gabrielaxruiz warms up for her Biennial performance with her dance partner, a forklift. Presented as part of this year’s #WhitneyBiennial, a forklift, built for cargo, for weight, for work, becomes Ruiz’s partner, lifting her into the air with a slow, deliberate tenderness that feels both perilous and reverent. There is an echo of the quinceañera, of ceremonial elevation, of being lifted into visibility, yet here the ritual is rewritten. Join Ruiz this Friday, July 10, outside the Museum on Gansevoort Street for performances at 6 and 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public—no ticket required.