On Wednesday, September 11, at 8:05am ET, Buglisi Dance Theatre, in partnership with Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts, will current the 14th annual Desk of Silence Venture 9/11, a profound public efficiency ritual and world name to motion for peace. This free occasion might be held in particular person at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Heart and livestreamed worldwide.
“Scattering the seeds of hope, we acknowledge the necessity for therapeutic, compassion, and the braveness that it takes to make change,” mentioned Buglisi Dance Theatre Inventive Director/Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi.
The Desk of Silence Venture 9/11, conceived and choreographed by Buglisi, first debuted in 2011, as a tribute to the tenth anniversary of the September 11th assaults. This transferring work has developed into an annual custom, resonating with audiences throughout the globe because it addresses up to date points corresponding to social justice, environmental sustainability and the common eager for freedom from oppression.
“We’re deeply honored to current this highly effective work, providing New Yorkers and viewers worldwide a method to bear in mind these we’ve misplaced,” mentioned Shanta Thake, Ehrenkranz Chief Inventive Officer of Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts. “Artwork performs a vital function in fostering neighborhood, solace and shared understanding as we transfer by means of the world. We’re proud to companion with Buglisi Dance Theatre on this venture yr after yr.”
This yr’s efficiency encompasses a collaboration of esteemed artists, together with Buglisi Dance Theatre Co-Founder/Bell Grasp/Principal Dancer Terese Capucilli, Visible Artist Rossella Vasta, Composer/Violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, Principal Dancer Virginie Mécène, Composer/Percussionist Paula Jeanine Bennett, Conch/Flute Artist John Ragusa, Percussionists Jeremy Smith and Stahv Danker, Sopranos Carla Lopez-Speziale, Movie/Livestream Producer Nel Shelby of Nel Shelby Productions, and over 150 dancers for peace. Notable performers embrace Lloyd Knight, Blakeley White-McGuire, Leslie Andrea Williams, Lauren Jaeger, Jessica Sgambelluri, Jai Perez and Isabella Pagano.
At daybreak, greater than 150 dancers, draped in white, will ascend Josie Robertson Plaza, guided by the indigenous sound of a conch shell’s name for reality, solidarity and peace. As they transfer in unison, the dancers might be accompanied by the hauntingly lovely sounds of violin, flute, saxophone, trumpet, bells, vocalists, and the resonant “heartbeat” of bass drums. Performing 12 ritualistic gestures, repeated in sequences of ten, the dancers will kind three concentric circles across the iconic Revson Fountain, making a Peace Labyrinth. This sacred house might be imbued with the transcendent power of a Mandala, connecting each dancers and viewers to the therapeutic rituals of the pure world. At exactly 8:46am, the dancers will increase their arms skyward in a robust gesture of common peace.
Envisioned as a multicultural efficiency ritual for peace, the Desk of Silence Venture 9/11, awakens compassion and unity, bridging all cultural and geographical boundaries by means of a shared expertise of resilience. Because the work continues to evolve, it stays a potent therapeutic ritual, confronting the pressing challenges of our time and standing as a voice for these enduring systemic oppression.
Introduced by Lincoln Heart in partnership with Buglisi Dance Theatre, the Desk of Silence Venture 9/11 is a venture of the Arnhold Dance Innovation Fund. The occasion is supported by an array of neighborhood companions, together with Chelsea Manufacturing unit, The Juilliard College, Martha Graham Dance Heart, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Limón, Gibney Dance Heart and others. The efficiency might be livestreamed to a world viewers, constructing on a convention that has reached over 4.4 million viewers throughout all 50 states and 235 nations/territories.
