Choreography, Writing, and Sound Design
Sean Dorsey

Movement Creation and Performance
Sean Dorsey, Brandon Graham,
Héctor Jaime, David Le, Nol Simonse

Original Music Composition
Jesse Olsen Bay, Anomie Belle, L.D. Brown, Sean Dorsey,
Frida Ibarra, Alex Kelly, Ben Kessler, Kelsey Lu,
and special guest vocalist B Noel Thomas

Costume Design
Tiffany Amundson, Krystal Harfert, and Melissa Castaneda

Lighting Design
Clyde Sheets

Technical Director and Stage Manager
Emily Paulson

Wardrobe Supervisor
Krystal Harfert

Soundscore Recording/Engineering/Mixing
Grace Coleman

Soundscore Design
Sean Dorsey

Postcards From The Future Artists
Tupili E. Arellano, Wriply Bennet,
liminal hymn, Art Twink

The Futurist Pledge
Written by Sean Dorsey,
Designed by Den Legaspi/Arc & Type Design

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I am thrilled to welcome you to THE LOST ART OF DREAMING. We are so glad you’re here. And WE are so glad to be here: many thanks to American Dance Festival for co-commissioning this work! YOU have been in our hearts and minds these last 2+ years as we created this work. YOU are precious and irreplaceable, and YOU have an important place on this planet and in the future.

THE LOST ART OF DREAMING is:
a spell
a danced invocation
a loving invitation to
reclaim, remember, conjure, co-create, and manifest
OUR BIRTHRIGHT:
joy, pleasure, well-being, freedom, love, connection, liberation.

Tonight we declare together:
DREAMING IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT!  
—Sean Dorsey

OPENING SECTION
Music Composition: Kelsey Lu, then Alex Kelly

IS YOUR WORLD GETTING SMALL
Music Composition: Jesse Olsen Bay, then Alex Kelly

LIGHTNING RODS
Music Composition: Jesse Olsen Bay

STARSIDE
Music Composition: Anomie Belle

INVOCATION
Music Composition: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Music Arrangement for string quartet: Alex Kelly
Song Performance: Alex Kelly, Matthew Szemela, and Rebecca Wilcox

UNFOLD/INTO
Music Composition: LD Brown

PLEASURE REVOLUTION
Music Composition: Frida Ibarra

- INTERMISSION -

ORIGIN STORY

ORION
Music: LD Brown
Special Guest Vocalist and Vocal Arrangements: B Noel Thomas
Song: Sean Dorsey

OPEN
Music Composition: Ben Kessler

MY LIGHT
Music Composition: Anomie Belle

SEEK/AFTER JOY
Music Composition: Frida Ibarra

WE ARE ALIVE / WHAT WILL I LONG FOR
Music Composition: Alex Kelly

I AM THE OCEAN
Song Creation and Performance: Sean Dorsey

(DREAMING IS) OUR BIRTHRIGHT
Music Composition: Anomie Belle

PLACE/PORTAL
Music Composition: Anomie Belle

UPSTREAM
Music Composition: Anomie Belle

THE LOST ART OF DREAMING was commissioned by American Dance Festival (Durham NC), Dance Place (Washington DC), 7 Stages (Atlanta GA), Velocity Dance Center (Seattle WA) and the Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco CA) – and developed with additional support from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and residencies with the National Choreography Center in Akron (Akron OH).
THE LOST ART OF DREAMING has been awarded support from the commissioners above, and from the California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project – with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network and San Francisco Arts Commission.

The Lost Art of Dreaming is co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations
Award for New Works.
This project is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

The arts are back in North Carolina. The Spark the Arts grant promotes audience inclusion and reengagement in the arts.