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SF Intl. Arts Festival: Teatr Zar: Part One Gospels of Childhood: Overture
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There are three separate ticketed shows in Teatr Zar's "Gospels of Childhood Triptych."
Part One "Gospels of Childhood: Overture,"
Part Two "Caesarian Section"
Part Three "Anhelli: The Calling."
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Each part of the Triptych can be seen as a stand alone show or as a part of the three performance series. Purchase all three shows in advance at a series discount for $48.
Tickets for single sections of the Triptych are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Note: Patrons can elect to see the individual sections on different days and still receive the series discount.
Part One "Gospels of Childhood: Overture"
"Gospels of Childhood: Overture" was the initial impulse for the project, fueled by an interest in the Gnostic elements in the beginning of Christianity. The performance oscillates between two threads: the story of the resuscitation of Lazarus evoked through the perspectives of his sisters Marta and Maria, and the testimony of Mary Magdalene who, according to some Gnostic traditions, took a particular position among the apostles and was also identified as one of the sisters of Lazarus.
The songs used in the performance were collected by the company during its expeditions to Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece in the years 19992003. Especially important was the work with the Svaneti people, living in the highest part of the Caucasus Mountains. In their tradition they kept the funeral songs, which have their roots in the beginning of this era and are the oldest form of polyphony in Georgia, probably also the oldest in the world. The performance is an attempt to tell the "late story of the flesh" - after love, after humiliation, after death; an impossible story of resurrection.
The Festival is proud to present the northern California debut of Teatr Zar the resident company at the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, Poland. "The Gospels of Childhood Triptych" is the culmination of artistic director, Jaroslaw Fret and the company's more than 10 years of investigative research and development into ancient sacred songs. It is a seminal work that also builds on the nearly half a century of teaching and exploration conducted by Jerzy Grotowski. The company emulates Grotowski's ethos of ensemble work and develops its productions through a long process of creating its own theatrical language. A language that, like Grotowski's in the last years of his life, utilizes Eastern Orthodox music as a source for the creation of a performance that seeks to recreate the very roots of theatre itself.
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LocationSF Intl. Arts Festival: St. Gregory's Church
500 De Haro Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States
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