BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE

Choreography: Jacqulyn Buglisi

World Premiere: 2009 at the Joyce Theater

Original Music/Soundscape: Wynne Bennett (keyboard, laptop, piano), Milica Paranosic (laptop, voice)

Lighting/Set Design: Jack Mehler

Mannequin Design: Ralph Pucci Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini

As the dancers and I worked in the studio surrounded by mannequins, a magical metamorphosis took place. The abstract movements swelled in lyric rhythm to reveal a labyrinth game. A world, perhaps, where reality and the absurd collide, a metaphor for our time. (J.B.)

Original Cast:

MARTINE VAN HAMEL, TERESE CAPUCILLI,

HELEN HANSEN, JUNICHI FUKUDA, JASON JORDAN, JEANENE WINSTON, SO YOUNG AN, CHRISTINA ILISJE, JAMES PIERCE, MARIKO KUMANOMIDO, LAUREN JAEGER, PEI-JU CHIEN

Support for the creation and presentation of Wild Mannequins & Wing Walkers is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and through the generosity of The Howard Bayne Fund, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Bettina Baruch Foundation, The Arnhold Foundation, Wendy Doremus, Carol Paumgarten, and Ralph Pucci International.

Background photo (c) Kristin Loden Linder

Wild Mannequins & Wing Walkers

For booking information or to request full-length video,

please contact Suzanne Konowitz: buglisi@buglisidance.org