メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「A message from @nycballet choreographer and dancer Silas Farley: ⁣ ⁣ “Guide my feet, Lord, while I run this race,⁣ For I don't want to run this race in vain."⁣ —African-American Spiritual⁣ ⁣ These words are the heart of this ballet. They are like one unified pilgrimage prayer that rises from the voices and bodies of the artists who have come together to make this work of art. I invite you to accompany us on this journey: from darkness to light, bondage to freedom, exile to home. I hope you find something of yourself in this story and that you will be strengthened by these Songs from the Spirit. —Silas Farley (March 2019)⁣ ⁣ When I wrote these words last year for this ballet's live performances at The Met, I could not have known that just one year later this same work would be both impossible and timely. Impossible, in that coronavirus social distancing does not allow large audiences to gather close together in the galleries. And timely, in that the date of this ballet's digital premiere has arrived in the midst of international protests against systemic racism in the United States, recently manifested in the unjust killing of George Floyd. Though the MetLiveArts team chose this June date months ago, it feels like destiny that we can share "Songs from the Spirit" afresh at this time.⁣ ⁣ I developed this work with a group of current and recently released incarcerated musicians at San Quentin State Prison. As part of our collaboration, my wife and I went to meet with them in San Francisco. During our time together, they shared their breathtakingly vulnerable and beautiful music. These men and I found that we were brothers in a multidimensional way. Their songs included in this ballet speak mightily of divine justice and mercy, both of which I sought to embody in the choreography.⁣ ⁣ A section from one of these songs is my prayer for all of us right now: "Through our tears we're reaching to you, our heart's desire. Father, lift us up, lift us up, lift us up."⁣ —Quentin Blue ⁣ ⁣ —#SilasFarley (June 2020)⁣ ⁣ Join us today at 7:30 pm for the #MetLiveArts digital premiere of “Songs from the Spirit.” Watch at the link in bio. ⁣@earhustlesq ⁣@radiotopia ⁣@prxofficial」6月7日 7時41分