Earthly Tongues mines the rich terrain of ancestry and memory. With hearty doses of humor and pungency, the dance examines what we know, what we don’t know and what we fantasize about our collective and individual origins.
Choreography/ Direction: Jan Bartoszek
Movement Development: Jan Bartoszek and Dancers
Lighting Design: Margaret Nelson
Composer: Stone
Video: Petra Poul Bachmaier of Luftwerk
Costume Design: Tatjana Radisic
Victor Alexander, Justin Deschamps , Maray Gutierrez, Kirsty Mackellar, Jen Meek
Spring Concert
May 16 & 17, 2008
Ruth Page Theater
Chicago
“…uncover what our distant relatives were really like under all those layers of clothing so familiar in vintage photographs.”
-Lucia Mauro, Chicago Tribune