Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
Poster by Tori Lancaster
Choreographed + Directed by Dolly Sfeir
This work is produced by the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center with special support from the CUNY Dance Initiative and the assistance of the Redtail Artist Residency at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.
Maximalism x Movement
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.
The program features dance artists James Barret, Rebecca Corrigan, Emma Lalor, Gabriella Sibeko, Ian Spring, Stephanie Terasaki, and Maddy Wright.
Videography by Jake Bellew.
“Dolly is a truly gifted choreographer, a wonderful movement artist [who] invests her entire being into her work.”
— Risa Steinberg, Bessie Committee Member and Juilliard School Faculty Instructor
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