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Dream of a Common Language


  • Baruch Performing Arts Center 55 Lexington Avenue New York, NY, 10010 United States (map)

Dream of a Common Language is a new evening-length ballet inspired by lesbian writer and activist Adrienne Rich’s 1978 poetry collection by the same name. Directed by Adriana Pierce, founder of Queer the Ballet, the program includes choreography by Adriana Pierce, Minnie Lane, Rosie Elliott, and Lenai Alexis Wilkerson. The story follows six dancers’ journeys through community, friendship, romance, and heartbreak, bringing to light the similarities between Adrienne Rich’s yearning for queer community in the 70s and queer ballet dancers’ current struggles to find each other. From mountaintops to dimly lit bars, this new ballet illuminates the struggles and joys of LGBTQ+ people through history and queer dancers today: all dreaming of a common language to connect them.

June 21, 2024 7:30pm

June 22, 2024 2pm

June 22, 2024 7:30pm

June 23, 2024 2pm

All performances will take place at Baruch Performing Arts Center, with support by CUNY Dance Initiative performance residency grant.

Photo by Jeremy Kyle