Tonight, I made last minute plans to go to this modern dance thing at the McCarren Pool that Josh mentioned a few weeks ago. It was $25 (kinda pricey for a last minute plan), and I had to stand the whole time, and it was outside and therefore kind of cold. Was it worth it? WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I like swimming pools a lot, and the McCarren Pool is probably the biggest one I’ve ever seen. I’d love to see what it looked like full of water, but I Googled for a few minutes and only found photos of its empty, graffitied, current state. It’s sad that such a giant pool is no longer used for swimming, but this performance was a rockin’ way to repurpose the space. At one point, two guys did backflips into an inflatable kiddie pool that had been filled with water during the performance. I haven’t seen much modern dance, so I can’t compare this show with others, but to me it felt like some kind of urban circus — one that involves, among other things, a guy watching TV, a disco ball that looks like it’s suspended in mid-air, modified skateboards attached to people’s backs, hula hoops, and lots of amazing choreography.

I was about to advise anyone who hasn’t seen this to get over to McCarren Pool as fast as possible, because it closes October 1st, but then it hit me — that was today. If you missed it, don’t despair, because according to the program, the creators of this project are hoping to use the pool as a performance space again in the future.

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