Practicing Silence | Summer 2017 - Gallery

Practicing Silence was developed in response to poet Ilya Kaminsky's unpublished manuscript Deaf Republic, as well as lectures and writings by scholar Peter Bouteneff of the Arvo Pärt Project at St. Vladimir's Seminary. The creative team includes: choreographer Silas Farley, dancers Rachel Hutsell, Ghaleb Kayali, Claire Kretzschmar, and Lars Nelson of the New York City Ballet, and dancer Cassia Wilson of Ballet Austin; composer and sound designer Pornchanok Kanchanabanca; bassist and cellist Noah Jackson with The Ase Quartet; pianist and drummer Julius Rodriguez; poet Ilya Kaminsky; and scholar and author Peter Bouteneff. © Dean Kaufman, 2017