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Songs from the Spirit

First Preview: Feb 14, 2019

Opening Date: Mar 08, 2019

Closing Date: Mar 11, 2019

Running Time: 01:15

Songs from the Spirit
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Metropolitan Museum of Art / Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

1000 Fifth Ave New York City, NY 10028-0198

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According to The New Yorker, the New York City Ballet (NYCB) dancer and choreographer Silas Farley recently took a walk through The Met galleries "in the hope that the muse—Terpsichore, specifically—might strike." She did.

The result is Songs from the Spirit, a MetLiveArts commission inspired by The Met collection. Farley brings fellow members of the NYCB—and the audience—on a journey led by traditional spirituals and new songs created by current inmates at San Quentin State Prison who, through the podcast Ear Hustle, contribute music for the performance, offering a nuanced view of an exiled population, and the irrepressible human drive to create.

World Premiere

Performances take place in Gallery 401 in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery for Assyrian Art; Gallery 217 in the Astor Court and Gallery 700 in the Charles Engelhard Court.
Age Guidance

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes

Show Notes: No Intermission

Audience Advisory:

Free with Museum admission. Suggested admission - $25

Performance Schedule:

Friday, March 8 - 2pm and 7pm 
Saturday, March 9 - 12pm, 2pm and 7pm 
Sunday, March 10 - 11am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm

Music

Current inmates at San Quentin State Prison

Choreography

Silas Farley

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Take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street.

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From East Side of Manhattan: Subway: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk three blocks west to Fifth AvenueFrom West Side of Manhattan: Take the 1 train to 86th Street,OR take the C train to 81st Street, then the M79 bus (free transfer) across Central Park to Fifth Avenue

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Take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue (from uptown locations) to 82nd Street or along Madison Avenue (from downtown locations) to 83rd Street.