ART HAUS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS
The Great Turning
Inspired by The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) and The Great Turning (Joanna Macy)
Dedicated to Joanna Macy (1929-2025)
Concept and Choreography:
Christian Squires and Robin Dekkers
Music Director and Conductor:
Brad Hogarth
Music:
Sergei Prokofiev: movements from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Costumes:
Christian Squires with Christopher Dunn, Jan Berletti, and Sister Magic
Sound Engineer:
Robin Livingston
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Production Coordinator:
Elizabeth Akman
Stage Crew:
Hannah Akman, Christian Bogeberg, Gary Bertz, Nicholas De Vibe, Arielle Goldberg, Ander Olsen, Dan Phelan, Daniel Reyna, Nicolai Safai
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Orchestra:
Flute - Hope Bagley; Oboe - Laura Adkins; Clarinet - Dario Brignoli, Jeannie Psomas; Bassoon - Brianna Camarda; Saxophone - John Michael Hunt; Horn - Russell Rybicki, Jeremy Odell; Trumpet - Alexander White, Robert Bonner, Aaron Boyle, Mikio Sasaki; Trombone - Keith Dyrda, Masa Ohtake; Tuba - Francis Upton IV; Percussion - Ward Spangler, Jon Arkin, Dan Kelo; Keyboard - Chelsea Wong; Violin - Alyce Cognetta Bertz (concertmaster), Frederick Chang, Ronit Rieser, John Russell, Sophia Wang; Viola - Matthew Witmer; Cello - Thomas Dunn, Monica Rosenberger; Bass - Isaac Polinsky
Performance Location:
Moonlight Library, Black Rock City
“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.”
― Joanna Macy
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
― Joanna Macy
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PROGRAM
Scene 1: The Wonderer
The Wonderer - Christian Squires
Scene 2: Guardian of Beauty
Guardian of Beauty - Jackie McConnell
The Wonderer - Christian Squires
Scene 3: Celestial Fates
Celestial Fates - Livanna Maislen, Liv Schaffer, Isabel Rosenstock, Juliann Witt
Scene 4: Hollow Authority
Hollow Authority - Vesper Synd
Futile Followers - RahQuel Star Achiaviatta, Sophia Achiaviatta, Dove Benari, Kavya Dunn, Jared Katzman, Gina Montoya, Ander Olsen, Alina Sidorova, Anne-Laure Vergnaud, Varia Voloshin, Rebecca White, Teri Wyble
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Scene 5: Cosmic Capitalist
Fragmented Self - Jeremy Bannon-Neches
Cosmic Capitalist - James Ward
Planetary Proletariat - Ricky Castellanos, Ryan Clark, Nicholas deVibe, Cody Enicke, Sam Gyory, Emma Jagunich, Joey LaBarge, Robert Lawson, Trudy Voortman, Courtney Wise
Scene 6: Astral Aristocrat
Astral Aristocrat - Jan Berletti
Bombastic Butler - Robin Dekkers
Meteorite Minks - Jenna Marie Graves, Becky Johnson, Ilana Robbins Gross, Hayley Sueoka
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Scene 7: The One Who Tames
The One Who Tames - Jenna Marie Graves
The Wonderer - Christian Squires
Scene 8: Constellation Comrades
Fragmented Self - Jeremy Bannon-Neches
The One Who Tames - Jenna Marie Graves
The Wonderer - Christian Squires
Scene 9: Blazar Ball
Cataclysmic Commander in Chief - Juliann Witt
Galactic Generals - Ciarra D'Onofrio, Livanna Maislen, Isabel Rosenstock, Liv Schaffer
Interstellar Infiltrants - Elizabeth Akman, Hannah Akman, Katrina Gordon, Amy Lamboley,
Lily Li, Stacey May
Stellar Sirens - Elizabeth Castañeda, Larissa Archer
Scene 10: Eternal Endings
The Wonderer - Christian Squires
Guardian of Beauty - Jackie McConnell
Eternal Ending - Liv Schaffer
Scene 11: The Unraveling
Full Cast
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Scene 12: The Great Turning
Full Cast
Light and Darkness - Vatra Amidzić and Shelby Clark
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