Samuel Adams | Composer
Benjamin Tarquin | Filmmaker
Vanessa Thiessen | Choreographer
Lyra is a new multidisciplinary work featuring music by Samuel Adams, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, and the innovative cinematography of Benjamin Tarquin. Lyra maps the age-old story of Orpheus and Eurydice onto a global canvas, delving into today's urgent questions about empathy, technology, and our relationship to the natural world. Lyra weaves together the digital and the physical through a seamless, highly collaborative synthesis of dance, projected film, live music, with new spatial sound technology. "They dance with enormous concentration and verve" (San Francisco Chronicle).
PROGRAM
Lyra (World Premiere)
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Benjamin Tarquin | Filmmaker
Vanessa Thiessen | Choreographer
Lyra is a new multidisciplinary work featuring music by Samuel Adams, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, and the innovative cinematography of Benjamin Tarquin. Lyra maps the age-old story of Orpheus and Eurydice onto a global canvas, delving into today's urgent questions about empathy, technology, and our relationship to the natural world. Lyra weaves together the digital and the physical through a seamless, highly collaborative synthesis of dance, projected film, live music, with new spatial sound technology. "They dance with enormous concentration and verve" (San Francisco Chronicle).
PROGRAM
Lyra (World Premiere)
Samuel Adams | Composer
Benjamin Tarquin | Filmmaker
Vanessa Thiessen | Choreographer
Lyra is a new multidisciplinary work featuring music by Samuel Adams, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, and the innovative cinematography of Benjamin Tarquin. Lyra maps the age-old story of Orpheus and Eurydice onto a global canvas, delving into today's urgent questions about empathy, technology, and our relationship to the natural world. Lyra weaves together the digital and the physical through a seamless, highly collaborative synthesis of dance, projected film, live music, with new spatial sound technology. "They dance with enormous concentration and verve" (San Francisco Chronicle).
PROGRAM
Lyra (World Premiere)
read more
Benjamin Tarquin | Filmmaker
Vanessa Thiessen | Choreographer
Lyra is a new multidisciplinary work featuring music by Samuel Adams, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, and the innovative cinematography of Benjamin Tarquin. Lyra maps the age-old story of Orpheus and Eurydice onto a global canvas, delving into today's urgent questions about empathy, technology, and our relationship to the natural world. Lyra weaves together the digital and the physical through a seamless, highly collaborative synthesis of dance, projected film, live music, with new spatial sound technology. "They dance with enormous concentration and verve" (San Francisco Chronicle).
PROGRAM
Lyra (World Premiere)
show less
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