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Gallery: Dancing in the Streets at Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts

August 03, 2014, 5:40 PM

 

 

 

It wasn't a typical Saturday afternoon in the retail center of  the Old Redford/Brightmoor neighborhood as the second annual Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts brought vivid sights, sounds and activity to four blocks near Grand River and Lahser Road on Detroit's west side.


Lisa Rose LaMarre Wilmot, left, and an unidentified performer.

The six-hour event, a colorful celebration of "Detroit’s independent and alternative art scene," included dancers, theater, jazz, DJs, poetry, spoken word and performance art -- more than 40 presentations in all.  

"The streets were packed," event founder Ryan Myers-Johnson posts Sunday on Facebook. "We were overflowing with art." She's a 2004 graduate of the University of Michigan (film studies and dance).

Another participant, Devita Davison, posts: "This is what it looks like when artists and community work together to define, interpret and help transform their neighborhood through collaborative work. . . . I'm standing at the intersection of art, community impact and economic development."

The accompanying photos are by Davison and costume designer by Daniel Cascardo of Royal Oak.


Lisa Rose LaMarre Wilmot of Detroit in a costume by Daniel Cascardo. (Photo by Devita Davison)

The Detroit Party Marching Band was part of the afternoon festivities Saturday in Old Redford/Brightmoor.


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