top of page

News

Martha Hill Award Gala 

Monday, February 26, 2024 6pm

Jacqulyn Buglisi Photo by Sylvain Guenot 2014.webp

Celebrating

 Joan Meyers Brown

 Jim May

Ronald K. Brown

Jacqulyn Buglisi

Photo by Sylvain Guenot

For more information go to 

https://www.marthahilldance.org/2024-gala

Front of BDT Postcard_edited.jpg

For Tickets CLICK HERE

Opening Night Gala, 2/29. For information, contact Suzanne Konowitz  at Buglisi@buglisidance.org 

Frida Photo (c) Nan Melville.jpg

Leaping in... 

30th Anniversary Year

Buglisi Dance Theatre’s inventive programming illuminates the power and resilience of the human spirit. This season’s program is performed by a stunning, multi-generational cast of 15 dancers and features re-imaginings of iconic BDT repertoire, including Frida, a multi-media work that celebrates the heroic life of artist Frida Kahlo, a woman of extraordinary passions and extreme magnetism, with original cast Terese Capucilli and Christine Dakin, stars of contemporary dance, and internationally-acclaimed Taiwanese Guest Artist PeiJu Chien-Pott; Caravaggio Meets Hopper, a study in contrasts, isolation, and human relationships with Special Guests Elisa Clark, Alexander Anderson, and Chris Bloom; and, inspired by Dead Can Dance’s album The Serpent’s Egg and score for The Host of Seraphim, Buglisi’s World Premiere, A Walk Through Fire, on overcoming grief and loss as humanity finds itself on the precipice of all life changing, while recognizing the power of love.

816A2064s.jpg

Photo by Kristen Lodoen

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

​

All of us at Buglisi Dance Theatre wish you the radiant boundless love

that this Holiday Season embraces, and a New Year filled with

the beauty that comes with the blessings of

divine light, love, liberty and the joy of peace in your life..xo JB

 

With You, we continue our vision that is building the legacy of American contemporary dance. With You, everything is possible.

​

Thank you to the Incubation Lab participants, Table of Silence Peace Warriors, patrons, and supporters for joining us this year. 

816A1972s.jpg

SOLD OUT! Creative Incubation Lab Series 

with

Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi and Comapny Dancers

Including excerpts from 

Suns and Future Imaginings, Frida, Suspended Women and

continued exploration of Universal Dialogues from the Threads Project

​

Sat., October 28, 2023, 12:00-3:00 PM

Gibney Dance Center | $30

Early Bird! Register by 10/18 to receive 30% discount | Code ED30

​

CLICK HERE to find out more!

​

Photo by Kristin Lodoen 

To view 2023 Live Stream advance forward

10 minutes for the opening Prologue by

Guest Artist Daniel Bernard Roumain

​

Free, and open to the public.

Accessibility to the LC campusaccess@lincolncenter.org | 212-875.5375

​

2023 Program Information!

CLICK HERE to view Full Program Casting Information

Buglisi Dance Theatre in partnership with Lincoln Center present
A PROJECT OF THE ARNHOLD DANCE INNOVATION FUND
​
Table of Silence Project 9/11
...a performance ritual and Call to Action for PEACE from the cultural capital of America to the world.  
​

Monday, September 11, 2023, 8:00am

Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, NYC

Conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi

​

Livestream produced by Nel Shelby Productions

Global Live Streaming on YouTube, Facebook Live, LincolnCenter.org

​

Table of Silence Project is achieved through partnerships with Dance/NYCChelsea FactoryThe Juilliard School, Gibney DanceMartha Graham CenterSteps on Broadway, among many others.  

BDT creates an inclusive experience that is welcoming and accessible to all artists and audiences regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.  

ToS Book Cover PaulBGoode July 2023.jpg

We are thrilled to announce the release of the book “Table of Silence Project”, a labor of love designed and produced by photographer Paul B. Goode in collaboration with Buglisi Dance Theatre. The book tells the evolving story of BDT’s annual Call to Action for Peace through photographs selected from the more than 50,000 images taken by Paul B. Goode over 12 years and essays by the photographer himself, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Terese Capucilli, artistic collaborators and dancers.  

