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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

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Buglisi Dance Theatre

400 West 43rd St 43E New York, NY 10036

buglisi@buglisidance.org

Tel: 212-719-3301

Artistic Director/Choreographer: Jacqulyn Buglisi

Executive Director: Suzanne Konowitz

Administrative Assistant: Paige Rocker

Press Representative: Audrey Ross Publicity at audreyrosspub@gmail.com

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