Theatre

Apr 19—21, 2024

Book of Mountains and Seas

Huang Ruo & Basil Twist / From USA

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“An exquisite masterpiece of suggestion, an immersive tapestry of sound and image that weaves itself into your consciousness.”

— Heidi Waleson, Wall Street Journal

Chinese creation myths come to life with larger than life puppetry and a polyphonic chorus in this breathtaking theatrical event.

Book of Mountains and Seas is a daring, new work by award-winning composer Huang Ruo and MacArthur Fellow puppeteer/artist Basil Twist. In this pitch perfect collaboration, the show takes on ancient Chinese creation myths—first transcribed in the 4th Century BC—which are strikingly relevant to our current climate change emergency. An ensemble of massive puppets, as beautiful as they are intimidating, and the chorus of Ars Nova Copenhagen harness music and a stunning visual tableaux to offer a portrait of the natural world and our vital, yet tenuous, relationship to it.

Basil Twist is a third-generation puppeteer and object theater artist, renowned globally for his visionary adaptations of opera, dance, and theater. Chinese-born American composer Huang Ruo has been called “one of the world’s leading young composers” and was formerly Composer in Residence at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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Venue

Emerson Paramount Center
Robert J. Orchard Stage
559 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111



Dates

Apr 19, 2024 - Apr 21, 2024


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75 minutes

Ages 14+

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Please Note

Masks are Strongly Encouraged.



Friday, Apr 19, 2024

8:00 PM

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Saturday, Apr 20, 2024

8:00 PM

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Sunday, Apr 21, 2024

2:00 PM

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