Dastak: I Wish You Me
World Premiere: October 29, 2021, The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN)
Dastak is a meditation on borders, loss, belonging, home, and liberation. Structured through four elemental journeys, Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, the work traces the knockings (dastak, in Farsi) of global injustices on our hearts, and echoes the subtitle created by writer Sharon Bridgforth – I Wish You Me – indicating the cross-generational love that has carried communities through difficult migrations. Dastak invites viewers to imagine what freedom is possible as it expands the realms of intention and trans-dimensional connection through spells that invoke rest, forgiveness, love, and freedom.
Running Time: 75 minutes, without intermission
Concept & Choreography
Ananya Chatterjea
stage director
Marcus Young
dramaturg
Sharon Bridgforth
costume design
Annie Cady
lighting design
Kevin A. Jones
Composer/Sound Designer/Instrumentalist/Vocalist
Spirit McIntyre
scenic & prop design and construction
Chelsea Warren
MEDIA DESIGN
Darren Johnson
Northern Dawn Media
BOLS (SYLLABIC ACCOMPANIMENT) CREATED AND RECITED BY
Ananya Chatterjea
performers
Noelle Awadallah
Lizzette Chapa
Ananya Chatterjea
Alexis Araminta Reneé
Alexandra Eady
Kealoha Ferreira
Annielille Gavino
Spirit McIntyre
Parisha Rajbhandari
Erica Jo Sherwood
Alessandra Williams
Laichee Yang
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