1 + 1 = 3 The Dance of Light and Dark
Choreography - Penelope Hearne | Music - P. A. Conway |
Dancers - Katie Brennan, Tuesday Faust, Penelope Hearne, Kalen Compernolle,
Brie Blakeman, Tracie Davis
"Angels & Demons at Play" is an interdisciplinary work involving dance, shadow puppets, electronic visual media and live music provided by members of Gamelan Genta Kasturi. The focus of this piece is the exploration of the interplay of positive and negative energetic forces using the vehicle of traditional Balinese dance drama, masked dance and shadow puppet theater as points of departure for the collaborators to create an original multi-media work.
The Collaborative Partners
Choreography | Penelope Hearne, Kalen Compernolle, Tuesday Faust
Costumes | Bryan Brock, Krystal Jolicoeur, Brie Blakeman, Tracie Davis
Music | Patrick Alonzo Conway, Sun Ra
Electronic Visual Media | Dwight Frizzell, Emily Kissner
Shadow Puppets | Allan Winkler
Lighting Design | Rachael Shair
Poetry | Sun Ra excerpts from "The Immeasurable Equation"
Live music
Gamelan Genta Kasturi with special guests Dwight Frizzell and Shawn Hansen
Patrick Alonzo Conway/SyncreticaKansas City, Missouri
Patrick Alonzo Conway is a percussionist, wind player and composer. He has studied with noted master drummers from around
the world and has traveled to Cuba and Bali to study. Pat holds a Masters in Music Composition from the UMKC Conservatory, was a founding member of newEar and works with Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7, Matt Hopper's Agora Peoples Liberation Big Band of Greater KC, and BCR....more
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