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50th Anniversary of Earth Day (Virtual Event)
April 22, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 11:59 pm EDT
Composer Dorian Wallace wrote this piece for the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day to help bring awareness for Climate Action and existential threat that climate change brings to our entire species. It was supposed to be premiered as a marathon concert on Earth Day of this year, but with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, that event was canceled. All of the pianists submitted video footage of them playing the piece at home during quarantine (each of these pianists is a famous concert pianist!) The choreographer’s improv material has been spliced together. Artistic Director of ACBD, Alison Cook-Beatty, is honored to be among them.
Collaborating with 16 pianists and 32 dancers from around the globe, the final project will premiere at 8pm ET on April 22, 2020, via Facebook Premiere (https://www.facebook.com/DorianWallaceMusic/) and YouTube Live (https://bit.ly/2lWmhn8)
This project will be used to bring awareness and raise money for various environmental projects.
In January 2020, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds to midnight due to looming existential threats of nuclear war, climate change, disruptive technologies and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the closest to midnight the Clock has ever been set.