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DANCE THEATRE ETCETERA
and the Green-Wood Historic Fund present (in conjunction with openhousenewyork):

Angels and Accordions 2009

Choreographed by Martha Bowers.
Original score with music by Todd Reynolds (2004),
Bob Goldberg (2004-06) and Guy Klucevsek (2006-07).
Visual installation by Alexander Heilner.

Saturday, October 10th
Performances at 12pm and
3:30pm FREE to the public

Part walking tour, part performance, part guided meditation through the beautiful and richly historical Green-Wood Cemetery, Angels and Accordions is produced annually by Dance Theatre Etcetera. 

Angels and Accordions takes thousands of visitors through Green-Wood's beautiful rolling hills and inside its otherwise-closed-and-locked mausoleums.  Along the way they are confronted by images of "Angels" in stirring tableaux vivant in dialogue with the natural landscape and statuary of the cemetery.  A number of largescale choregraphed movement pieces punctuate the performance, accompanied throughout by a chorus of accordions, as visitors explore the permanent resting ground of notables from Leonard Bernstein to Jean-Michel Basquiat to Boss Tweed.  

Carving a space for reflection in a busy city, Angels and Accordions is a truly unique performance event in the New York City landscape.

View a movie of Angels & Accordions here. (Must have QuickTime plugin- may not stream on some older PCs)

Angels & Accordions 2009 saw two more beautiful installments of this unique piece.  Be on the lookout for a short film documenting 2009's performances, coming soon from videographer Towhid Hossain, who was once a student with DTE's programs at the Brooklyn International High School.  In the meantime check out these pictures from DTE General Manager Liz Schuster: