Buglisi Dance Theatre: Under the Buttonwood Tree.com

May 28–30, 12:30pm

Outside the Stock Exchange at 18 Broad Street

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 (Frenzy on the Floor). This episodic, theatrical spectacle marries art and commerce by bringing to life touchstone moments in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. Former Martha Graham Dance Company dancer, Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi is distinguished for her poignant, theatrical repertoire, which fuses classical sensibility with intuitive movement.

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 silken-sheathed 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. The musical selections include Wynton Marsalis, Jelly Roll Morton and John Corgliano and a live performance by the Aeros Wind Quintet.

Choreography: Jacqulyn Buglisi

Executive Director: Suzanne B. Konowitz

Production/Scenic Design: Jack Mehler

Costumes: A.C. Giannini, Elena Comendador

Stage Manager: Amy Singerman

Guest Artist: Martine van Hamel

Actors: Graciano Nuñez, Winston Osgood

Music: Amy Tori, flute; Heather Thon, clarinet (both Aeros Quintet)

Soundscape: Corigliano, Morton, Marsalis, Roto, Rutter

The Company: Terese Capucilli, Kevin Predmore, Helen Hansen, Junichi Fukuda, Marie Zvosec, Jason Jordan, Iyun Harrison, Danelle Morgan, Christina Ilisije, Lauren Jaeger, James Pierce, Josh Johnson, Jermaine Terry,

Apprentices: So-Young An, Mariko Kumanomido, Donald Borror, Jamal Callender, Bret Easterling, Sabrina Jaafar, Kerville Jack, Alejandra Iannone, Evan Teitelbaum, Spenser Theberge, Joshua Tuason,

About Buglisi Dance Theatre

Buglisi Dance Theatre is renowned for its poignant, dramatic, and wondrously lyrical repertoire that speaks to the issues and emotions of our time. The recipient of the American Dance Guild Award for Artistic Excellence, BDT was established in 1994 by Buglisi, Capucilli, Dakin and Foreman, who danced together as principal artists at the Martha Graham Dance Company. World-class production values and theatrical appeal have won BDT invitations to such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center; Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; The Joyce Theater; the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts; Vail International Dance Festival; State Theater of the Melbourne Festival, Australia; and the Prague International Dance Festival. The company’s repertoire is archived at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi is the recipient of many honors, most recently Altria’s Women Choreographer Initiative Award. BDT continues to build the legacy of American culture through its interactive educational residencies, workshops and outreach programs striving to nurture within the community a personal commitment to dance as a lifelong process of discovery.

The company performs its annual winter seasons at The Joyce Theater.

Sitelines is generously supported by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Produced in association with the River To River® Festival.

The River To River Festival, presented by American Express, is a collaboration of Lower Manhattan’s major cultural event producers including the Alliance for Downtown New York, arts>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.

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