Lands and Peoples
2010
Directed and Choreographed by Jennie MaryTai Liu and Sean Donovan
Original Music by Wes Mathews
Set Design by Felix & Dexter
Lands and Peoples uses choreography and deep play to ruggedly weave together distinct mythologies about heartbreak. Lying at the intersection of a medieval Welsh tale, a third world memoir, and a British nationalist rant, Jennie MaryTai Liu and Sean Donovan explore structures that transform a person, a country, and a performance piece: witch's curses, immigration, physical disguise and the theatrical devices used to merge multiple stories into one. Original music by Wes Matthews digs into tropes of 'classical' and 'tropical'. Felix and Dexter Ciprian's fragmented set displays a culturally cross-bred 'front room' as a worship space made up of mundane objects made sacred by human use.
Original Music by Wes Mathews
Set Design by Felix & Dexter
Lands and Peoples uses choreography and deep play to ruggedly weave together distinct mythologies about heartbreak. Lying at the intersection of a medieval Welsh tale, a third world memoir, and a British nationalist rant, Jennie MaryTai Liu and Sean Donovan explore structures that transform a person, a country, and a performance piece: witch's curses, immigration, physical disguise and the theatrical devices used to merge multiple stories into one. Original music by Wes Matthews digs into tropes of 'classical' and 'tropical'. Felix and Dexter Ciprian's fragmented set displays a culturally cross-bred 'front room' as a worship space made up of mundane objects made sacred by human use.
