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NY PREMIERE
Falling Out
Nov 7—Nov 10, 2018
 
Theater

Phantom Limb Company

 

For the past 10 years, relentlessly inquisitive theater artists Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko have created onstage magic as a means to address current events and timeless mythologies. Their latest is a rippling meditation on water, heartbreak, and healing in response to the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. In collaboration with Dai Matsuoka of dance troupe Sankai Juku, the work weaves flex dance, butoh, and Phantom Limb’s unique puppet theater into a visually arresting tapestry of collective experience and artistic alchemy.

 

Direction and design by Jessica Grindstaff
Original music and puppet design by Erik Sanko
Butoh Master Dai Matsuoka
Costumes by Henrik Vibskov
Lighting Design by Brian H Scott
Sound design by Darron L West
Video design by Keith Skretch
Dramaturgy by Janice Paran

Produced by Octopus Theatricals. Creative Producer Mara Isaacs/Octopus Theatricals
Commissioned by BAM

 
 
RUN TIME
Approx 1hr 20min
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TICKET INFO
TICKETS START AT  $30
 
ACCESSIBILITY
Balcony seating is only accessible by 70 stairs.
 
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