Raised in Austin, Texas, Sarafina will graduate from Wesleyan University in 2020 with a degree in urban studies. In Sarafina’s first summer at Forklift, she served as a community engagement intern for Bartholomew Swims. In 2018, while still involved in the production process, Sarafina’s role shifted to the development side of Forklift operations. Building from […]
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Nikki graduated from Williams College in 2019 as a Dance major on the premedical track. Interested in the connection between dance and medicine, Nikki would like to pursue a career in pediatric neurosurgery. Nikki loves water sports, such as wake-boarding, waterskiing, scuba diving, fishing, and swimming.
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Reagan High School students in the Swim ATX program The Swim ATX program partners with Austin ISD to provide swimming lessons and lifeguard training to high school students. Bartholomew Swims featured several lifeguards who had come through this program, trained to save lives at just 15 or 16 years old.
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Neighborhood Residents Forklift artists got to know the East Austin residents who regularly swim at Bartholomew Pool, listening to their stories and learning about what the pool means to them. Through recorded interviews with longtime neighborhood residents like Ruby Taylor, Bartholomew Swims highlighted the meaningful history of Bartholomew Pool in addition to its current role […]
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Austin Parks and Recreation Aquatics: Maintenance and Other Staff Maintenance workers, lifeguards, and other Aquatics staff lent their expertise to the project through production development, providing histories and archives of the pool. Forklift Danceworks choreographers job shadowed and worked along maintenance staff to research movement that became choreographed sequences in the show.
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Austin Parks and Recreation Aquatics: Lifeguards The lifeguards shared stories of Bartholomew Pool and their work with choreographers. They showcased their expertise by performing life saving drills and water rescues that they practice on a regular basis. There were lifeguards assigned to the performance that were guarding the pool even during the show while other […]
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