We Choose to Go to the Moon

We Choose to go to the moon

“Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.” 

– President John F. Kennedy

22 minutes in length, 10 dancers
Choreography
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Projections design
Joao Beira and Quince Imaging
Music montage
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Laura McDonald, and Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo
Compositions

Frankie Avalon, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Otis Redding, Frank Sinatra, Original Magnetosphere Compositions:  Paul Wilt and Richard Jermain of realNoise Original Interviews: Dr. Neil Gehrels, Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou, Bruce McCandless II, Mary Motah Weahkee, and Dr. Jim Zimbelman

Costume design
Judy Hansen
Light
Carl Gudenius
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