Linda Mary Montano performed CHICKENARAMA: 7 CHICKEN DANCES as part of Re:Seed Saugerties, an art and soil-building social sculpture. This project transformed a 70’ x 100’ corner lot in the village of Saugerties into a hub for community engagement and ecological creativity. Participants collaborated to build soil, create an earth tattoo, share food, craft seed sculptures, and take part in Chickenarama.

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Over two dozen public gatherings were hosted, including workshops such as sheet mulching and nitrogen-fixing planting with the Boys & Girls Club, Seed and Food Shares with the Long Spoon Collective, Seed Sculpture Labs with Adam Zaretsky, and participatory actions like Oath of Growth and I Am the Keeper of Smallest Plant with Carrie Dashow. The initiative also featured Chicken Dancing with Linda Mary Montano and seasonal offering ceremonies led by Adolfo Ibáñez Ayerve. The project was supported by an Arts Mid-Hudson grant in its inaugural year.

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Montano reflected on her performance, stating:

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"CHICKENARAMA: Maybe it was Thich Nhat Hanh who suggested we walk with 'love' on the bottom of our feet so that we can practice inner peace? In the early 70's, most likely inspired by the American Indian Sacred Chicken Dances, I donned an improvisational Chicken Linda costume and 'danced' Chicken Dances for years, photographed by my husband Mitchell Payne. Suddenly/recently the urge to re-Chicken Dance has emerged and to faux Chicken Move with Love on the Bottom of my Feet and am excited to be invited by Jennifer Zackin to participate in Re:Seed Saugerties an Art/Soil Building Project and move with awareness in this earth honoring experience."