  

The book is on sale HERE. After printing costs, 100% of the sales proceeds will go to Buglisi Dance Theatre for future productions of the "Table of Silence Project." Signed copies are available directly from BDT. Your support is deeply appreciated. Thank you!

​

Photo by Paul B. Goode

Montage Photo by Paul B Goode.jpg

Table of Silence Project Photo by Paul B. Goode

Table of Silence Project Meditation Variation weekly on Sundays at 10:30am
tune in for a Live Chat
YouTube: BuglisiDance

Buglisi Dance Theatre and the world community of Table of Silence Project dance artists invite you to a Call to Action  during these unprecedented times. Participate with us in a virtual  worldwide  meditation variation with breath and the repetition of the twelve gestures. Together, we create a powerful movement mantra connecting humanity and manifesting a universal vibration of healing for global unity and peace.

​

Watch Preview

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST PERFORMANCES

Sospiri VM KP Photo by Steven Pisano 6.13.23 AileyCitigroup 20230613-DSC04012.jpg

Fri./Sun., July 28, 30, 2023, 7:00pm

​

Guest Artist of Caroga Arts & Utica Dance

Caroga Lake Music Festival, Caroga Lake, NY

featuring SOSPIRI by Jacqulyn Buglisi

​

Tickets

​

​

Photo by Steven Pisano, Dancers Virginie Mécéne, Kevin Predmore

Iluminations TC CD DBR Dancer Photo by Kristin Lodoen 6.13.23 816A1979m.jpg

Tues.-Thurs., June 13-15, 2023, 7:30pm 

​

NYC Season to Kick Off 
BDT’s 30th Anniversary 

Joan Weill Center for Dance, Ailey Citigroup Theater 

Featuring two world premieres and BDT masterworks

by Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi

 

More info CLICK HERE

​

Photo by Kristin Lodoen, World Premiere Illuminations

with Guest Artist Daniel Bernard Roumain

Narration by Terese Capucilli and Christine Dakin

​

Blakeley White McGuire Zachary Jeppsen Hand over eyes June 22, 2022_BuglisiDance_TheThread

Thurs., June 22, 2023

​

Guest Artist,

DUMBO Dance Festival Opening Night Gala

Duffy Theater, Mark Morris Dance Center

​

Info

​

​

Photo by Christopher Jones, Dancers Blakeley White-McGuire, Zachary Jeppsen

Sospiri Photo (c)Kristin Lodoen Linder2.jpg

Fri., May 26, 2023 7:30pm

​

Buglisi Dance Theatre on tour

Dance St. Louis Spring to Dance Festival

Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, St. Louis, MO

​

Info/Tickets

​

​

​

Photo by Kristin Lodoen, Dancers Virginie Mécéne, Kevin Predmore

Buglisi Photo by Kristin Lodoen Linder Dancers Virginie Mecene and Kevin Predmore in Sospi

Mon., May 15, 2023, 7:30pm

​

Juilliard Senior Concert

featuring SOSPIRI by Jacqulyn Buglisi

Peter J. Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School

​

Tickets

​

​

​

​

Photo by Kristin Lodoen, Dancers Virginie Mécéne, Kevin Predmore

JacqulynBuglisi MovementattheStillPoint.jpg

Mon., April 10, 2023, 7:30pm

​

Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance

featuring Terese Capucilli in Speak Memory by Jacqulyn Buglisi

The Joyce Theater, NYC

Info/Tickets

​

Book: Rizzoli

​

This one-night only performance brings dancers off the pages of the newly released book by renowned portrait photographer Mark Mann, Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance, on sale at Rizzoli.

