SURGE (film)

Choreography by Jessie Jeanne Stinnett with the performers

Performers/Boston Dance Theater Core Members: Gabriela M. Amy-Moreno, Isvel Bello, Olivia Coombs, Tahimy Miranda, Henoch Spinola

Videographer Ernesto Galan
Scientific input by Dr Larry J Pratt

Sound by Grant Stinnett
Shot on location at Jeremy Point in Wellfleet, Cape Cod
Costumes by Zane Kealey
 

Program Note: In 2018 Jessie Jeanne Stinnett teamed up with ocean physicist Dr. Larry J. Pratt to envision a dance+science project centered around the latest scientific research on sea level rise and climate change in Boston Harbor. Initially supported by the Dancemakers Residency at Boston Center for the Arts and Boston Dance Alliance, Stinnett, Pratt, and the dancers of Boston Dance Theater (BDT) developed ‘Surge’, a performance work which enacts the salient factors of sea level rise. The work also draws attention to the devastating impacts that general mean sea-level rise has on coastal and island communities over the globe. BDT’s Sea Level Rise project aims to join a global effort of engaging artists and scientists in conversation, process, and performance in order to aid global transformation with regard to environmental sustainability.

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For Presenters: Full length film will available for streaming later in 2023. For more information about the live performance version of SURGE, and to access climate resources, visit www.bostondancetheater.com/sea-level-rise