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ICA Philadelphia opens Shaker survey amid renewed interest — Static01.nyt.com

ICA Philadelphia opens Shaker survey amid renewed interest

"A World in the Making: The Shakers" opens Saturday at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and runs through Aug. 9, part of a wider surge of Shaker-inspired projects including films, dances and museum expansion. The traveling exhibition, a joint undertaking with

The Testament of Ann Lee blends documented Shaker history with dramatized legend — Static0.colliderimages.com

The Testament of Ann Lee blends documented Shaker history with dramatized legend

Collider reports that Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, now playing in theaters, stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee, the 18th-century figure who led the Shakers and promoted celibacy and egalitarian worship. The film draws on several documented elements: Lee was born in 18th-century England as the second

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Makes Shaker Worship a Physical, Musical Language — Static01.nyt.com

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Makes Shaker Worship a Physical, Musical Language

"The Testament of Ann Lee," directed by Mona Fastvold and starring Amanda Seyfried, dramatizes the founder of the Shakers and makes dance and music the film’s primary means of storytelling. Fastvold and choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall center the Shakers’ ecstatic movement—historically described by the filmmakers as prolonged,