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a masque in seven inventions
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a masque in seven inventions is
a music theater work about reinvention as told by an old inventor and his muse
who no longer see eye to eye. Connie Beckley has written the
texts, composed the original music, designed the evolving set, and will perform
in the work with actor Frederick Neumann and four instrumentalists at the HERE
Arts Center.
from is a dialogue that is both ruminating and
lyrical- a theme and variations, in sound and images, on the nature of
“reconsideration.”
from makes reference to the 17th
Century stylized masque technique. It is an allegorical Lost and Found story
about imagination under duress and an experiment in weaving a tale with diverse
threads: spoken and sung words, lyrical but eerie theremin melodies, strings of
high-tech lighting, and some good old-fashioned rope. The performers and
audience will co-habit the non-proscenium space in this hypothetical tale about
losing and repossessing one’s own imagination along with one’s sense of humor.
Beckley, a Guggenheim Fellow, has long worked in the arenas of performance art,
visual arts and music. from sets her in a major new direction
by creating a work that is more theatrical in nature. With the New York
Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) acting as fiscal sponsor for the project,
funding is provided by Jerome Foundation, NYFA and the Norman and Rosita
Winston Foundation.
Photo by Connie Beckley
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