Jul 10, 2012
gloATL gave its first of five free, public dance performances, "Utopia Station #1," on Friday at the corner of 15th and Peachtree streets. The exhilarating hour-long work featured 16 dancers seemingly risking life and limb while interacting with cars in the middle of Peachtree and tumbling down church steps, all while crowds gathered and watched with wonderment. Friday's dance featured music by Sonic Generator. gloAtL has given many of these types of public dance performances, including at a MARTA station, which combine the flash-mob mentality with a choreographed experience. Founder Lauri Stallings was kind enough to email some answers to questions I had after seeing Friday's performance.