The Hair of Sand

LEIMAY Fellows Showcase

Terra Incognita Theater

LEIMAY PRESENTING SERIES 2015: SOAK

Two female figures lie in opposite directions on a wooden wave made of two sarcophagi, like twins joined through the hair on a pillow of sand.They are the morning and evening of life, and their long hair brushes up against the sands, making it sift steadily down through the hour glass, the void between them.The figure in the distance, watching over the scene, is both a contemplating spectator and an active director, evoking Michelangelo’s work in the Sagrestia Nuova in Florence — the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici with Dusk and Dawn — which was a point of departure for this piece.The core of this work, though conceptual and stratified, remains in life and not about it. The Hair of Sand summons actors and audience alike to presence through the experience of the delicacy of movement and time.

Documentation

Documentation Images All (Private)
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita
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Object Identifier

AMP.PRG.2015.3000.6

ID number

3000.6

Year Created

2015

Date Created

20150605

Date Recorded

20150606

Performance dates

Array

Language

English

Curated Filters

Space / Location

      Premiere Venue

      CAVE Home Of LEIMAY
      6/5/2015
      58 Grand St - Brooklyn, New York, NY

      Premiere Venue specific dates

        Terra Incognita Theater in creative collaboration with artist Julia Nitsberg

        Concept and Direction: Polina Klimovitskaya
        Installation: Julia Nitsberg
        Performers: Natalia Krasnova and Isobel Roth
        Stage Assistants:Alex Klimovitsky,Anthony Leung, Jeremy Goren, Renzo Rios Company Managing Director: Jeremy Goren
        Musical fragment fromArvo Part,Theatre ofVoices

        LEIMAY Artistic Directors: Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya
        SOAK Managing Producer: Raul Zbengheci
        SOAK Production Stage Manager: Dina Paola Rodriguez
        LEIMAY Administrative Associates: Theresa Magario, Denise Shumei, José Rivera Jr.
        SOAK Technical Assistant: Sofiya Romendik
        Box Office: Joanna Stone, Naima Ramos, Charlotte Colmant

        SOAK is supported, in part, by The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. SOAK and LEIMAY Ludus Training are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding for LEIMAY’s presenting program is given by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

        Terra Incognita thanks LEIMAY and their home, CAVE, for creating a stimulation artistic community, which after more than six years of residency feels like home.