Join us for our Summer performance, Seasons of Resilience, at the National Portrait Gallery! The Moveius company will take the stage, performing two works by Artistic Director, Diana Movius.
Responding to the exhibition 'Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism,' Moveius Contemporary Ballet returns to the National Portrait Gallery with two works in reverence of environmental leaders’ legacies while exhibiting the company’s signature style merging policy and dance.
Seasons, a world premiere commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, draws inspiration from the legendary environmental author Rachel Carson. Set to a modern musical rendition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, the ballet contemplates Carson’s transformative book "Silent Spring” and her love of birds. Choreographed by DC-based dancer and environmental expert Diana Movius, this evocative piece leaves a lasting impression on the audience, highlighting the beauty and resilience of nature alongside its fragility.
Opening the program, Apocrita, is an athletic and energizing ballet that pays homage to biologist E.O.Wilson and the fascinating and often overlooked lives of ants, wasps, and bees. The work imagines their intricate societies, struggles, and triumphs.