Alli Uccelli e Al Lupo – “The Birds and The Wolf “

Alli Uccelli e Al Lupo: The Birds and The Wolf
by Pioneers Go East Collective

chashama 461 Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
(between Amsterdam and Morningside Ave.)
New York, NY

August 10 - 12, 2012

Friday, August 10th and Saturday, August 11th: 5 – 8 pm
Sunday, August 12th, 5 – 7 pm

Concept and Direction – Gian Marco Lo Forte
Vocal Composer – Katherine Yew
Soundscape Composer – Adam Cuthbert
Illustrations –  Mark Tambella
Mask Design – Abby Felder and Jane Catherine Shaw
Lighting Design – Jiyoun Chang
Projection Design – Rocco D’Santi
Event Curators – Dorothy James Loechel and Dana Marcolina

Performers in Video
David Michael Holmes (wolf)
Dorothy James Loechel (sheep)
Dana Marcolina (bird)

Alli Uccelli e Al Lupo: The Birds and The Wolf video installation and exhibit is inspired by a performance piece based on two episodes from I Fioretti, the story of Saint Francis' life: Francis speaking to the birds about freedom and Francis taming the wolf who is killing the sheep of Gubbio. The two quotidian movement pieces theatricalize the mundane things people do when no one is looking and create the breathing space between the everyday and the fantastical.

Artist Bio:
Pioneers Go East Collective – PGEC is a collective of international performing artists dedicated to creating accessible and intimate theater installations that incorporate emotional soundscapes and surreal visual landscapes with original poetry, music, choreography, design, art and live video to evolve a universal language of performance that pushes the boundaries of theatre and engages new audiences.