BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE
PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION
WITH LINCOLN CENTER
AS PART OF THE PASCULANO COLLABORATIVE
FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE
PRESENT
TABLE OF SILENCE PROJECT 9/11
A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RITUAL AND
CALL TO ACTION FOR PEACE
CONCEIVED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
JACQULYN BUGLISI
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ARNHOLD FOUNDATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026, 8:00AM
JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA, LINCOLN CENTER, NYC
Video production by Nel Shelby Productions. nel@nelshelby.com
We gather on this stone ground to create a sacred sanctuary for remembrance, unity and peace.
THE PROGRAM
At first light, more than 150 dancers, draped in flowing diaphanous white, emerge onto the plaza to the ancient call of the conch shell. Through twelve ritualistic gestures, they move in concentric circles around the Revson Fountain, tracing the path of a Peace Labyrinth. This sacred space is infused with the transcendent energy of the living Mandala, linking dancers and viewers to the healing rituals of nature. The soundscape, plaintive voice, the breath of a flute, the heartbeat of a drum, carries them toward a single moment, at 8:46a.m., arms rise skyward in a shared invocation of universal peace for all nations.
BLESSING OF THE FOUNTAIN
Zen Buddhist Monks
Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
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WHITE REQUIEM (excerpt)
Virginie Mécène, So Young An, Anne O'Donnell, Lauren Jaeger, Jessica Sgambelluri, Xin Ying, Natasha Diamond-Walker
WORDS OF WELCOME & INVOCATION
Jacqulyn Buglisi, Artistic Director / Choreographer
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PRELUDE
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
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A CALL TO ACTION FOR PEACE
John Ragusa, Conch
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PROLOGUE: The Peace Warriors — Improvisations for Humanity
Flute, Violin, Saxophone, Trumpet, Vocalists
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TABLE OF SILENCE: PERFORMANCE RITUAL
Terese Capucilli, Conductor
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PROCESSIONAL
Terese Capucilli, Bell Master
Lauren Jaeger, Singing Bowls
Jeremy Smith and Stahv Danker, Bass Drums
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THE PLEADINGS
Offering of the Sculpted Plates
FOUNTAIN RITE
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8:46AM: SACRED SILENCE
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RECESSIONAL
In Remembrance
This performance ritual is dedicated to all those who suffer the tragedies of war, oppressions of freedom, and present day environmental and social injustice; to the memory of all 9/11 victims; and to photojournalist Bill Biggart, David Alger, Swarna Chalasani, and Mike Pelletier, who perished in the Twin Towers.
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We honor the cherished members of our dance community and beloved friends who are no longer with us:
Sondra Lee, Carmen de Lavallade, Azariah & Joan Eshkenazi, Robert Freedman, Esq., Kitty Lunn
and Henry Arnhold, Jacques d’Amboise, Bill Biggart, John David Buglisi, Joe Buglisi, David Christopher Capucilli, Theresa Marie Capucilli, Rosemary Carey, Jean Crump, Clifford David, Cynthia Fischer, Mary Douglass Fundaburk Foreman, Beau Gage, Reed Hansen, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Christian Holder, Judith Jamison, Richard Kielar, Rita & Gilbert Konowitz, David Mandel, Michael Mandel, Carla Maxwell, Jennifer Muller, Marvin Numeroff, Carol Paumgarten, Bill Perlmuth, Elizabeth Pearce Bryant Presogna, Jamie Ripple, Bentley Roton, Inger Witter, Myrna Strom Zinn
2026​ Participating Artists
Artistic Director and Choreographer: Jacqulyn Buglisi
Associate Artistic Director: Terese Capucilli
Surplice Design: A. Christina Giannini | Execution: Alessandro Gherardi
Artist sculptures: Rossella Vasta | Execution: Fausto Bizzirri
Requiem Original Design: Jacqulyn Buglisi, A. Christina Giannini; reimagined alchemic white and silver by Elena Comendador
Requiem Set Design: Debora Maché, Sergio Savarese, Stephen Mauer
Composer: Call to Action for Peace, John Ragusa
Composer: Prologue: Improvisation, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)*
Composer, Voice tones: Libby Larsen | Composer, Recessional: Paula Jeanine Bennett
* “Our Country” © Daniel Bernard Roumain*
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Rehearsal Directors
Terese Capucilli, Lauren Jaeger, Carolina Rivera, Jessica Sgambelluri, assisted by Christine Dakin, Kevin Predmore
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Rehearsal Assistants
Rayan Lecurieux-Durival, Isabella Pagano, Jai Perez, Lindsay Jorgensen, Kate Reyes, Zachary Jeppsen-Toy, Esteban Santamaria, Ane Arrieta, Ashley Bromfield, Emelyn Urdahl
2026 Musicians
Vocalists: Carla López-Speziale, Sadie Dawkins Rosales, Lydia Grace Goldie, Britt Hewitt, Carolina Rivera
Conch/Bass Flute: John Ragusa
Conch/Trumpet: Pamela Fleming
Saxophone: Michael Blake
Flute: Lisa Lorraine Johnson
Percussion: Jeremy Smith, Stahv Danker
2026 Participating Peace Warriors / Dancers from:
Buglisi Dance Theatre with professional artists who make up the diverse NYC arts community including dancers from Martha Graham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Limón Dance Company, Graham 2, Ailey 2, The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, The Paul Taylor School, Hunter College, Marymount Manhattan College, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, among others.
