(Don't) Lose Your Balance

26 October 2011

(Don’t) Lose Your Balance

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On October 4, 1982, more than 5,000 people filled the sold-out Radio City Music Hall to experience the world premiere of Godfrey Reggio’s film Koyaanisqatsi — the title means “life out of balance” in the Hopi Indian vernacular. Featuring music by Philip Glass the film, which The New York Times called “remarkably seductive,” became a cult classic with its striking take on the state of American civilization through image and sound.

Experience this “entertaining trip” on November 2–3, when the New York Philharmonic performs the score alongside the film with Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble.