Island City Waterways: Uprooted

Island City Waterways: Uprooted is the 3rd in a series of site-specific performances of dance, theater and music that celebrate the history of Alameda’s unique waterfront. Uprooted will tell the story of Alameda Point, from the rise of civilian flight, to a Naval Air Station that staged four wars, to land being repurposed to fill the promise of a community’s future. A cast of 35 actors, dancers, and musicians including ODC/Dance, 13th Floor, Akira Tana Trio, and Maze Daiko, will lead audiences on an easy stroll around Alameda Point’s West Mall Square for a 75-minute immersive performance that will take them on a journey from the wings of peace to the wings of war and from boot camp to WWII internment camp. Along the way audiences will be invited to attend a 1930’s air race of pilots from the early days of aviation, participate in a swing dance lesson and experience a finale, with the full cast of performers including 9 taiko drummers, that honors the resilience of the human spirit. At the core of Island City Waterways: Uprooted are extraordinary human actions: acts of honor and heroism, and the resilience of the human spirit facing injustice. Uprooted refers to the young draftees, itinerant military families, and workers who pulled up roots to follow the industry of war, and those who suffered the fallout of fear and political targeting.