ANIMALIA, Stories of Collapse, Calamity and Departure, Created by C. Ryder Cooley: 10 min excerpts

ANIMALIA, Stories of Collapse, Calamity and Departure is an inter-species fairytale that combines aerial movement with live music on singing saw, accordion, violin, upright bass and banjo. Performed within a landscape of mesmerizing video and archival film, Animalia invokes visions of secret bee societies and haunted circus scenes.

This 50 minute multimedia performance offers metaphors of flight as departure points from environmental collapse and the hallucinatory effects of war. By appropriating the masculine power symbol of the buck 'rack' and reinserting it onto feminine characters, the narrative blurs the divisions between masculine/feminine identity and human/animal forms. Created by C. Ryder Cooley with aerialist/dancer Natalie Agee, and musicians Todd Chandler and Rachel Winard.

For more information go to: http://www.carolynrydercooley.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• C Ryder Cooley
• Natalie Agee
• Todd Chandler
• Rachel Winard
• Animalia
• theater
• trapeze
• accordion
• violin
• banjo
• upright bass
• saw
• vocal
• Fall Harbor
• Multimedia