New movement theater work speaks of social injustice
March 18-26
‘Kimono’
fireWALL Dance Theater and off the WALL Productions present “Kimono,” a new movement theater work developed and choreographed by local actor and movement specialist Mark C. Thompson and featuring Thompson, Moriah Ella Mason, Alexandra Bodnarchuk and Ryan Bergman.
With the help of a woman who appears on his doorstep, a traumatized man, an artist, reconstitutes his life through the transformational work of creating beautiful kimonos. The result is that together they discover the will and courage to do what remains to be done – to call out, expose and symbolically drive back the predator.
Performances are at 8 p.m. March 18-19 and 24-26, and 3 p.m. March 20 at Carnegie Stage in Carnegie.
Mature Audiences only. “Kimono” features adult themes and female and male nudity.
• In conjunction with the performances of Kimono, off the WALL and Moriah Ella Mason, a Licensed Massage Therapist and interdisciplinary artist, will offer a workshop at 7 p.m. March 23 and again at 2 p.m. March 27, addressing the issues raised by the play.
At Healing the Body from Physical and Emotional Trauma, a two-hour workshop, participants will learn the physiology of post-traumatic stress disorder and practice a range of self-care strategies for managing the symptoms including meditation, self-massage and acupressure, and aromatherapy. The workshop is free to the community.
Tickets at $5-$30 are available at www.insideoffthewall.com/archives/5720 or by phone at 724-873-3576.