Angels of Swedenborg
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 30, 2011
Closed Nov 13, 2011
Opened Oct 30, 2011
Closed Nov 13, 2011
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Angels of Swedenborg was created in 1985 and last performed in 1989 in Yugoslavia. It's a multi-media dance theater meditation on the fate of modern man, caught between his material existence and spiritual aspirations.Ping Chong, in fact, credits Ellen Stwart as one of the inspirations for Angels of Swedenborg.
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Moments of elegance and beauty characterize Ping Chong's Angels of Swedenborg, first presented in 1985 and now being updated and revived at La MaMa E.T.C.
Most of these moments involve those titular angels, who wear costume designer Stefani Mar's grey robes, wings fastened on via an obi-like sash, silvery-white wigs, and white masks that often seem as expressive as a human face.
These creatures appear in the imagination of Emanuel Swedenborg (Henning Hegland), often seen sleeping on one corner of the stage. Based upon the 18th-century Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian, Chong's Swedenborg is a 21st-century man who -- in his opening monologue -- boasts of possessing such up-to-[...]