Surroundings: A Tribute to Maya Lin

“I see myself existing between boundaries, a place where opposites meet; science and art, art and architecture, East and West. My work originates from a simple desire to make people aware of their surroundings.”

– Maya Lin (b.1959)

25 minutes in length, 8 dancers

Choreography

Dana Tai Soon Burgess

Music

Let Beauty Awake by composer Ralph Vaughn Williams, La barcheta and A Chloris by composer Reynaldo Hahn, Cigánské Melodie Op. 55: No. 3. A Les Je Tichy Kolem Kol (Et la Forêt Autour de Moi Reste Silencieuse) by composer Antonín Dvořák, Mo(u)ring by composer B.E. Boykin, in der Nacht, Op. 74, No. 4 by composer Robert Schumann

Costumes

Sigrid Johannesdöttir

Light

Carl Gudenius

About us

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company is the preeminent modern dance company in Washington, D.C.

Now in its 31st season, DTSBDC creates and performs modern dance works that explore the idea of intersectional identities - the flowing together of diverse perspectives, histories, and traditions that result in shared audience understanding.

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Surroundings: A Tribute to Maya Lin