ASPHALT is a dance/opera that tells the story of Racine, an artist abandoned as a child, who walks out of his life and into the landscape of ritual hauntings on the streets of New York City.
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"Words, music and movement seethe together; united, their rhythms whirl the morsels of meaning into life stories…it's a fascinating and gripping work." -- The Village Voice
Premiere: The Joyce Theater Altogether Different Festival, New York City 2002
Concept and Direction: Jane Comfort
Choreography: Jane Comfort and Company
Book and Lyrics: Carl Hancock Rux
Vocal Score: Toshi Reagon
Instrumental Score: DJ Spooky, with additional music by David Pleasant and Foosh
Dramaturg: Morgan Jenness
Costumes: Liz Prince
Lighting: David Ferri
Original Cast:
Racine: Manchild
Couchette: Aleta Hayes
Emma: Irene Datcher
Eddie: Julius Hollingsworth
Lilly: Elizabeth Haselwood
Geneva: Karma Mayet Johnson
Thelophonies: Cynthia Bueschel Svigals and Stephen Nunley
Funding: Commission by The Joyce Theater and the American Dance Festival through a Doris Duke Award for New Work with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Creative Capital and the Mary Flagler Cary Foundation
Development: in residency at Jacob's Pillow/Pillow Works 2000 and appeared in workshop as part of The Ohio Theatre's Ice Festival 2000.
Touring: The American Dance Festival, Wesleyan University, Agnes Scott College, Connecticut College, Dance Umbrella in Austin, Texas, Colorado College, PICA in Portland, Oregon, Jacob's Pillow, Dartmouth College, the Flynn Theater and Bates Dance Festival.
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