“As a longtime resident of Washington Heights, I have spent a lot of time in Fort Tryon Park. It’s one of my favorite places to unwind but I don’t think I was really noticing much about my surroundings. After seeing Amy Kail’s Alterations and Repairs in the park on June 3, 2023, I have started to look at the park in a new way. the beautiful symbiotic relationship she created between the park’s late-spring Betty and each dance piece drew my attention to features of the landscape – particularly trees, particular places, and the park’s slopes and curves – that I had been walking by without really seeing. The combination of music (it was wonderful!), the choreography (also wonderful!), the different emotions and resonances of the dance segments, the poetry, and the connection with the landscape made the performance an immersive experience. I was surprised to see that my twelve-year-old son (a lifelong resident of Washington Heights) was also caught up in the performance. Afterwards, we talked about parts of the performance that each of us particularly liked and the differences among the pieces, which was another good park of the experience.” – Kim Friendlander, Washington Heights Resident