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Culture of Bathing Variety Show & Bathe-Around

The New School
Jan 14 | Tue | 6:30PM | From $12.51
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Culture of Bathing Variety Show & Bathe-Around at The New School
A show about the variety in bathing culture but not quite a variety show. We will bring bathing to life with performances, short talks, and edifying conversations.

What even is bathing? Why is bathing booming right now? Does Infrared sauna actually suck? Are you a sauna bro or a sauna hottie!

You will find no answers in our 90 minutes, but you will find more questions hidden in an Esther Williams dance number. Join us and insanely funny host, Negin Farsad, for a night of warm bathing in the middle of NYC winter. And because Bathing is about IRL over digital, the bookstore Head Hi will be onsite selling books by the speakers.

Tickets! $10 - just the show OR $25 for the show and admission to a local bathhouse

Bathhouse Bathe-Around 8:30-10:00pm

After the show, keep the night going and join us to actually experience modern social bathing at Elhani, Othership and Russian + Turkish Baths. This is a chance to visit some of the newest and oldest and hottest bathhouses in NYC. If those are sold out, purchase a pass for the next day to: World Spa, Bathhouse and SoJo.

Featuring short talks, wild performances, funny jokes and good conversations (nothing will be more than 10min, I promise!) from:

Host: Negin Farsad - Social Justice Comedian; Actor, Writer, Director and Filmmaker, WaitWait…Don’t Tell Me! Guest, Guest host + Panelist

Featuring:

Mikkel Aaland - The "Godfather” of Sauna. Author of Sweat and the new documentary Perfect Sweat Bidget Barkan - Artist, Actor and singer Robbie Bent - Co-Founder, Othership breathwork app and social media sensation Othership bathhouse Cosmin Ciric - Head of Wellness Therapies at Therme Bucharest Machine Dazzle “A true theatrical genius, who, under his professional name, Machine Dazzle, has created some of the most inventive costumes and sets I have ever seen” Hilton Als in the New Yorker Lasse Eriksen - Aufguss champion, judge and board member, Aufguss WM Robert Hammond - High Line Co-Founder, President of Therme Group US Dan Harris - Best Selling Author of 10% Happier, podcast host and ex-anchorman on Nightline and Good Morning America Leonard Koren - Author of Wabi Sabi and Undesigning the Bath and creator of WET the Magazine of Gourmet Bathing Megan Kress - Owner of Sauna du Nord and a founder of Sauna Sirens, a collective of sauna experiences owned and operated by Women+ in North America Lisa Kricfalusi - Founder, Stay Unbounded Jobi Manson - Visual Artist, Sculptor, and Founder of Sefari Natalie Nixon - Author and “the creativity whisperer for the C-Suite” Megan Poe, MD - Psychiatrist and Professor of the first curricular course on Love Sami Rintala - Architect of floating saunas and founder of SALT, the cultural sauna phenomenon in the heart of Oslo The Sarafinas dance group choreographed by Josh Weidenmiller Light Watkins - Best selling author, mindfulness expert and motivational speaker Steven Wendt - Performer/Creator/Musician, Shadow Puppeteer and foley artist (what's that? Look it up!)

Venue: The New School

66 W 12th St. Map
732-865-5903