rare after-hours event at the Seneca Park Zoo that is family-friendly with access to Zoo grounds after-hours as well as the chance to hear and see very special programming. Missy Pfohl Smith will choreograph Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals (June 18) for the dancers of BIODANCE to perform with the live musicians of Cordancia. Smith will also choreograph for the musicians themselves in John Luther Adams 10,000 Birds (both June 15 & 18)!

June 15 (Rain date June 16) – “Dance and Music with the Animals with Cordancia and BIODANCE”
A double “bill” with dance! John Luther Adams 10,000 Birds, 10:15 a.m. Genesee Trail, inside the Seneca Park Zoo
Anthony Plog Animal Ditties for Brass Ensemble with narrator Thomas Warfield, 12pm, Animals of the Savanna

Site-specific dance by BIODANCE will also surprise visitors in various locations. These performances are free with Zoo Admission on Saturday, June 15.  (Please note: Carnival of the Animals will not be performed on June 15/16)

BIODANCE is grateful to the Rochester Area Community Foundation for support of this project!

JUNE 18 – POSTPONED Due to Emergency Heat Advisory. Rescheduled date will be announced soon! June 18 – Carnival of the Animals with Cordancia and BIODANCE: A double “bill” with dance! 6 p.m. entry, $35/adults $10 youth ages 3-18.

Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with narrator Jay Stetzer the Storyteller and BIODANCE premiere, 6:30 p.m, Eagle’s Landing Pavilion

Jenni Brandon Five Frogs for Woodwind Quartet, 7:15 p.m., Baboon Camp

John Luther Adams 10,000 Birds with BIODANCE, 8:00pm, Genesee Trail

Site-specific dance by BIODANCE will also surprise visitors in various locations.