​

Jacqulyn Buglisi Photo by Mark Mann

Adjusted Group surrounding Aoi Sato Photo by Kristin Lodoen Linder 5_816A5252m (1).jpg

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 7:00pm 

​

The Threads Project #1 “Universal Dialogues” excerpt  

41st Annual Battery Dance Festival 

​

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park - Battery Park City 

Free, outdoor performance open to all & livestream  

​

Information

​

​

“Universal Dialogues” Photo by Kristin Lodoen Linder  

1. Threads Project #1 Photo Deb Fong_DSC4474.jpg

Wed.-Thurs., June 22-23, 2022

BDT NYC Season at Chelsea Factory

 

a “reimagined space dedicated to the artists of NYC”

featuring the world premiere of

The Threads Project #1 “Universal Dialogues”

​

Info & Tickets

​

Special Discount! 20% off of $40/$30 tickets

through June 18th with code: BDT20

​

Threads Project #1 Photo @deb_fong_photography

2. Invisible Embrace of Beauty Photo by Steven Pisano 5.18.21.jpg

Thurs.-Sun., June 23-26

2022 Virtual DUMBO Dance Festival

​

BDT performs

Moss Anthology: Variation#5 excerpt (6/23);

In the name of the fire, the flame, and grace (6/25)

Invisible Embrace of Beauty excerpt (6/25)

​

Info & Tickets

Invisible Embrace of Beauty   Photo: Steven Pisano

The Threads Project: Creative Incubation Lab  

Sat., April 23, 4:30-7:30PM & Sat., April 30, 2:30-5:30PM

​

New York City Center Studio 5

Info & Registration

SuspendedWomen 4 dancers Photo by Bill Biggart.gif

Photo (c) Bill Biggart.

Thurs-Sat., April 14, 15, 7:30pm; April 16, 2:00PM & 7:30PM, 2022

​

Hartt Dances Spring Concert presents

Jacqulyn Buglisi’s

Suspended Women

​

Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford

Tickets: www.hartford.edu/boxoffice | 860-768-4228

LiveStream: www.hartford.edu/harttstream​

BDT is honored to perform in 

Dancers for Ukraine Benefit 

​

Sat., April 9, 8:00PM, 2022

​

Donation-based tickets

for humanitarian aid in Ukraine

​

Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway

 

 

Dancers for Ukraine #1 4.9.22.png
1) RicardoBarrett JessicaSgambelluri Inv

Invisible Embrace of Beauty Photo by Paul B. Goode

Dancers: Ricardo Barrett and Jessica Sgambelluri

4_edited_edited.png

in partnership with New York Live Arts

 

World Premiere: Invisible Embrace

 

Thurs., May 20, 2021, Opening Night Premiere

On-Demand through May 23, 2021   

Post-Show Talk-Back Moderated by Danni Gee

 

Free with $10 Suggested Donation

Information

​
6. Logo NYLA_logo_red-wt.png
4_edited_edited.png

Gibney presents Sorry I Missed Your Show

A screening & discussion with Jacqulyn Buglisi and Terese Capucilli

Wed., March 10, 2021, 6:30-8pm

Moss#5  Photo by Steven Pisano June 2019

26th Anniversary NYC Season

Ode to the Planet and Humanity

Tues.-Thurs., December 10 (6-7pm); December 11, 12 (7:30pm)

 

