BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINCOLN CENTER
PRESENT
TABLE OF SILENCE PROJECT 9/11
A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RITUAL AND
CALL TO ACTION FOR PEACE
CONCEIVED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
JACQULYN BUGLISI
A PROJECT OF ARNHOLD DANCE INNOVATION FUND
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026, 8:10AM
JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA, LINCOLN CENTER, NYC
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.
WELCOMING REFLECTIONS
Jacqulyn Buglisi, Artistic Director / Choreographer
PRELUDE, SOLO VIOLIN
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
CALL TO ACTION FOR PEACE
John Ragusa, Conch
PROLOGUE: IMPROVISATION, PEACE STORIES
BLESSING OF THE FOUNTAIN
Zen Buddhist Monks
Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell and Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
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PERFORMANCE RITUAL CEREMONY
Terese Capucilli, Conductor/Bell Master/Principal Dancer
Lauren Jaeger, Singing Bowls
FOUNTAIN DANCE
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8:46AM: One minute of 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, and to the memories of all 9/11 victims and photojournalist Bill Biggart 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:
Henry Arnhold, Jacques d’Amboise, John David Buglisi, Joe Buglisi, Theresa Marie Capucilli, David Christopher Capucilli, Rosemary Carey, Jean Crump, Clifford David, Robert Dean Allen, Maria De Marco, Cynthia Fischer, Beau Gage, Roland Gosselin, Reed Hansen, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Christian Holder, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Richard Kielar, Rita & Gilbert Konowitz, David Mandel, Michael Mandel, Carla Maxwell, Jennifer Muller, Carol Paumgarten, Bill Perlmuth, Elizabeth Pearce Bryant Presogna, Charles Reinhart, Jamie Ripple, Bentley Roton, Gus Solomons Jr., Dudley Williams, Inger Witter, Myrna Strom Zinn
2025​ PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Artistic Director and Choreographer: Jacqulyn Buglisi
Associate Artistic Director: Terese Capucilli
Principal Dancer Emerita: Helen Hansen French
Surplice Design: A. Christina Giannini | Execution: Alessandro Gherardi
Artist sculptures: Rossella Vasta | Execution: Fausto Bizzirri
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, assisted by Christine Dakin, Kevin Predmore
Rehearsal Assistants: Jai Perez, Isabella Pagano, Rayan Lecurieux-Durival, Lindsay Jorgensen, Kate Reyes, Zachary Jeppsen, Ane Arrieta, Grace Sautter, Ashley Bromfield, Esteban Santamaria.
2025 MUSICIANS
Vocalists: Carla López-Speziale, Sadie Dawkins Rosales, Lydia Grace Goldie, Britt Hewitt;
Conch/Bass Flute: John Ragusa
Conch/Trumpet: Pamela Fleming
Saxophone: Michael Blake
Flute: Lisa Lorraine Johnson
Percussion: Jeremy Smith, Stahv Danker
2025 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, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, The Paul Taylor School, Hunter College, Marymount Manhattan College, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, among others.
Carolina Rivera, Isabella Pagano, Jai Perez, Rayan Lecurieux-Durival, Lindsay Jorgensen, Kate Reyes, Ane Arrieta, Zachary Jeppsen, Esteban Santamaria, Grace Sautter, Ashley Bromfield, Emelyn Urdahl and Virginia Johnson, PeiJu Chien-Pott, Lloyd Knight, Blakeley White-McGuire, Leslie Andrea Williams, Xin Ying, Meagan King, Jesse Obremski, Isaiah Day, Daniel Fetecua-Soto and Laura Aglione, Bella Aldaz, Carlee Alicea, Giulia Morgado Alledi, Zara Anwar, Aubrielle Arroyo, Christian Ayala, Brenda Baden-Semper, Janis Bady, Rose Barbantan, Miriam Barbosa, Martina Barone, Janine Beckles, Laura Behm, Colin Bendziewicz, Victoire Boureau, Alexa Boyles, Irving Brann, Tehlilah Brann, Rebeccah Brann, Lindsay Brents, Ashley Brunning-Jones, Tyler Brunson, Zhicheng Bu, Caleb Burks, Valadie Cammack, Kelly Cardosi, Michael Carrera, Brian Castillo, Elena Cerasa, Doreen Chiang, Audrey Chou, Tegan Chou, Tori Coates, Kyleen Constant, Maria Belén González Contreras, Sharyl M Curry, Aubree Dagilis, Dana Rose DeFrancesco, Simoné Delgado, Natasha Diamond-Walker, Sophia Diehl, Sheila Doyle, Tyler Duncan, Rebekah Enderle, Macee Eppard, Eleonora Fae, Facundo Ferreyra, Nicolas Fiery, Havanna Fisher, MK Flaherty, Jesse Flaherty, Sofia Forero, Stream Gao, Emma Garber, L.A. Gee, Lena Gilardi, Carol Gois, Laurine Gomez, Antonia Gonzalez, Lathan Goodrum, Chiara Gorodesky, Johana Gracia, Ava Greenwaldt, Sara Guo, Violet Hartman, Danielle Hartman, Abigail Haugh, Charles Head, Riley Henderson, Isabella Hernandez, Fina Hirschberger, Sarah Hutchinson, Ka'ron Jackson, Jamia Nicole Jordan-Girard, Lindsay Jorgensen, Brooke Katsafados, Oliver Keane, Jennifer Knox, Amina Konaté, Akira Kong, Madeline Kuhlke, Tomomi Kuroda, Gelan Lambert, Ariela Landsmanas, Andrea Larreta, Emmy Lebrun, Rayan Lecurieux-Durival, Hui Chu Lei, Leah Lieberman, Raissa de Sousa Lima, Lilou Lissarrague, Georgiana Loi, Ivanna Paulina Manriquez, Ashlynn Mason, Aspen Mason, Mia Mellican, Olivia Merola, Amy Miller, Emma Edy Morris, Julian Myrland, Mayu Nakaya, Ximena Casti Newton, Mio Nomoto, Guinevere Ontiveros, Brad Orego, Lorena Marin Ortiz, Alessia Palanti, Myrto Panagakis, Rebecca Pelleri, Sydney Pelletier-Martinelli, Chance Phelps, Marley Piechowiak, Jeniffer A. Martín Porras, Mikayla Radermacher, Ava Raucci, MaryMackenzie Rawls, Logan Rivera, Nailah Roberts, Catie Robinson, Drew Rosen, Sara Ruello, Mariella Saunders, Paige Sherman, Isabella Silvercase, Taegan Smith, Maria Carla Spagna, Amanda Stone, Sarah Stubbia, Barbara Sulvic, Shoko Tamai, Abigail Telenko, Fosca Redolfi Tezzat, Claudia Tinageros, Kaitlyn Tom, Azsalise Vacca, Nayanika Vyas, Kaden Wetzler, Taro Yamashita, Hurrem Yazicioglu, Jesse Zhang, Guidong Zhou, Devin Ziel