The Mud Angels - December 10-13
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The point of departure for The Mud Angels (an emergence of forms) is the catastrophic flood, which occurred in Florence, Italy in 1966. With this historical event as the setting, a dynamic puppet-movement play unfolds which tells the story of a book restorer and the memories which are uncovered as he goes deeper into his work. The piece explores memory and loss in a very tangible way through the destruction and miraculous restoration of the written treasures of a society. The story uses the central figure of the restorer as one of a dying breed.
The project uses puppets (bunraku-style and 2 dimensional forms), sculptural set inventions, and an original sound score with live performance by Valerie Opielski. Several of the set pieces are multi-functional sculptures that use pulleys, ropes, and levers. The sound score utilizes original music, sound environments, and audio interviews woven into a seamless continuum.
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Luis Tentindo is a visual and performing artist creating experimental puppet theater in NYC. His work navigates the boundaries between dance/movement, visual arts and puppetry, exploring abstraction and narrative deployed in theaters and site-specific contexts.
After completing a BFA in Drawing and Painting he began his dance studies with such renowned artists as Risa Steinberg, Jeff Slayton, Steve Paxton, Janet Elbers, and Douglas Nielsen among others. While at CSULB Luis was honored with various scholarships and awards and was a fully funded scholar at the American Dance Festival. He was also supported by the dance department and the office of the President to participate in the Tanz Wochen Wien in Vienna, Austria. Luis was fortunate to have performed great works by Martha Graham, Kurt Jooss, Anna Sokolow, Agnes de Mille, Laura Dean, Rosalin Newman, and Rachel Lampert among others. At the completion of his Dance studies he received another BFA in Dance.
After graduating, Luis traveled in Germany and trained with various companies and studied with Susanne Linke in Bremmen, Germany. In Germany he participated in making work with Avi Kaiser, former member of the Bat Sheva Dance Company and Susanne Linke Tanz Theater. Additionally, he performed with Frey Faust in Cologne, Germany at the International Improvisation Festival. While in Europe, Luis was offered the opportunity to study in New York, on scholarship, with the Limon Dance Company.
In the past 12 years in New York City, Luis was fortunate to dance in the companies of many of New Yorks finest makers of dance performing and teaching around the globe. He was a four-year member of the Doug Elkins Dance Company. He also worked with Tere OConnor, Donna Uchizono, the Janis Brenner Dance Company, Anna Sokolows Players Project, Nikki Rodriguez/Dance Compass, David Gordons Pick Up Performance Company, and many others. Luis own work has been seen in NYC, Montreal, Cologne, Los Angeles, and Vermont. He also performed with the White Dance Companys pastForward at The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (ensemble). Luis was a participating artist in the Puppet Lab at St. Anns Warehouse (2007 and 2008). Recently, he was invited to take part of an exhibition entitled Motion/Fixity at the Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ. He created an installation based on The Mud Angels and also deployed site specific performances on the grounds of the gallery.
Luis has taught workshops and master classes throughout the US and in Taiwan. He was a visiting professor at St. Marys College in the Bay Area for the 2005 Winter Term. He has also taught at Middlebury College and CSULB. Luis taught dance technique for 3 consecutive summers at the Tisch Summer Dance Intensive at New York University.
He is thrilled to bring his new production, The Mud Angels, to The Theater for the New City. The Mud Angels has received support from the Jim Henson Foundation.
Val Opielski (composer)
Musician, composer, filmmaker, installation artist, performance artist. List of some folks I've played and worked with, in no particular order: Dramaton Puppet Theater, Janie Geiser, Lost Art of Puppet Orchestra, French 75 Percussion Ensemble, Glenn Branca, Flux Factory, Electric Junkyard Gamelan, Charles Cohen, Rhys Chatham, Helena Espvall, Pauline Oliveros, The Light Surgeons, The Womens Theater Ensemble, Bonnie Duncan, Highwire Artist Collective, Catapult Marionette Theater, Jack Wright, The Hand Orchestra, and many others equally fabulous. And the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.
Grants, Fellowships, Residencies include Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Mid Atlantic Regional Arts Foundation, Independent Performing Artist Project, Painted Bride Art Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Group Motion, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, American Composers Forum SoundExchange Program.
Latest works include the animated short rock, paper scissors, which toured with the 59 Second Film Festival and soundtracks for Janie Geisers Kinetic-Installation/Performance Piece The Reptile Under the Flowers and the Japanese/US indie horror film Tales From the Dead. Current bands: The Walking Hellos, ps xo.
By Luis Tentindo
PHOTOS BY RICHARD TERMINE
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