Strangers and Angels
Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Slager's 2017 premier Strangers and Angels.
Strangers and Angels is set in Ellis Island 1917 and 2017.
Strangers pass under the shadow of Lady Liberty eager for a fresh start and filled with hope. The ballet traces the impact individuals have on our lives and how those impressions leave a legacy through the centuries. It is a look at hospitality and immigration in the shadow of a nation wrestling with its heritage and its future.
"Strangers and Angels takes on movement that is very human and natural to the body, but exaggerates it to reveal the emotion and underpinnings of how refugee...
Premiere: October, 2017
Choreography: Julianna Slager
Costumes: Lorianne Robertson