Weave
2018–2020
Premiere: January 2019, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN
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About this work
Weave is a dance project drawn from the interwoven and interdependent nature of our world. In Weave, individual and embodied stories are the vibrant threads that mesh in a performance woven of story, dance, moving image, and quadrophonic sound.
“Rosy Simas understands water. She understands the human is water. That water is human. That understanding becomes movement in Weave.” — Marcie Rendon (White Earth Ojibwe Author/Poet)
Credits
Choreography, Set, Film:
Rosy Simas
Composer:
François Richomme
Performers:
Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Leslie Parker, George Stamos
Community Performers:
Minneapolis: Sam Johnson, Pedro Pablo Lander, Lela Pierce, Jeffrey Wells, Taja Will; Philadelphia: Kimya Imani Jackson, Jung Woong Kim, Mehgan Abdel-Moneim, Aya Razzaz; Maui: (Coming soon)
Text: Sam Aros Mitchell
Lighting Design:
Carolyn Wong (Minneapolis; Birmingham, AL); Valerie Oliveiro (Atmore, AL)
Writer/Community Engagement:
Heid E. Erdrich
Production Assistance:
Eric Larson
Community Engagement:
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Leslie Parker
Tour Management:
Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird
Tour Locations
2019:
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Alabama Dance Council, Birmingham, AL
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Alabama Dance Council and the Poarch Creek Band of Indians, Atmore, AL
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Intercultural Journeys, Philadelphia, PA
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Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
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Acknowledgements
(Coming soon)
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