Flight: Torn like a Rose
FLIGHT: TORN LIKE A ROSE is an Afro-Asian fusion dance performance by Peggy Choy Dance, a New York-based company. The production is inspired by the 12th-century Persian poet Attar’s poem “Conference of the Birds,” an allegorical tale of the world’s birds embarking on a dangerous journey in search of the Wondrous Rose of Love. A few surviving birds make a surprising discovery that completely transforms them.
Credits
Produced, directed and choreographed by Peggy Myo-Young Choy
Scenario by Peggy Myo-Young Choy and Ruth Margraff
Libretto by Ruth Margraff
Music by Graham Haynes, in collaboration with Haleh Abghari, with Mathias Kunzli
Dancer-Collaborators: Ze Motion, Ai Ikeda, Lacouir Yancey, Briana Butler Victoria Vikström
Costumes by Andrew Jordan with assistance by Asa Thompson
Video Collage by Andrew Jordan and Grant Worth
Lighting Design by Chris Hudacs
Make-up and Hair by Emanuel Garcia
The performance is co-sponsored by Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute,
and made possible by generous funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School,
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, and Urban Land Interests.
Presented by Peggy Choy Dance in association with Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts,
on January 27th and 28th, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York.