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Spectrum Dance Theater - STUDIO SERIES II - The Theater of Needless Talents

Madrona Dance Studio
Seattle, WA

Extending Spectrum Dance Theater (SDT)'s interest into the possibilities of dance as social narrative, The Theater of Needless Talents is a performance series of music, dance, and cabaret inspired by the works of artists who were interned at Terezin (Theresienstadt in German,) a fortress town located 60 kilometers from Prague. During World War II, it was comprised of a prison (the Small Fortress) and a Jewish ghetto. Jews were confined within its ramparts and guarded by SS and Czech gendarmes. Created as a publicity bluff, and a propaganda decoy, the "privileged Jewish settlement" of Terezin, was touted to the world as a "humane solution to the Jewish question." In reality, Terezin was a thriving transit hub to systematic extermination for all its detainees.

Theater gained a different, extraordinary dimension. Culture became the limit of our existence, the world of the highest freedom that we could ever reach. Jan Fischer, actor in Terezin, Theater Director

By bringing these mostly forgotten works to the publics attention through dance and music, SDT will share an immensely compelling tale of creative will in the face of inescapable doom by Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps who implausibly -- created optimistic, life-affirming art every day of their miserable internment. From our contemporary perspective, this unique project also thrives to remind us of the continuing violation of human rights around the globe today.

Note: $18 presale; $20 ticket at the door the day of the event

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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