DOROTHEA TRUFELMAN
PRODUCER / EDITOR / VIDEOGRAPHER

Michael Keegan-Dolan, one of Ireland’s most imaginative theater makers, deconstructs the beloved classic in a gorgeous, otherworldly production, following a rapturous reception in Dublin and around the world.

Acclaimed Choreographer Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company present a new evening-length work that explores the dialogue and conflict between movement.

Many consider it to be Philip Glass’ most affecting and personal work: a mesmerizing operatic account of Mahatma Gandhi’s experiments with civil disobedience in South Africa, presented as a serene minimalist ritual. In this inspired production, Circus Cirkör—together with Swedish opera company Folkoperan—match one form of sublimity with another, lending its signature acrobatic grace and wit to every undulating musical murmur.

Choreographer Doug Varone and his 13-member ensemble contemplate our private and public relationship to faith in these six interconnected vignettes, featuring original music.

Enlisting the talents of actress Lili Taylor, performance artist Suzanne Bocanegra mines her Texan upbringing and aesthetic influences to make sense of our collective subconscious.

The next generation of Turkic female bards perform a multimedia retelling of this ancient Central Asian epic, about a teenage warrior who defended ancient clans with the help of her qyrq qyz, or 40 girls.