June 6-8 & 14 -17,  2014

The Green River, Great Barrington MA

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Endure explores the fundamental immpermenance of life, and the enduring strength of fragile vessels- human hearts and paper boats. 

It's inspired by water, images from distant lands, and the epic master of Butoh- Kazuo Ohno.  I offer a humble bow to Guru Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, the great old-world master of Kuttiyattam- a 10,000 year-old Sanskrti drama form from my native Kerala, India- whom I was so priviledged to see perform a piece where one actor plays both a man and a woman.  In South East Asia , there is a custom of making ritual offerings for departed ones along a river; sometimes this is done in a

paper boat.  

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Created + Performed by Pooja Prema

Cymbal Players: Senta Reis, Gabrielle Senza, Kristin Grippo,

Amy Webb, Laura Geilen & Jinni Cavanaugh

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Press:

http://theberkshireedge.com/review-pooja-ru-premas-endure-lights-green-river/

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Photography: Peggy Reeves

Videography: Krysia Kurzyca

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