Celebrate Love: A Re-Wedding at Lincoln Center
"Together we moved through an incredible outdoor multicultural ceremony that celebrated the richness of many traditions with amazing musical performances, and ending with a ribbon-tying unity ritual -- from grandparents renewing vows with their grandchildren present to couples who were only recently married but not able to celebrate and be in community, until now." — Shanta Thake on CNN
Watch on NY1: “Hundreds of married couples renew their vows”
Watch on CBS: “Hundreds of couples whose weddings were affected by the pandemic get an "I do" do-over at Lincoln Center”
Listen on NPR: “Hundreds of couples didn't have a wedding due to COVID - until now”
After two years of having our collective rituals diminished by the pandemic, Lincoln Center invited 500 couples whose weddings were canceled or diminished by COVID to celebrate love once again.
Conceived by Shanta Thake, Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center
Directed by Ellie Heyman
Produced by Lincoln Center
Hosed by Lea DeLaria, the day featured Mayor Eric Adams, faith leaders Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Imam Khalid Latif, and Rabbi Matt Green and live musical performances by Mario Cantone, Jerry Dixon, Paolo Montalban, Tamika Lawrence and the cast of Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things