Tony's Take on A&A

At the beginning of my internship with DTE I went to Green-Wood Cemetery to work on Angels and Accordions. The cemetery was so nice. The workers did a really good job keeping the cemetery clean. That was my first time in a cemetery in the United States.

Angels and Accordions is a performance DTE has every year that’s celebrating its fifth year. Before the show starts, Martha talked over the microphone with the audience to thank them for showing up. After that we told them we had a train if they felt like they can’t walk, “so feel free to get in the train.” There were two people holding tall umbrellas- we told the audience to follow them and to stop when they stop and walk when they walk.

The cemetery is so big it took us 2 hours to go around it. When we went around the cemetery we saw the actors as angels. They stayed still like statues. It was so beautiful walking with the people who were playing accordion. Some angels climbed on the trees, some were running on the ground- some angels were in the lake, dancing. I had fun there, I hope next year I see it again.

--Tony St. Hilaire, DTE intern

Angels & Accordions

As part of openhousenewyork's annual October celebration of New York City's architecture and design, Dance Theatre Etcetera returned to Green-Wood Cemetery to repeat its acclaimed performance ANGELS AND ACCORDIONS, a site specific performance/walking tour with original music by composers Guy Klucevsek and Bob Goldberg and choreography by Martha Bowers.

With the full cooperation of the weather (it was nearly 90 degrees - and so sunny!) the event drew over 2500 audience members!

Special new additions included an aquatic ballet on one of Green-Wood's small lakes (please don't ask us what's actually in the lake), a trapeze act and a silk act.

Special thanks to the very helpful crew at Green-Wood!