MONTCLAIR, NJ: PEAK Performances presents "The Night Falls"
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PEAK Performances
PEAK Performances at Montclair State University presents the World Premiere of The Night Falls from three artists, each acclaimed for their inventive work in different disciplines, who join forces in this lyrical and haunting dance-driven music theatre production. Choreographer and director Troy Schumacher (NYC Ballet and BalletCollective), author and lyricist Karen Russell (Swamplandia!), musician and lyricist by Ellis Ludwig-Leone (San Fermin), this performance is staged for nine dancers, eight singers, and a chamber music ensemble.
People on the brink of despair begin to have the same nightmare. A song will not leave their heads. Within a group of sufferers from all walks of American life–among them, an athlete whose spirit is ravaged by a very public downfall, a mother who lost her daughter to addiction, and a lapsed python hunter. This dangerously beautiful music lures lost souls to a kitschy Floridian roadside attraction built around a sublime grotto. The Night Falls depicts the metamorphosis of atomized individuals into a true community. The choreography dramatizes the leap of empathy between bodies and music that channels the polarities of surrender and resistance, The Night Falls shows the visceral power of art to brace us against the abyss.
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