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Perhaps I've remarked on this before, but St. Louis is so funny, the way you can orbit in certain social circles and be in proximity of certain people for many years, and yet never meet them (until the god of social circles deems it appropriate, I guess). One of those people for me is filmmaker and choreographer Rebecca Rivas, who I did not meet until last month. Odd thing, considering we know so many folks in common.
Rebecca shot me an email the other day to tell me about an upcoming event to mark the winter holiday. There are lots of us out there who could never quite get into the ducat-fest that is Christmas even before the recession, but something tells me there are going to be many, many more people looking for deeper meaning in the holiday now that blindly wallowing in candy and electronics is no longer an easy option.
The project Rebecca is involved with, "May These Changes Make Us Light," is a multimedia performance that aims to recast the Christmas myth, and take the audience on a journey that really trips off some inner changes. Even if you don't have an epiphany during the performance, it's an impressive collaboration between some of South City's most talented (and inventive) artists; they produced a simliar multimedia show last year at the Contemporary.
Here's the descrip:
"A young adventurer seeks the council of Santa Claus on a quest to meet the most inspiring entities of Earth. On his journey to the North, he encounters other unexpected and yet extraordinary individuals: Atnas, the environmental activist; the Snowqueen, guardian of the North; Mrs. Claus; and many creatures and elves. Interwoven with this experimental film narrative are performances from a cast of St. Louis talent: The Universal Lotus Lovers Acroyoga troupe, choreographers Rebecca Rivas and Carrie Dobsch, movers and musicians Amanda Jokerst, Amber Dover, and Willy Zep, Celia's Yuletide Express, FIRE DOG, Tibetan singing bowl and didgeridoo player Brad Smith, Emily Hemeyer on improvisational vocals and dulcimer, singer and lovebomb Na-do with her daughter Safa, video mixer Mike Pagano, artist and actor Jeffrey Miller, Mark Pagano as the protagonist, status-quo destabilizer Lyndsey Scott as Atnas, and visionary conceptualist Kelsey LaPoint as the storyteller."
May These Changes
MAKE US LIGHT
$10
Sunday December 14th 7 pm
Saturday December 20th - 5 pm & 7 pm
at the NEW CITY SCHOOL THEATRE
5209 Waterman Ave (entrance on Lake)
And another special performance:
Friday, Dec. 19 at Mad Art Gallery
2727 S. 12th St. at 7pm
in conjunction with the
