„Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt“ ft Rebecca Corrigan – FESCH.TV

FESCH.TV INFORMIERT:

Lebanese choreographer and Jacob’s Pillow Choreographic Fellow Dolly Sfeir presents her new physical-theater work “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt“ for a limited two-day run occurring May 24 – 25th, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Laguardia Performing Arts Center.

Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal novel Slaughterhouse Five, Sfeir’s latest work dares to explore the utility of destiny and the illusion of freewill, forging a distorted noir fantasy that is both deviantly chaotic and delightfully sentimental. “Everything Was Beautiful” investigates our culture’s obsession with storytelling in an unashamed, maximalist fashion and is set to an original score by Jesse Scheinin that melds psychedelic jazz and troubadour music stylings.

Sfeir has been described by Bessie Committee Member and Juilliard School Faculty Instructor Risa Steinberg as “a truly gifted choreographer, a wonderful movement artist [who] invests her entire being into her work.” This performance marks Sfier’s culmination of her residency with CUNY Dance Initiative and was made possible with the assistance of the Redtail Artist Residency at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.

The program features dance artists James Barret, Rebecca Corrigan, Emma Lalor, Gabriella Sibeko, Ian Spring, Stephanie Terasaki, and Maddy Wright.

This performance marks Sfier’s culmination of her residency with CUNY Dance Initiative and was made possible with the assistance of the Redtail Artist Residency at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning and the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.

(Videography & Editing by Jake Bellew)