Jessica Sgambelluri, Lindsay Jorgensen, Kate Reyes, Rayan Lecurieux-Durival, Isabella Pagano, Jai Perez, Esteban Santamaria, Zachary Jeppsen-Toy, Emelyn Urdahl and and Miriam Barbosa, Isaiah Day, Meagan King, Lloyd Knight, Gelan Lambert, Jesse Obremski, Sierra Sanders, Shoko Tamai, Xin Ying, and Alissa Acosta, Janelle Acosta, Laura Aglione, Gisselle Aguilar, Giulia Morgado Alledi, Sara Arizzi, Deyanira Astudillo, Christian Ayala, Lucia Baggett, Love Barnes, Martina Barone, Banga Ona Baseckaite, Ricole Beaubian, Fernanda Becher, Maya Belcove, Lydia Ann Bellach-Ruocco, Samantha Beran, Ashlinn Berger, Margarette Bernal, Jacqueline Bertault, Elsie Biles, Aiden Boquiren, Katherine Bourgeois, Caroline L. Brackett, Irving Brann, Tehilah Brann, Rebeccah Hope Brann, Lindsay Brents, Alessandra Brown, Tyler Brunson, Pheriby Bryan, Zhicheng Bu, Savannah Bunn, Chase Burl, Timothee Calabrese, Christina Cardosi, Kelly Cardosi, Michael Vincent Carrera, Elena Cerasa, Kayenne Charles-Pierre, George I. Chavez â…¢, Sandy Cieslak, Darius Corbett, Isabel Crosti, Brett Dalis, Dana Rose DeFrancesco, Everett Deleon, Sophia Diehl, Ben Dolphin, Connor Ellingson, Rebekah Enderle, Eleonora Fae, Ocean Fernandez, Alyssa Foglia, Amya Fortunato, Felix Fulton, Madi Gibson, Lena Gilardi, Kelly Gogliuzza, Laurine Gomez, Chiara Gorodesky, Johana Gracia Morales, Gisella Guadalupe Páez, Audrey Ha, Avery HaLL, Israel Harris, Danielle Hartman, Abigail Haugh, Annika Haynes, Isabella Hernandez, Zoe Holland, Isaiah Holloway, Stella Houchins, Ting Hu, Sarah Hutchinson, Ka'ron Jackson, Lucy Jimenez, Caroline Jonassen, Riche Kim, Akira Kong, Carla Körbes Fraser, Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz, Stephanie Kuo, Tomomi Kuroda, Noah Laor, Andrea Larreta, Emmy Lebrun, Hui-Chu Lei, Julia Lie, Leah Lieberman, Izzy Lynch, Carly Manza, Doria Marina Marchena, Jeniffer A. Martín Porras, Zoey L. Matthews, Gabriella Mbagoyi, Beth Anne McGowan, Abigail McQueen Baden, Amy Miller, Linda Mittel, Erin Monteleone, Kittie Mae Morris, Kayleigh Morrison, Kendall Moshay, Adelia Nazyrova, Tenzin Niles, Ena Nomoto, Olive Numeroff, Amanda Ochoa Occelli, Raffaele Onisti, Rashel Orellana, Tyra Outlaw, Cherrie Mae Paghasian, Alessia Palanti, Rebecca Pelleri, Sophia K. Pielet, Sara Pizzi, Hudson Pletcher, Anton Pontet, Imani Portales Torres Teague, Sumire Price, Rita Renha Rezende, Avery Reyes, Dina Rose Rivera, Nailah Roberts, Jules Rodriguez, Ayla Rodriquez, Sara Ruellou, Rachel Russell, Francisco Sattler Godinho, Naoko Sato, Jo Scudder, Isabelle Watson Seiler, Jason Shuman, Isabella Silvercase, Addyson Smith, Giulia Sonego, Tommaso Sonzogni, Maria Carla Spagna, Makayla Stone, Alexandra Love Strouse, Sydney Stutzman, Ema Švorcová, Giovanna Taddeo, Nathan Talledo, Debora Tateo, Kylie Taylor, Melissa Toogood, Coral Tortoló Santa Maria, Laura Trapasso, Ioannis Orfeas Tsefos, Azsalise Vacca, Serena Valentino, Ghislaine Van den Heuvel, Ana Laura Virgo, Vincenzo Vitiello, Gaia Viviani, Jordan Wanderer, Melissa Weaver, Kaden Wetzler, Cassie Wheeler, Audrey Zhu, Devin Ziel