Anyone in the vicinity of Austin, Texas may wish to see this event.
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From: joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joe Zitt)
Subject: Shekhinah: The Presence (Performance in Austin)
Organization: The Fortress of Ultimate Dorkiness
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:29:41 GMT
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Keywords: performance, dance, Judaism, mystic, theatre
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The Human Systems Performance Group
presents
Shekhinah: The Presence
A Dance Performance Piece
by Joseph Zitt
November 20-22, 27-29, 1992
8:00 PM
Synergy Studio
1501 West 5th Street
Austin, Texas
Performers:
Jan Barstow Manu Bird Jobst Kip Garth
Jan Stevens Nicholas Schriber Joseph Zitt
Art Installation by Eureka Purity
The Shekhinah ...
(Sh'-KHEE-nah) in Jewish mysticism represents the presence of God as
a divine female entity, embodying those aspects of God that are most
closely connected to the people.
Judith Plaskow has written that:
"The Shekhinah is precisely that aspect of God with which we can
be in relation, and it is experienced in joint study, community
gatherings, lovemaking and other moments of common and
intimate human connection."
Shekhinah: The Presence...
is a multimedia dance performance piece derived from the movements,
texts, and structures of Jewish worship. Focusing on the figure of the
Shekhinah as she appears to the congregants at a morning service, it is
designed for audiences from a wide variety of cultural and religious
backgrounds.
Shekhinah examines the balance between the dual aspects of worship:
the worshippers' internal relationship to the sacred and their external
relationship to their community and the outer world.
The performance text of Shekhinah is derived from Joseph Zitt's book
of the same name, which was based on the original movement design of
the performance.
The music for Shekhinah is created entirely from voices, including:
. field recordings from the Western Wall in Jerusalem
. live improvisations based on texts from the Jewish liturgy
. electronic manipulations of recorded improvisations based
on traditional melodies and modes.
Human Systems ...
... is a multimedia arts group devoted to the creation of distinctive
works using original movement, text, music, and visual design. Human
Systems' productions extend beyond theatre into video, the visual arts,
the printed word, and computer system design.
Human Systems' work is simultaneously cybernetic and organic,
celebrating the freedom with which wide varieties of people can work
within common structures, in collaboration with each other and with
novel performance technology.
For more information, call (512) 450-1916.
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From: joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joe Zitt)
Subject: Shekhinah: The Presence (Performance in Austin)
Organization: The Fortress of Ultimate Dorkiness
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:29:41 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Nov19.182941.4144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Keywords: performance, dance, Judaism, mystic, theatre
Lines: 69
The Human Systems Performance Group
presents
Shekhinah: The Presence
A Dance Performance Piece
by Joseph Zitt
November 20-22, 27-29, 1992
8:00 PM
Synergy Studio
1501 West 5th Street
Austin, Texas
Performers:
Jan Barstow Manu Bird Jobst Kip Garth
Jan Stevens Nicholas Schriber Joseph Zitt
Art Installation by Eureka Purity
The Shekhinah ...
(Sh'-KHEE-nah) in Jewish mysticism represents the presence of God as
a divine female entity, embodying those aspects of God that are most
closely connected to the people.
Judith Plaskow has written that:
"The Shekhinah is precisely that aspect of God with which we can
be in relation, and it is experienced in joint study, community
gatherings, lovemaking and other moments of common and
intimate human connection."
Shekhinah: The Presence...
is a multimedia dance performance piece derived from the movements,
texts, and structures of Jewish worship. Focusing on the figure of the
Shekhinah as she appears to the congregants at a morning service, it is
designed for audiences from a wide variety of cultural and religious
backgrounds.
Shekhinah examines the balance between the dual aspects of worship:
the worshippers' internal relationship to the sacred and their external
relationship to their community and the outer world.
The performance text of Shekhinah is derived from Joseph Zitt's book
of the same name, which was based on the original movement design of
the performance.
The music for Shekhinah is created entirely from voices, including:
. field recordings from the Western Wall in Jerusalem
. live improvisations based on texts from the Jewish liturgy
. electronic manipulations of recorded improvisations based
on traditional melodies and modes.
Human Systems ...
... is a multimedia arts group devoted to the creation of distinctive
works using original movement, text, music, and visual design. Human
Systems' productions extend beyond theatre into video, the visual arts,
the printed word, and computer system design.
Human Systems' work is simultaneously cybernetic and organic,
celebrating the freedom with which wide varieties of people can work
within common structures, in collaboration with each other and with
novel performance technology.
For more information, call (512) 450-1916.