Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents a NEW WORK PREVIEW from gaudanse in Tivoli, NY, on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 6pm. Tickets are free for this performance. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://ci.ovationtix.com/36035/production/1231278?performanceId=11601798.



Join gaudanse Artistic Director Imani Gaudin as she shares her latest work in progress, mamihlapinatapai. This dynamic new creation explores empowerment, cultural exchange, and human connection through the language of dance and the performing arts. The title, mamihlapinatapai, comes from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, meaning “a look shared in silence by two people who wish to initiate something, but neither will start.” Recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most succinct word, it encapsulates the essence of unspoken understanding and potential.



Founded in 2020 by Imani Gaudin, gaudanse is a collective of artists rooted between New York and New Orleans. The company investigates movement languages to create multidisciplinary works that transcend aesthetics, engaging with timely and thought-provoking themes. With a commitment to social impact, gaudanse sparks conversations that resonate from the deeply personal to the universal.



gaudanse (Gaudanse, Inc.), is an interdisciplinary dance production organization. This collective of multidisciplinary movement artist, founded by Imani Gaudin in June of 2020 , is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is rooted between New York, NY and New Orleans, LA. Weaving together elements of dance, performance art, music, film, culinary arts, and visual arts, gaudanse builds immersive, whimsical worlds of fantasies that provoke thought and transport audiences into new dimensions of imagination. Through accessible programs, mentorship, workshops, and performances, the collective is committed to propelling the artistic growth of early career creators.



gaudanse acknowledges and honors that we live and function on the land of the Munsee Lenape, Canarsie, Wappinger, Houma, and Choctaw.



About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual outdoor festivals, educational programs, and seasonal events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City.



Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.



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• March 20 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

  March 20, 2025 06:00 to March 20, 2025 08:00
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