Performance Tickets: online at buglisi.eventbrite.com

Patron Reception 12/11 at 6:30: Click Here for Tickets

​

The Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street

Info: 212-719-3301 or buglisi@buglisidance.org

Moss Anthology: Variation#5 Photo by Steven Pisano

Buglisi Dance Theatre Ari Mayzick in  Pr

Guest Artist, Dumbo Dance Festival 

Opening Night Gala

Thurs., October 10, 2019, 7:00pm

Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter,

29 Jay Street, Brooklyn

Ari Mayzick in Prelude Photo by Terri Gold

JacqulynBuglisi Photo(c)JackMitchell.jpg

Women in Dance Leadership Conference

Fri-Sat., October 18, 19, 2019

Master Class Jacqulyn Buglisi

Philadelphia, PA

Jacqulyn Buglisi Photo by Jack Mitchell

Virginie Mecene in THRESHOLD Chor. Jacqu

Dzul International Dance Festival

Mon.-Tues., November 25 & 26, 2019

Performance & Workshop

Campeche, Mexico

Virginie Mecene in Threshold

BDT on Tour presented by Bodiography

Feb. 7-8, 2020

Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

Howard County Community Dance Festival

Sat., Feb. 8, 2020

Performance & Master Classes

Columbia, MD

September 11th 7pm

National Arts Club

A conversation with Jacqulyn Buglisi on The Table of Silence Project

Free.

BUGLISI Blakeley White-McGuire in Bare t

Summer Streets Dance Festival

​

Sat., August 3, 2019, 12:00pm

Astor Place (btwn Lafayette & Broadway)

Free, outdoor performance open to all

​

Blakeley White-McGuire in Speak Memory,
Photo by Paul B. Goode

Moss#5 Zoe facing moss.jpg

38th Annual Battery Dance Festival 

​

Tues., August 13th, 7pm

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park at Battery Park City

Free, outdoor performance open to all

 

Moss#5 Variation Photo by Steven Pisano

Buglisi_Requiem Dancer AshleyMerker Phot

Fini Dance Festival Gala

Thurs., August 15, 2019, 8:00PM

Ailey Citigroup Theater

BDT performs Requiem in honor of costume designer A. Christina Giannini's Lifetime Achievement Award

Ashley Merker in Requiem, Photo by Jaqi Medlock

Moss#5 Roots Photo by Terese Capucilli.j

Up Close…on the edge of sunset @BAC

Wed., May 1, 2019, 6:15pm

 

Preview performance in support of Buglisi Dance Theatre

Moss#5 Variation Photo by Terese Capucilli 

Buglisi Moss#5Variation Photo(c)PaulB.Go

Moss#5 Variation Photo by Paul B. Goode (2018)

SAVE THE DATE

June 11-16, 2019

Women Create! A Festival of Dance

New York Live Arts

BDT performs on June 11, 14, 15, 16

Info & Tickets

​

June 21
Bryant Park Presents Contemporary Dance

APAP2019_PeridanceProgramA_SJRPhotograph

Buglisi Dance Theatre at APAP

See an excerpt of UNUM, Buglisi Dance Theatre's newest work at

Peridance APAP Showcase, Program A.

 

When: Sat., January 5th, 8:30pm & Sun., January 6th, 4:30pm

Where: Peridance, Salvatore Capezio Theater, 126 East 13th Street

​

Choreographed by Virginie Mécène, UNUM, a trio for 3 men, explores the idea that mankind comes from the same source of energy. UNUM (one in Latin) is a collaboration between Mécène and composer Jacopo Baboni Schilingi that utilizes groundbreaking medical technology to measure the breath. The dancer’s breath is translated into sound as they move through the choreography. Unconsciously, we are One.

UNUM Photo by SJR Photography (2018)

Buglisi 25th d.rehearsal_C-802 copy.jpg

November BDT Residency Tour at Kaatsbaan

November 25th-December 2nd, 2018

Outreach and Performance December 1, 2018

BDT Repertoire and favorites

Moss#5 Variation Photo by Terri Gold (2018)

Requiem AileyCitigroup Photo by Terri Go

Thursday October 11, 2018

Dumbo Dance Festival: 

Guest Artist for Opening Night Performance & Gala

Tickets Here

Wednesday October 10th, 2018

New York Zen Center Gala

BDT Featured Guest Artist

_MG_0720.JPG

August 13-17, 2018 2:30-4:30pm

Steps with Contemporary Masters

​

 

Mon-Fri., July 23-27, 2018 10:10am-12:10pm

Martha Graham School Summer Intensive

​

​

s1529.jpg

Tues.-Sat., June 12-16

Women/Create! New York Live Arts 

Info & Tickets

January 29-May 12, 2018

Creative Residency & Commission,

Marymount Manhattan College

 

