Ancient Persian 500 BCE Queen Esther Purim Story interpretive choreography

QUEEN ESTHER’S CHOICE copyright 2001 by Laurel Victoria Gray. Premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2001 as part of a concert work called “REMEMBERING THE LEGENDS: 3,000 Years of Women on the Silk Road.“ Thisis an interpretive choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray, based on events that took place in the 5th century BCE and using movement vocabulary based on Persian Classical dance and Gray’s “Silk Road Synthesis.“ Costumes are based on research at the Berlin