On January 24, 2026, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present Maeve Gilchrist’s ’12 Dances.’
The work comes as part of Gilchrist’s year-long residency with Kaatsbaan, where she wrote a solo harp piece each month. ’12 Dances’ integrates site-specific recordings, poetry, and visual media drawn from her experience at the cultural park.
“I believe that we live in an over-stimulated society and a lot of the busyness that clouds or cushions our day-to-day feels vapid in substance,” says Gilchrist in a press release. “There is little incentive to make room for the stillness that breeds reflection or imagination. This project is my personal commitment to a monthly observation of where we are: me and the world. A modest sonic snapshot of the most ordinary kind of beauty. The type of joy that is only noticed once taken away.”
General Admission begins at $30, with tickets available to purchase at their website.