**NOV 24 8 am - ONLINE TIX SALES HAVE NOW ENDED.
LIMITED TIX WILL BE AVAILABLE AT DOOR - CASH ONLY"

MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE and FARAWAY IS CLOSE

present

A SPECIAL WORK-IN-PROGRESS PREVIEW OF

THE GOOD MANNERS OF COLONIZED SUBJECTS
a solo play about a human animal, fragmented by colonization, who journeys through memoir and myth to confront fear and reclaim lost poetry and dance, indigenous to her spirit, collective to the species.

Written and performed by India-born, New Mexico-based artist Shebana Coelho,
it interweaves poetry, monologues, improvisation and
choreography drawn from flamenco and Indian classical theater and dance.

At a time when the lingering effects of colonization are manifesting in fraught conversations about borders and fear of the other, this fierce and cathartic narrative unravels the insidious ways colonization works inside and outside the skin, through culture, history, emotion and offers a healing alchemy of metaphor and movement.

SUN, NOVEMBER 24 at 1PM
MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE - back studio
3215 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque

Duration: approx 75 minutes.
There will be a brief interactive session with the artist after the performance.

Tickets $12 ONLINE via Brown Paper tickets (link above)
We encourage you to purchase tickets online.
$15 CASH AT DOOR AS AVAILABLE
**LIMITED SEATING**

The umbrella organization for the play is Faraway is Close, a new cross cultural experiential project founded by Shebana Coelho, that offers creativity and writing adventures to nurture "the stories under the skin, indigenous to your nature, the stories only you can tell."

The play has been workshopped in Santa Fe, Honolulu, Hawaii, American Samoa, Gravity Hill Farm, NJ. Most recently, excerpts were presented at the Pan Asian Repertory Theater's Nuworks festival in New York City.

"This incarnation of the play was developed in collaboration with former Maple Street Instructors Alice Blumenfeld and Aparna Sindhoor - many of the first gestures of choreography found shape in the front studio!   I'm grateful for the beauty and inspiration of the space, for Romy for holding and creating and sustaining that space and the wisdom and insights and talents of Alice and Aparna in helping me manifest this play which continues to deepen my journey..."
-Shebana Coelho

LINKS

READ AUDIENCE TESTIMONIALS

AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE PLAY IN AMERICAN SAMOA LAST YEAR

THE HOME PAGE FOR THE PLAY

Read an interview featured on Stance on Dance,
Emmaly Wiederholt's wonderful site

See us on FACEBOOK

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suddenly...but really it's been happening for years...
suddenly...but really, the path is always unknown...
suddenly....but really, the mystery of when, how, what next - that mystery matters
suddenly...so much is connecting to so much else....
this solstice of gratitude

the dance emerges as speech as song as rune as story
the film becomes memory reimagined
becomes  sitting around a table with kindred spirits who want their own mystery
who want to sing too

in serving this light that calls to you
or the dark for that matter
something emerges that only you can live..
that story under the skin
indigenous to the species
particular to you
humming under the breath


Sit across the table from the beloved
call the flowers by name and they will
listen
si pudiera decirte lo que se siente, no valdria la pena bailarlo.
if I could tell you what it feels like
it wouldn't matter to dance it

kehta hai kaun nalaay bulbul ko be asar
who says the song of the nightingale has no effect
parde mein gul ke lakh jigar chaakh ho gaye
look closer in the garden, see the flower, the petals torn into a thousand tatters..
ghalib in the garden
always there is someone in the garden

it was understood in Mongolia
that it matters to take the time
to sit under
the flowers and call their scent
to you
I remember he was a grandfather
and he had a thousand cattle
that's how he was introduced to me

may you call to you what seeks to bloom
may it bloom
may it bloom

...or rather a poem of a few years ago, called THE PARTING OF WIDOWS, published today in this journal called One from Jacar Press which is a lovely community oriented press. And it's a powerful issue, imho.

http://one.jacarpress.com/

The "second look" (the last section) is revisiting the Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz

The other thing that's interesting about the magazine is that the editors only publish an issue when they find 21 poems that they all like...

THE BARN AT GRAVITY HILL AND FARAWAY IS CLOSE
present

a special preview of
THE GOOD MANNERS OF COLONIZED SUBJECTS
a solo play by Shebana Coelho
preceded by a free creativity session

TICKETS $20  (LIMITED SEATING)
We encourage you to buy tickets online via Brown Paper Tickets
Limited tickets will be available at the door.

R e a d    a b o u t    t h e   J O U R N E Y...

On April 27, The Barn at Gravity Hill in Titusville is hosting
a special performance/workshop combination
to explore colonization, liberation and creativity.

It features a preview of a work-in-progress play,
THE GOOD MANNERS OF COLONIZED SUBJECTS
preceded by a creativity session.

The creativity session begins at 2 pm and runs 45 min
The play begins at 3:30pm and runs 75 minutes.

The free storypoem session,  included in the price of the ticket,
is a preview of the cross cultural embodied dance workshops
that will accompany the play in the future.
If you prefer, please feel free to arrive later at 3:30pm for the performance.

THE PLAY
The Good Manners of Colonized Subjects is a
solo play about a human animal, fragmented by colonization, who journeys through memoir and myth to confront fear and reclaim lost poetry and dance, indigenous to her spirit, collective to the species.

Written and performed by India-born, New Mexico-based artist
Shebana Coelho, it interweaves poetry, monologues, improvisation and choreography drawn from flamenco and Sanskrit classical theater.

At a time when the lingering effects of colonization are manifesting in fraught conversations about borders and fear of the other, the narrative unravels the insidious ways colonization works inside and outside the skin, through culture, history, emotion and offers a healing alchemy of metaphor and movement.

The text is in English...with threads of Urdu, Portuguese,
Spanish, Caló, Konkani, Mongolian.

The project is currently being workshopped through a grassroots tour to preview the play, build audiences and fundraise for the final production. 

As part of a new cross-cultural initiative, Faraway is Close, it will be presented
with creativity workshops that nurture participants
to stand up in their own story.

The Barn at Gravity Hill hosts education and community-based organizations, as well as celebrations and corporate events.Gravity Hill Farm was founded in 2005 as a small family farm, dedicated to teaching about nature—and nurturing—through organic farming and raising animals. Co-owners David Earling and Maria Nicolo wanted to create a farm rooted in their community, and of service to that community. Their non-profit mission is to offer a space and programming for issues connecting food, nature, sustainability and community.  www.thebarnatgravityhill.com