Moss#4 Variation

Sneak Peek

Performances: May 3-5; May 10-12 | Tickets

 

Moss 1 Photo by Paul B. Goode

Kickoff to 25th Anniversary Season

Performances May 1-2, 2018, 7:00pm

Gala Reception on May 2

Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street, NYC

​

 

Performance Tickets:    Ticket Central 212-279-4200 or Online

Gala Tickets:                   Click for Tickets and Information

                                           212-719-3301 or buglisi@buglisidance.org

​

Threshold: Photo by Terri Gold | Dancers Virginie Mécène and Kevin Predmore
January 4-21, 2018

Creative Residency & Performances,

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

BDT performs “Requiem”, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, Hatlen Theater (1/17-21). Tickets.

 

Commission:  “Moss 3 Variations: Dialogues on What Makes us Human” on UCSB Dance Company.

 

Spring Concert Premiere: April 13-15 at the Hatlen Theater

European Tour: April 21, May 3, 4, 5, 2018.

 

Requiem Photo by Kristin Lodoen Linder | Dancers: Terese Capucilli and Miki Orihara

August 16, 2017, 7pm

36th Annual Battery Dance Festival

 

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park, NYC

Free outdoor performance open to all. 

Info

 

 

Photo by Darial Sneed

2017 Victory Dance

The Duke on 42nd Street

 

July 10-21: 10 education performances

July 13 and 20, 7pm: 2 public performances

Tickets at 646-223-3010 or NewVictory.org

 

 

Prelude Photo by Paul B. Goode | Dancer Ari Mayzick

wheWzzmA.jpeg

June 22, 2017 7:30pm

Up Close: A Benefit Performance Event

 

New York City Center Studio 5

Information and Tickets

 

Threshold Photo by Terri Gold | Dancers Virginie Mecene and Kevin Predmore

June 13-17, 2017 7:30pm

NYC Season at New York Live Arts

Info & Online Tickets | Box Office 212-924-0077

 

 

 

 

The Conversation Photo by Kristin Lodoen Linder | Dancer Yin-Ling Lin

May 8-24, 2016

Table of Silence Project Residency at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Mon., May 23rd, 12noon-1pm: Livestream

Watch Live!

Photo (c) Paul B. Goode

"We have achieved this awe inspiring Ritual Performance because of the ardent commitment, love, positive energy, and generosity of spirit you brought each day, and I embrace all of you for your unwavering belief in peace through art.

I hope you will continue to be a part of the Table of Silence and join us for future workshops and performances.

Touching the earth… from the sole of our foot to the soul of the earth… One step at a time, we shall change the world…"

With loving gratitude, xxoo Jacqulyn

(bridging the Ancient and the Contemporary)

P.S.: Please send us testimonials from your family and friends or from yourselves as artists that we might continue to share this project. Join us for our holiday workshops and performances upcoming…

June 7-9, 2016

NYC Season at The Ailey Citigroup Theater

Tues., 6/7 @ 8pm | Wed.-Thurs., 6/8-9 @7:30pm

Box Office: 800-838-3006 x 1 

 

Opening Night Celebration

Honoring Associate Founder Terese Capucilli

Guest Artist Blakeley White-McGuire performs Martha Graham’s

Deep Song

Tues., June 7th | Performance 8:00pm | 9:30 pm Champagne Gala

Photo (c) Kristin Lodoen Linder

Jacqulyn Buglisi's Suspended Women
On Tour
with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

 

David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center

June 12 & 19, 2015, New York, NY

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Photo (c) Paul Kolnick

Buglisi…works in images that seduce the eye as much as the imagination… a rarity in today’s world…Probably no woman, other than Graham, has plumbed such emotional depths choreographically.

Dance Magazine

 

Visually stunning…motions of romance, fleeting and passionate...

The New York Times

bottom of page