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Jacqulyn Buglisi
Modern
Biography:
Jacqulyn Buglisi (Artistic Director, Buglisi Dance Theatre)In her four decade long career, Buglisi has made an indelible impact on the field of dance. Renowned for highly visual, imagistic dances that use literature, history and heroic archetypes as a primary source, Buglisi’s ballets are sweeping, passionate and always rooted in a strong physical technique. She is a prolific choreographer creating more than 100 ballets for Buglisi Dance Theatre and commissioned worldwide including Suspended Women on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (premiere: 12/12/14 at New York City Center); Ninfee for the Richmond Ballet; her full-length The Four Elements for the Flamenco Festival presented in Madrid, Sadler’s Wells, London and New York’s City Center; Ananda Shankar Performing Arts Company, India; the Shanghai Song and Dance Ensemble, China; the Martha Graham Dance Company, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Joyce Trisler Danscompany, Teatro Danza Contemporanea di Roma for which she was a co-founder in 1969; American Repertory Ballet; Ailey II; and Ice Theatre of New York.
She has collaborated with composers Tan Dun, Glen Velez,
Jennifer Higdon, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Libby Larsen,
Daniel Brewbaker, Reza Vali; Andy Teirstein; cellist, Maya Beiser;
Flamenco Guitarist, Gerardo Nunez, the Cassatt String Quartet,
the Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra and Singers; lighting
designers Clifton Taylor and Jack Mehler; mannequin maker Ralph
Pucci; and Italian artist Rossella Vasta on the Table of Silence
Project 9/11, a site-specific ritual for peace performed at Lincoln
Center by 158 dancers and nine musicians, and seen via live
stream across the U.S. in 45 states and worldwide in 82 countries.
For her contribution in uniting the dance community through the
Table of Silence, Buglisi was named a “New Yorker for Dance” by
Dance/NYC and received Proclamations from Governor Andrew
Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Photo Credit: © Bill Biggart