BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange Ends Run of LANDS AND PEOPLES 4/11

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange will close its current production of LANDS AND PEOPLES by JENNIE MARYTAI LIU on April 11th. This performance marks the completion of Ms. Liu's first year of a residency that has included valuable open rehearsals, shared showcase performances and meaningful audience feedback.

LANDS AND PEOPLES uses choreography and deep play to ruggedly weave together distinct mythologies about heartbreak. Lying at the intersection of a medieval Welsh tale, a third world memoir, and a British nationalist rant, Jennie MaryTai Liu and Sean Donovan explore structures that transform a person, a country, and a performance piece: witch's curses, immigration, physical disguise and the theatrical devices used to merge multiple stories into one. Original music by Wes Matthews digs into tropes of 'classical' and 'tropical'. Felix and Dexter Ciprian's fragmented set displays a culturally cross-bred 'front room' as a worship space made up of mundane objects made sacred by human use.

This performance is part of the AIR FESTIVAL 2010, featuring fellow BAX Artists In Residence luciana achugar (dance), Abigail Browde (theater) and Victoria Libertore (theater).