Our friends from The Brooklyn Academy of Music (that's BAM in the local vernacular) write to tell us about these upcoming performances:
Lightning at our feet
Dec 9, 11—13 at 7:30pm
The poetry of Emily Dickinson comes to life in Lightning at our feet, a new song cycle by composer Michael Gordon and Ridge Theater (Decasia, 2001). Using voice, amplified strings, piano, electronics, and percussion, four women—Jennifer Charles, Leah Coloff, Courtney Orlando, and Bora Yoon—channel Dickinson's poems in gritty, stylistically diverse songs about immortality and love. With direction by Bob McGrath, dramaturgy by Daniel Zippi, and haunting video projections by Bill Morrison and Laurie Olinder, Lightning at our feet nudges us ever closer to the essence of Dickinson’s poetry.
Go here for more information and to buy tickets.
— sdh