The Power of Dance
This was posted online on Monday, I believe. And I thought that it deserved to be highlighted on its own. I'm not a big fan of dance, but sometimes it transcends those hurdles for me, and this is one of those times. I've rarely seen "guerilla dance," but this is that.
They call themselves the First Amendment Troop, and I don't know much more about them than that. I'm not sure if this dance troop has been established for a while, or just recently -- or if it's something put together only for this. What I was able to track down is it's part of an advocacy arm of Hungryman Productions, led by Bryan Buckley, who is a two-time Oscar-nominated director and writer (for Best Short Film). And the choreography was done by Matthew Steffens, who was associate choreographer for recent Broadway revivals of Once Upon a Mattress and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. The dancers are from Broadway shows including Hamilton and Wicked, as well as performers who have danced at the Kennedy Center.
The work is notable on its own. But I like, too, where they chose to perform it. It runs a little under two minutes.
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