Sand: A Migrating Performance in 4 Parts
Sand: A Migrating Performance in 4 Parts
Sand: A Migrating Performance in 4 Parts features choreography by Kristina Isabelle and Melli Hoppe, sound media artist Elise Kermani, and body puppet by Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch. The series is inspired by the play Sacred Sands: A Play for Voices, written by David Hoppe, and the book Sacred Sands: The Struggle for Community in the Indiana Dunes, written by J. Ronald Engel.
Premiering Michigan City Moves, a new performance collective dedicated to promoting and sharing experimental music, dance and film in the NW Indiana region. We are presenting a series of performances, highlighting nature and architecture from the Indiana Dunes, to the Lubeznik Center for the Arts and a historic barn at Tryon Farm.
All evenings can be viewed as one complete performance experience or you can catch the full evolving production by catching each iteration.
Sand: A Migrating Performance in 4 Parts
Producers: Elise Kermani and Melli Hoppe
Series Conceived by: Melli Hoppe, Kristina Isabelle and Elise Kermani
Publicity: Melli Hoppe
Postcard Design: Elise Kermani
Photographer / Videographer: Dan Schaaf
Videographer: Diana Quiñones Rivera
Part I: Readjustment/Shifting Sand
Part 1: Readjustment / Shifting Sand
Writer and Director: Kristina Isabelle
Dramaturg: Melli Hoppe
Sound Design: Elsie Kermani
Sand Creature / Puppet: Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch (OpenHeart Art)
Performers: KIDCO Rachel Ferring, Sarah Gonsiorowski, Angela Luem, Cara Sabin, Jannah
Schwartz
Sand Creature: Kristina Isabelle
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Riverwalk in Portage
April 27, 2019
Part 2: Disruption May 3 6:00pm
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. Second Street, Michigan City
This improvisation performance is influenced by the exhibit Nature vs Everything as well as the architecture of the Lubeznik Center and will inhabit and activate the exhibitions. Painting by Tom Torluemke.
Part 2: Disruption
Co-directors: Kristina Isabelle, Melli Hoppe, Elise Kermani
Performance: KIDCo Sarah Gonsiorowski, Kristina Isabelle, Angela Luem, Cara Sabin
Music: Elise Kermani
Painting: Tom Torluemke
Lubeznik Center for the Arts - Nature vs Everything exhibit
May 3, 2019
Part 3: Community June 22 6:00pm
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk - Indiana Dunes National Park
Part 3: Community
Writer and Director: Kristina Isabelle
Assistant Director: Melli Hoppe
Choreography South Shore Dance: Melli Hoppe
Music: Elsie Kermani
Sand Creature Puppet Creator: Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch (OpenHeart Art)
Kristina Isabelle Dance: Sarah Gonsiorowski, Angela Luem, Cara Sabin
South Shore Dance Alliance: Briana Arthur, Maya Crowley, Navada Smothermon, Lilia Wolf
Sand Creature: Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch
Drummers: Robert Rashid and Aras Biskis
Solstice Goddess: Indre Biskis
Butterfly: Meep Biskis
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Riverwalk in Portage
June 22, 2019
Part 4: Succession/Migration July 20 at 7:00pm
Tryon Farm, 1500 Tryon Rd. Michigan City
The series culminates with a film by Elise Kermani that includes live performers. The film will be projected on the barn at Tryon Farm as part of the Tryon Farm Institute’s Art In Nature series.
Part 4: Succession / Migration
Film Director and Editor: Elise Kermani
Videographers: Diana Quiñones Rivera and Dan Schaaf
Sound: Elise Kermani
Choreography: Kristina Isabelle
Sand Creature Puppet Creator: Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch (OpenHeart Art)
Film Performers: Kristina Isabelle Dance: Kristina Isabelle, Sarah Gonsiorowski, Angela Luem, Cara Sabin, Rachel Ferring Sand Creature: Pilgrim Heidi Kambitsch
Live Dancers: Kristina Isabelle, Sarah Gonsiorowski, Angela Luem, Cara Sabin
Tryon Farm Barn - Tryon Farm Institute
July 20, 2019
Sand: A Migrating Performance in Four Parts is made possible through partnerships with Save the Dunes, MiShinnah Productions, Kristina Isabelle Dance Company, the Indiana Dunes National Park and the Tryon Farm Institute.
