The Day - Wendy Whelan

A work in development at LUMBERYARD

Dancer Wendy Whelan and cellist Maya Beiser join forces with the seminal modern dance choreographer Lucinda Childs to create an evening-length work with evocative music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.

Featuring both women onstage for the duration of the performance, the day is a meditation on two journeys: the mortal passage, followed by the eternal, post-mortal voyage of the soul. This bold, highly collaborative work explores universal themes not easily grappled with—memory, aging, death, the survival of the soul—through the shared language of music and dance.

This piece is presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Israel in New York and is part of Lumberyard’s International Artist Residency program.