Is waiting the right way to react to a global pandemic? Considering that art is not just entertainment, but an essential means for transmitting and feeling emotions, we cannot wait. Waiting can be an endless state. Once waiting for something ends, waiting for something else begins, which means waiting is a continuous process that doesn’t end at the end of a specific period. This is why art cannot be put on pause, just as we cannot pause our emotions. We have to find the way, to research, to feel within ourselves and to transmit art without waiting. We can’t wait to be able to return to experience our theaters, our museums, cinema – we can’t stop.
Mimmo Miccolis
“Life Isn’t About Waiting For The Storm To Pass, It’s About Learning To Dance In The Rain”
Vivian Greene
WAITING
Choreography and video editing: Mimmo Miccolis
Original Music: Francesco Germini
Dancers of The Washington Ballet/ Professional Training Division: TRAINEES: Annie Bacon, Elliott Evans, Madison Bruns, Noura Sander. PTPA: Ava Dempster, Carly Jones, Danielle Foege, Giovanna Maria Lungu, Isabel Boyd, Isabella Garofalo, Isha Nadig, Luke Umphlett, Muriel Ventura Pontin. PTP B: Allison Smith, Anya Chiu, Anya Orlova, Ashleigh Watkinson, Audrey Weber, Avery Nelson, Elisabeth Mellen, Francesco Messina, Isabel Sofia Krieg, Jasmine Klenotich, Jillian Schene, Kasey Orava, Katelyn Hagel, Lex Fowler, Lily Harburg, Michael Brancato, Miles Orvetti, Natalia Cardona, Sasha Perkins.
(April 2021)
