September, 11-13, 2015

"OUT OF THE PAST: Celebrating 40 Years of the Mettawee Journey"

"OUT OF THE PAST: Celebrating 40 Years of the Mettawee Journey" Casey Compton

Celebrated puppet, mask and giant figure creator RALPH LEE presents "OUT OF THE PAST: Celebrating 40 Years of the Mettawee Journey," a feast of scenes from past presentations with Mettawee's signature masks, puppets and giant figures.   Lee's work has been seen in productions at the Metopolitan Opera, the Living Theatre, the Lincoln Center Repertory Theatre, even Saturday Night Live (that naughty "Land Shark").   His awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, 2 OBIES, 2 American Theatre Wing Design Awards, a Bessie, and more.   The expert company of actor/singer/puppeteers will enact scenes from Lee's "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" (from the Iroquois creation story), "Taliesin" (from a medieval Welsh tale); "The Old Boat Goddess" (from the indigenous Ainu people of Japan), and much more.

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

 

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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