i fell off the mountain and stubbed
my toe on the thorny prick of your cold cold heart [or] bashing my head
against a brick wall until i can taste blood
Conceived, written and directed by
Brian Jucha, created in collaboration with the Via Theater company.
featuring
the suite of socially acceptable
dances
choreographed by Creach/Koester, Susan
Marshall, Mary Overlie, Doug Varone
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Premiered September 1995 at the
Arts Festival of Atlanta. New York premiere October 1995 at Washington Square
Church, New York City. Presented by Via Theater.
Set Design:
Sarah Edkins
Lighting design: Roma Flowers
Costumes: Kaye Voyce
Sound: Darron L. West
Stage Manager: Robin Riddell
Ensemble: William Carl, Mark DeChiazza, Sheryl Dold, Will Keenan, Kristen
Lee Kelly, Tamar Kotoske, Barney O'Hanlon, Allan Tibbetts, Megan Spooner,
Lisa Welti
Photos:
(left) David Morgan - Brian Jucha and Lisa Welti (top), Tom Brazil - Alan
Tibbetts and Kristen Lee Kelly (bottom); (right top to bottom) Roma Flowers
- Megan Spooner, Will Keenan, Lisa Welti; Roma Flowers - ensemble; Tom Brazil
- Lisa Welti, Kristen Lee Kelly, Megan Spooner; Tom Brazil - Barney O'Hanlon
and Tamar Kotoske |
"i fell off the mountain...
is a biting, exciting, good-humored reflection on the way we live, and
the way we say we would like to."
- The New York Times
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A ballroom in a timeless city inhabited
by isolated characters plagued by loneliness and desperate to connect. Rhythmic,
hectic, ecstatic movement. Ballroom dances, an accordion, songs, bagpipes,
hotcakes, tuxedos, acts of intimacy and betrayal, a hurricane - are some
of the elements encountered in this non-narrative interdisciplinary dance-theater
work.
The piece revives childhood and
cultural memories as a means to understand complex human interaction and
behavior through our pasts, presents and futures. The cast of characters
brave contradictory internal feelings against the harsh realities of both
our American culture in 1995 and the external world and natural disasters
that surrounds us each and every day.
"A witty and gracefully
pungent evening. The score is evocative, the site is singular, and the
floor is full of eccentric, but recognizable, humanity."
- Aisle Say Magazine
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