Lebanese choreographer and Jacob’s Pillow Choreographic Fellow Dolly Sfeir presents her new physical-theater work “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt" for a limited two-day engagement occuring May 24 - 25th, 2022 at 7.30pm at the Laguardia Performing Arts Center.
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal novel Slaughterhouse Five, Sfeir’s latest work dares to explore the utility of destiny and the illusion of freewill, forging a distorted noir fantasy that is both deviantly chaotic and delightfully sentimental. “Everything Was Beautiful” investigates our culture’s obsession with storytelling in an unashamed, maximalist fashion and is set to an original score by Jesse Scheinin that melds psychedelic jazz and troubadour music stylings.
Sfeir has been described by Bessie Committee Member and Juilliard School Faculty Instructor Risa Steinberg as “a truly gifted choreographer, a wonderful movement maker [who] invests her entire being into her work.” This performance marks Sfeir's culmination of her residency with CUNY Dance Initiative and was made possible with the assistance of the Redtail Artist Residency at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.
The program features dance artists James Barret, Rebecca Corrigan, Emma Lalor, Gabriella Sibeko, Ian Spring, Stephanie Terasaki, and Maddy Wright.
Pre-sale ticket - $15 - ending Sunday, May 22 at midnight. General ticket $20.
Dolly Sfeir's residency and performances at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center are part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), which receives major support from The Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Howard Gilman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Jerome Robbins Foundation, SHS Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. CDI is part of Dance/NYC’s New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. CDI is spearheaded by The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative