In Search of Melissanthe
1991
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Vancouver, BC
Melissanthe personifies our life’s journey towards elusive destinations. Enhanced by film, music, theatre and the dynamism of a climb-about set, the dance evokes the physical and emotional adventure of passage. Mysterious, illusive, exuberant and aggressive, Melissanthe is the catalyst personal disorder and social chaos.
Collaborators
Choreography:
Paras Terezakis
Direction:
Elaine Avilla
Interpreters:
Florentia Conway, Dean Haglund, Anne Harvey, Jud Martell,
Ireneusz Muchalski,Kate Potter, Michael Vonn
Music:
Michael Bushnell
Lighting:
Ted Roberts
Film:
Valerie Nelson
Set & Costumes:
Nancy Bryant
We would like to express our deepest and sincere appreciation to our funders, partners, volunteers and supporters who made this project possible.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered and are creating on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.