The Watermill Center Workshops
The following productions were workshopped, performed, choerygraphed or researched at the Watermill Center with Robert Wilson
Turandot
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Turandot is an opera written in the early 1900s and set in China. Robert Wilson cast me as Princess Turandot, a woman often thought of as cruel because she resists the promise of love and compassion in order to maintain power. What is a marriage of equals and how will Princess Turandot find both love and respect? Robert WIlson’s production examines Giacomo Puccini's “chinese exoticism” and his use of traditional gender and class roles. Robert Wilson would create movement and then have me repeat and adapt that movement. This was performed as a workshop and will later be adapted for opera singers at Madrid’s Teatro Real in November 2018.
Amahl and the Night Visitor
Amahl and the Night Visitor, written by Gian Carlo Menotti, began as a commission from Montclair University as part of the Peak Performance series. Later the project was adapted for the Berlin Radio Choir. Amahl and the Night Visitor was the first opera for TV. The new version created with Paola Prestini will premier in Australia. I played a number of roles including one of the three kings. This was a “creation workshop” and the performers were allowed to improvise movements; some of these movements inspired the choreography for the piece. This production was workshopped at the Watermill Center.
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The Edda
Based on the myths found in the “old edda”, Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse developed a lyrical and rhythmic play. The Edda is informed by the religion and culture of those who colonized large parts of Scandinavia and ruled peoples until the 11th century. This production was created for Oslo’s Norske Teatret, the music was written by the well known Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and French band CocoRosie. I assisted in dramaturgy for this play, I specialized in image research.
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