Buglisi Dance Theatre

LaGuardia P.A. Center presents Buglisi Dance Theatre in works by director Jacqulyn Buglisi and the solo Serenata Morisca, choreographed in 1916 by Ted Shawn and presented in honor of Jane Sherman, the last surviving original Denishawn dancer who celebrates her 100th birthday this year.

Program

Her exquisite Requiem to the Faure Requiem. This dance is already a Buglisi classic – Anna Kisselgoff called it “a stunning piece…extravagant and beautiful” (The New York Times)

Rain, inspired by the Venezuelan rainforest and set to music by Glen Velez for frame drum, as well as selections by Villa-Lobos and Mahler, and

Excerpts from the dance/theater work Caravaggio Meets Hopper, a work with a film-noir quality.