Sunday, October 29, 2017

Theater: ALAXSXA | ALASKA, created by Ping Chong, Ryan Conarro, Justin Perkins & Gary Upay'aq Beaver 2017







Directed by Ping Chong & Ryan Conarro
A Production of Ping Chong + Company
Created by Ping Chong, Ryan Conarro, Justin Perkins
& Gary Upay'aq Beaver (Central Yup'ik)

From the web site (http://lamama.org/alaxsxa/):
ALAXSXA | ALASKA is a theatrical collage of multimedia, puppetry, and Central Yup’ik drum and dance, illuminating striking moments of cross-cultural encounter in the epic, changing landscapes of Alaska. The three performers use movement and puppetry to reveal a series of little-known historical narratives of collisions between people and cultures in Alaska. These histories--at times humorous, at times tragic--juxtapose against Beaver and Conarro’s own personal memories as "insider" and "outsider" in the Last Frontier. 
http://www.ryanconarro.com/