Cialuna
Storydance Theatre performs Golmah at the 2016 Minneapolis Fringe Festival.
Spiritually powered Jewish women of Prague dance to life a
magical clay female who protects them from violence. Dramatic story, flamenco,
humor, audience participation, and even a little Shakespeare all contribute to
the action. The story is based on the classic Jewish story of the Golem, where
Rabbi Judah Loew brings to life a magical creature to defend the community.
When: Thurday, August 4 and 11, at 7 pm
Sunday,
August 7 at 1 pm
Saturday, August 13 at
10 pm
Sunday, August 14 at 5:30 pm.
Where: Intermedia
Arts, 2822
Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Who: Cia
Sautter dances, acts and tells stories to translate old tales into modern
dramas. With a doctorate in Religion and the Arts from the Graduate Theological
Union, she brings a wealth of training and experience to her work. Though she
has training in many dance forms, Cia now focuses on Flamenco, and has studied
with master teacher Susana Di Palma for many years. Inspired by viewing and
acting study at the Globe theatre in London, she gradually developed Storydance
theatre, using a combination of storytelling, acting, and dance. She creates
work combining her knowledge and skills, often re-writing Jewish folktales with
a modern twist. Locally, she has performed at small venues and schools, in
larger shows with Anda Flamenco, featured as a soloist in Zorongo student
shows, and performed nationally and internationally at conferences and
events.
For
this performance, Cia works with flamenco guitarist Ross Fellrath. He
has dedicated himself to learning and bringing more flamenco to Minnesota. He
has been playing all types of music on the guitar for over 30 years. He
plays for the Zorongo Flamenco School and with many other talented performers
in this awesome Minneapolis flamenco scene. He has studied with: El Entri
Aquillino at Acadamia Cañorroto (Madrid), Carmen Ledesma (Sevilla), Javier
Heredia (Sevilla), Jose Mendez (Sevilla), Chuscales, Jose Valle (Granada),
Scott Davies (Minneapolis) and about every other flamenco guitarist he’s played
with.
For more information, contact:
Cia
Sautter
Cialuna13@gmail.com
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Golmah Description
and Background information:
What if the legend
is wrong? What if the real story was even more fantastic? In a 50 minute for piece combing acting and
flamenco dance, Cia Sautter’s Golmah
offers drama, humor, entertainment, and even audience participation to find out
what really happened to women in a classic Jewish story, the Golem
The Golem is a creature that a great rabbi brings to life to
protects the Jews of Prague History reveals there is some truth to this story.
There really was a Rabbi named Judah Loew, a great Jewish scholar who supposedly
knew how to make such a creature. But history also tells us that the women of
Prague at around this time suddenly made a leap into society, even working
outside the home. What actually happened?
The main storyteller in Golmah
is Gittele, who shares the well-known story of the Golem then offers how the
women of Prague actually made one first. Gittele explains that Rabbi Judah
taught them the secrets of the reception of divine energy that can change the
world. While the women are successful in making a Golmah, they begin to
question whether or not they should have made her, and what justice really
requires
The story deals specifically with violence against a
minority group and women from the past, but raises issues about our own
society. At the end of the piece the audience is asked a question about what
they will do to create justice.
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