Trailer | Such Strange Gravity @ National Sawdust

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Such Strange Gravity: Songs of Gotham is a theatrical song cycle that explores and deconstructs the mythology of home from first European contact with the indigenous Lenape tribe to the near future. Composer Jeff Tang has worked with a variety of lyricists, playwrights, and poets to interrogate how the identity of a city is created and evolves, the question of whose stories and histories persist or are expunged, and how the process of naming and renaming affects the dominant cultural memory. Rigorously researched and inspired by factual events, the project uses some as jumping-off points to create new mythologies. Stories include the “sandhogs” who built the subway system, the spectacular 1911 fire that destroyed Coney Island’s Dreamland amusement park, the demise of the Collect Pond, once the primary life-source for generations of the island’s inhabitants, and more. Narratives both large and small from across time will form a mosaic of our great metropolis. National Sawdust Summer Lab Presentation: Concept + Music | Jeff Tang Words | Matt Boresi, Deepali Gupta, Evie Shockley, Jeff Tang, and Nathan Tysen Director | Benjamin Shaw Music Director | Dan Pardo Featuring | Sojourner Brown, Nick Choksi, Emma Claye, Jessica Kahkoska, and Byron St. Cyr With | Joel Lambdin, violin; Jake Charkey, cello; Jeff Tang, MicroKorg, piano, guitar; and Jeremy Yaddaw, drums Sound | Sharif Mekawy Lighting | Christian Lemay
Posted March 28, 2021
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