Choreographed, written and performed by Marissa Perel with dancers Lindsay Reuter and Jumatatu Poe, More Than Just a Piece of Sky is a multidisciplinary performance that mines personal and cultural exile as a site for the exploration of gender and sexuality, knowledge and power, and ability and disability.
As Perel lies in bed, Reuter and Poe emerge as dream figures that embark on a journey to uncover their own definitions of identity and intimacy against their childhood belief systems. Dance accesses a form of presence that lies between the subjectivities of the performers and their embodiment of personae drawn from Yentl, the 1983 movie musical that is based on the story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. As the episodic dances unfold, Perel creates a cut-up of poetic monologues and quotations of the movie to make a commentary on the place of queer identity and difference. Relics from the 1980’s: a Fisher-Price record player, slide projector, and musical covers from the era by Miguel Gutierrez, form a pastiche of cultural artifacts that build strange worlds just outside of the cognitive references of pop culture. Stage Production by Lillie De.
Presented as part of the Queer New York International Arts Festival.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY AT 8PM
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More Than Just a Piece of Sky
First Preview: Sep 1, 2014
Opening Date: Sep 17, 2014
Closing Date: Sep 20, 2014
Running Time: 01:10
Playing @
Chocolate Factory
5-49 49th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$15.00 - $15.00
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Accessibility
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Curb Ramps
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Restroom
Same level as theatre. They are not wheel chair accessible. -
Seating
Seats 74. -
Elevator\Escalator
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Telephone
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Entrance
Theatre is Street level, and the theatre is located on the ground floor -
Water Fountain
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Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating is available.
