BIG DANCE THEATER Antigonick BIG DANCE THEATER Antigonick
November 14–17, 2018 November BIG DANCE THEATER Antigonick BIG DANCE THEATER Antigonick Directed by Annie-B Parson Big Dance Theater’s latest work, Performed by Vinie Burrows, Stacy Dawson Stearns, Theda Antigonick, is a rough cut of Anne Hammel, Anne Gridley, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Elizabeth DeMent, Eliza Carson’s one-act, radical-feminist, Bent, Jeanine Durning, Sibyl Kempson. philosophical take on Sophocles’ Antigone. Set Design by Joanne Howard In Carson’s theatrical perspective on Antigone’s role as a humanist and Lighting Design by Madeline Best antagonist, the intellectual excitement Sound Design by Theda Hammel and Chris Giarmo of Antigonick lies in how she loses, why her peaceful resistance matters, and the Costume Design by Suzanne Bocanegra sobering consequences of the Antigone/ Choreography by Annie-B Parson and The Company Kreon face-off. Associate Director and Stage Manager Ilana Khanin Big Dance Theater first workshopped this Assistant Director Catherine Galasso play, directed by Paul Lazar, in 2016 at Suzanne Bocanegra and David Lang’s Producer Sara Pereira da Silva Home Theater. In 2017, Antigonick was Interns Stephen Smith and Martin Rukaj commissioned and Originally Produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival with Volunteers Emily Oliveira, Malcolm McMichael, Meredith the support of Mandy Greenfield. The Glisson, Merve Sanal, Nerina Freán, Constanza Filócomo, Pritesh Chakraborty, Molly Ross, Arthur Gorlorwulu. original group in the cast included Yvonne Rainer, Chris Giarmo, Kirstin Sieh, and Musical Score Sheena See. Both of those iterations were • Tida Akrara Nami Kirara by The Boom • untitled by Tomoko Uehara and Rinken Band directed by Paul Lazar and co-directed • The Poet with His Face in His Hands poem by Mary Oliver; song by Annie-B Parson, with original sound by Theda Hammel design by Chris Giarmo, and produced by • First Ode by Chris Giarmo • Saddest Pop Music In The World by Chris Giarmo Aaron Mattocks.
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