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✨GALA DINNERS + MORE✨

Sponsorship tables and opportunities are now available for Urban Dreaming: A Movement Opera!

Sunday, September 21st | 6:15 Dinner, 8:30 Showtime

~Show your support~

~Help bring the art to life~

~Enjoy a pre-show dinner + live auction~

Make a difference in Austin's performing arts community today!

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To purchase, contact Jessica Nero: jessica@bluelapislight.org

URBAN DREAMING: A MOVEMENT OPERA

✨TICKETS NOW ON SALE!✨

This September, join us for an immersive movement opera and witness aerial dancing high in the sky atop our city's buildings. Our artists will soar from the RBJ Residential Buildings, and you'll get a front row seat from the neighboring rooftop!

Sept 18-21 & Sept 25-28

8:15PM | Doors at 7:45PM

1320 Art Dilly Dr.

Austin, TX 78702

Urban Dreaming transcends traditional storytelling, drawing its audience into a visceral journey through our shared human experiences, the constraints that bind us, and the timeless pulse that unites all living beings.

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In classical music, a movement is a self-contained section of a larger work - like a chapter in a book - each with its own mood, tempo, and structure, yet contributing to a unified whole. In Urban Dreaming, the term 'movement opera' reflects both this musical structure and the central role of physical expression. Rather than using traditional spoken or sung dialogue, the performers communicate through contemporary and aerial dance - the language of the body. The work is divided into distinct movements, each with its own emotional arc or theme, functioning as standalone pieces that together form a cohesive and immersive journey. While each movement can be appreciated individually, the full power of Urban Dreaming emerges when experienced in succession - as a transformation from fragmentation to connection, from isolation to collective dreaming.

DON'T FORGET COMMUNITY NIGHT

On Thursday, September 18th, Blue Lapis Light offers ALL SEATING, including prime seating, for only $25 🥳💙

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THANK YOU TO OUR HOSTS!

We'd like to shout out our incredible building hosts, the RBJ Residential Buildings!

RBJ Senior Housing is an Austin-based nonprofit that has provided affordable housing to older adults for 57 years. Nestled along a scenic stretch of Lady Bird Lake, its flagship location is named in honor of President Lyndon Johnson’s mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. In partnership with Blue Lapis Light, RBJ Senior Housing is celebrating the re-opening of its campus following a decade-long transformation which includes the renovation of the iconic 16-story tower, now renamed The Rebekah, and the addition of a new apartment building, The Lady Bird. This project reflects RBJ’s enduring commitment to provide affordable housing for older adults and to uphold the legacy of President Johnson, who originally envisioned this community.

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