Associate music professor Steven Everett will bring together three disciplines--music, dance and poetry--in an evening dedicated to "embracing the feminine" on Tuesday, March 21, at 8:15 p.m. in Cannon Chapel. The evening's performance of "The Maiden Returns" is part of Women's History Month events at Emory and will embrace the talents of Everett, who conceived the production, other Emory community members and Atlanta artists.
"This performance provides a setting for audience members to explore diverse images of femininity...images discovered in mythology and literature from throughout the world. The three works on the program utilize elements of music, theater, art, dance, computer interaction, poetry, humor, sacred texts, prayer and ritual in an attempt to embrace the power and energy understood as `feminine,'" said Everett.
"The Screamer," a concert performance piece for solo female vocalist and an ensemble of flutes, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano/synthesizer by Janice Giteck, will be performed by Thamyris Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Everett's "Table and Chairs" will be performed by Emory faculty members Teresa Hopkin, soprano, and Deborah Thoreson, piano. The final piece of the evening, the premiere performance of "The Maiden Returns," will feature choreography by Emory alumnae dancers Claire Brinsden and Jennifer Sykes and design coordination by theater department faculty member Leslie Taylor. The piece features the poetry of Louise Glück, Revati Devi, Sandra Bernhard and Forugh Farrokhzad and includes instruments such as the didjeridoo, shakahachi, steel drum, Tibetan bowl and interactive computer-controlled electronics.
Admission is $10; tickets are available through the Emory Box Office at 727-6187.
-- Joyce Bell