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Under the Buttonwood Tree.com (A Frenzy on the
Floor)
Choreography: Jacqulyn Buglisi
World Premiere, Wed-Fri., May 28, 29, 30, 2008,
12:30
Outside the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall
Click here for Benefit
Luncheon in The Card Room, NYSE, May 28
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Photo by Kristin Lodoen. Dancers: Iyun
Harrison, Kevin Predmore, Jason Jordan,
Junichi Fukuda |
BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE'S ENTHRALLING
THEATRICAL SPECTACLE UNDER THE
BUTTONWOOD TREE.COM, OPENS SITELINES
2008, LMCC’S SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
SERIES
A Sweeping, Episodic Performance
Bringing to Life Touchstone Moments in
the History of the Financial District.
Wed–Fri, May 28–30, 2008, 12:30 P.M.
Outside the New York Stock Exchange,
18 Broad Street
Presented as part of the
River To River® Festival
(Take the
J, M, Z subways to Broad Street or the
2, 3 or 4, 5 subways to Wall Street).
Admission to all performances is free.
Sites and dates are subject to change.
No rain dates.
New York, NY, April 17, 2008 - LMCC's
site-specific performance series
launches the summer and the River To
River Festival with Buglisi Dance
Theatre's riveting world premiere
Under the Buttonwood Tree.com (A Frenzy
on the Floor), choreographed by
Jacqulyn Buglisi with live music by the
Aeros Wind
Quintet. This episodic, theatrical
spectacle marries art and commerce by
bringing to life touchstone moments in
the history of the New York Stock
Exchange.
Under the Buttonwood Tree.com is commissioned by LMCC and
specially created for Sitelines. |
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For
information and directions contact LMCC
at 212.219.9401 or visit
www.lmcc.net/sitelines.
Commencing with a resonating gong, the
artists animate a sweeping, epic display
that transforms the steps of Federal
Hall and the New York Stock Exchange
into a silkensheathed proscenium
depicting the early days of the NYSE,
from the signing of the 1792 Buttonwood
Agreement to the passionate frenzy on
the floor covered in ticker-tape
madness. A renowned choreographer and
former principal dancer with the Martha
Graham Dance Company, Artistic Director
Jacqulyn Buglisi is distinguished for
her poignant, theatrical repertoire,
which fuses classical sensibility with
intuitive movement. The musical
selections for the work include music by
Wynton Marsalis, John Corigliano and
Jelly Roll Morton and a live performance by the Aeros Wind Quintet.
Sitelines is curated by Nolini Barretto,
the series' founder and producer.
Sitelines is made possible with support
from Harkness Foundation for Dance,
Morgan Stanley, and New York Mercantile
Foundation. Additional support is
provided by public funds from the New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs
and the New York State Council on the
Arts, a State Agency. Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council (LMCC) is the leading
voice for arts and culture in Lower
Manhattan, producing cultural events and
promoting the arts through grants,
services, advocacy, and cultural
development programs. For more
information, visit
www.lmcc.net.
Produced in association with the River
To River ® Festival.
www.RiverToRiverNYC.com
The River To River Festival,
presented by American Express, is a
collaboration of the Lower Manhattan’s
major cultural event producers including
the Alliance for Downtown New York,
World Financial Center, Battery Park
City Authority, Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council, Port Authority of NY & NJ, and
South Street Seaport. These partners are
firmly committed to using the arts as a
tool for revitalization and the
development of new audiences.
Save the Date! February 2-8, 2009 at The
Joyce Theater
Please also visit our
company's website at
www.buglisidance.org
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