Thursday, April 3 Barely Human Dance Theatre - A Portrait By Means of the Sun + catered reception by Max's Opera Cafe 8:30pm, performance at 9pm, $12
Friday, April 4 Barely Human Dance Theatre - A Portrait By Means of the Sun 8:30pm, performance at 9pm, free/pay what you can
Barely Human Dance Theatre presents A Portrait By Means Of The Sun three solo pieces performed to an evening of live music. Set on separate stages throughout the art gallery as timeless, resonant sculpturedances, the performances depict the journeys of three women seeking beauty and honor in their self-made prisons of assumptions. In her choreography, Dawn juxtaposes humor with pathos, courage with cowardice, beauty with ugliness to lead the audience on an unexpectedly complex and unique emotional journey to find a different truth. Always looking for a deeper definition of dance in relation to our culture, Barely Human utilizes Butoh, theatre and other dance forms to explore the value of different creative processes and the relationship they have on the relationship between music, dance and reality. The music pieces for the evening are: Sonata for Violin and Piano by Claude Debussy performed by Sara Salzmann and Emi Tamura, a disintegration of Fur Elise by Ludwig Van Beethoven created and performed by Gregory Scharpen and Dean Santomieri, and Orange Manjushri, a completely original work with vocals performed by Anahata Sound.