| Tuesday Feb 23, 2016 8:00 PM - Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 8:00 PM | $18.00 - $50.00 |
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HOLY GARDEN by Fatamorgana Dancetheater
WEBSITE: arirudenko.com/holygarden
The San Francisco debut of the original feature-length dance theater production by FATAMORGANA DANCETHEATER, written and directed by Ari Rudenko, performed by Ari Rudenko, Shoko Yamamuro, Ni Luh Kompiang Davies, Barbara Byers, Adrian Wong, Lila Dodge, and Brandon Yu.
HOLY GARDEN is a dark dream of temptation and a questioning into the nature of Holiness, rooted in an experimental interpretation of the Balinese and Javanese mystic practice of the Four Spiritual Siblings. HOLY GARDEN is a multi-layered vision, both intensely present and mirage-like, both hypnotically beautiful and terrifying.
This is the story of a blind eel, living in the bones of a dead whale in the inky darkness of the ocean floor. When she dies, she is reincarnated into the Holy Garden as a shadow creature (mahluk asing in Indonesian), a stranger in a strange land. Here in the Holy Garden, she encounters the four forbidden fruits (black, red, gold, and white), each guarded by the Four Spiritual Siblings. Will she eat them all?
Originally conceived of and written by Ari Rudenko in Bali, HOLY GARDEN is crafted in a unique style that fuses aspects of Butoh theater with inspiration and energy from Indonesia. Since its inception in 2012, HOLY GARDEN has been staged five times in Bali and Java, Indonesia, in collaboration with an Indonesian and International cast.
FILMING NOTE: both performance nights of HOLY GARDEN will be filmed. While the filming will not focus on audience members, please note that you may be recorded at some point during the night. When the final edit is complete, the film will become available, and those who purchased TICKET + FILM, and SPECIAL SUPPORTER level tickets will get a password to download or stream online.
ARI RUDENKO is a performance maker and visual artist based primarily in Indonesia, and the founder and artistic director of FATAMORGANA DANCETHEATER. Questioning into the natural world, deep time, and the primordial stories written in the psyche, Ari explores the possible intersections of butoh theater, traditional and contemporary Indonesian performing arts, queer identity, ritual and shamanic practices, and an ongoing interest in the natural sciences, creating a total theater that touches the hidden treasure at the heart of the world.
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LocationNOHspace, Theatre of Yugen (View)
2840 Mariposa St
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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