Contact information
Name:
Performance Series - Williams Center for the Arts
Phone:
610-330-5009
Email:
williamscenter@lafayette.edu
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When:
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Where:
Williams Center for the Arts Mainstage
Presenter:
The Performance Series @ Williams Center for the Arts
Price:
$33 Public, $10 Laf Fac/Staff, Free Laf Students, $6 Other Students
A large-scale, cinematic performance combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia. This epic love story employs a cast of 500 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers, all of which come together to create a spectacular experience that advances the themes of unity, collaboration, and experimentation through performance and story. Song of the North, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), challenges the Eurocentric worldview of art and storytelling through a contemporary multimedia experience of this classic Persian tale.