Horidraa: Golden Healing
World Premiere: september 16, 2016, The O’shaugnessyAT ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY (st paul, MN).
The year: 2053. A patient, dark of skin, has been checked into urgent medical care in a state of collapse. She self-identifies as “the child of many continents.” Follow her journey as she travels into the recesses of memory and imagination to conjure a magical healing experience that invites all into its joy-filled dance. Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, the dancers of Ananya Dance Theatre, collaborating director Marcus Young, sound artists Greg Schutte, Queen Drea, Pooja Goswami, and Tenzin Ngawang, visual artist Alison Hiltner, and lighting designer Kevin A. Jones create an original dance theater production inspired by the remarkable properties of turmeric, the root ingredient of many cuisines and recipes that heal from within!
Running Time: 90 minutes, without intermission
Concept, Choreography & poetry
Ananya Chatterjea
STAGE DIRECTOR
Marcus Young
SCENIC DESIGN
Alison Hiltner
COSTUME DESIGN
Annie Cady
SOUND ARTISTS
Greg Schutte
Andrea Reynolds
Mankwe Ndosi
Pooja Goswami Pavan
Michelle Kinney
Tenzin Ngawang
SCORE COMPOSITION & sOUND DESIGN
Greg Schutte
Andrea Reynolds
media design
Darren Johnson
Tim Quinlan
Northern Dawn Media
performers
Leila Awadallah
Ananya Chatterjea
Renée Copeland
Kealoha Ferreira
Jay Galtney
Prakshi Malik
Lela Pierce
Hui Niu Wilcox
Alessandra Lebea Williams
Magnolia Yang Sao Yia
Apprentice Performers:
Holo Lue Choy
Sophia Hill
Julia Gay
lighting design
Kevin A. Jones