Tony Award winning director Julie Taymor was honored at the Building Bridges Award dinner this week at The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center.
The Non-profit “Bridges of Understanding” (BOU) celebrates the power of the performing arts to serve as a catalyst for intercultural dialogue and understanding.
The event included the 8th annual presentation of the Building Bridges Award by InStyle Magazine’s Ariel Foxman to Oscar nominated Taymor (The Lion King, Frida, Across The Universe), for her work championing global citizenship.
The event also featured the premiere of a new video and podcast series called: Places of Pilgrimage. It’s a series which gives young females from the Middle East a voice, turning their personal stories into monologues read by prominent Arab-American personalities—including screenwriter & director Cherien Dabis (ABC’s Quantico), television actor Nadia Dajani (Sex & The City, 2 Broke Girls, The Carrie Diaries), and renowned composer Mohammed Fairouz, who premiered a new composition for the occasion.
The video & podcast series has now officially launched to the public as well and can be viewed at: bridgesofunderstanding.
Oher guests included: Elliot Goldenthal, Mickey Boardman, Noah Levy, Omar Sharif Jr., Mohammed Fairouz, and Nadia Dajani.