Blue Train (1996)

A site-specific work for the railyards of Lincoln, Nebraska exploring the impact of the railroads on Native Americans

 
 

Photo credit: Peter Pierce

Credits

Commissioned and produced by The Wagon Train Project

Choreography and Direction: Martha Bowers
Composer and Musical Arranger: John King

Dancers: Scot Willingham, Patricia McCarthy, Michael Yasenak, and Jill Esterson with local dancers, students, musicians and actors as well as drummers and dancers from the Lakota Sioux Tribe.

Lighting by: Tony Giovannetti

Blue Train was made possible with major support from the Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund.

“The trains are to Lincoln as the sea is to a port town like New York, completely intertwined with its history, its people and the fabric of life.”

– Martha Bowers, as quoted in Lincoln Journal Star (read full piece)