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A new space opera in 7 movements for the end of the century

OVERTURE, BLUE/BLACK

1. BLUE (Probe 1) Dialog (Cosmonaut/HomeBase)

2. THE SEARCH FOR SPACE, MEMORY ON FILE, GREEN

3. PROBE 2/SEE-SAW, GREEN/YELLOW

4. THE BOX, THE CORE, YELLOW

5. UNDER THE TABLE, YELLOW/RED

6. DISINTEGRATION, RED

7. THE ANT, PURPLE

Epilog, OCHER/ORANGE



choreography/film: Johannes Birringer

libretto: Angeles Romero,

music and mixing: Steve Pare

performance: 3 singers, 5 dancers

mezzo soprano (guest artist): Isabelle Ganz

video/animations: Serena Lin

costumes: Angeles Romero

scneography: Donald Calledare

(c) 1999 AlienNation Co.

PREMIERe

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 15, 16, 17 & 18 at 8 pm

Diverse Works, Houston

Call 713/228 0914 or 713 335 3445 for 24-hour reservations

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DESCRIPTION

This surrealist sci-fi opera portrays the dramatic shift in the mindset of Romola, a cosmonaut abandoned on the spaceship MIRAK.

After seven years of orbiting Earth, Romola�s physiological chemistry changes. She experiences a series of hallucinatory mental break-downs which enable her to reconfigure her reality and live as a new, mutated being. The audience is invited to a cinematic journey of the mind at the dawn of a century.

AlienNation Co. uses familiar opera conventions to strikingly new effects, integrating movement and narration on stage with video projection, 3D animation, sculptures, and an electronic score performed live by a small orchestra and three singers.

Created during their dance residency at DiverseWorks, the opera MIRAK highlights AlienNation Co�s multimedia, computer-driven conception of visual choreography, storytelling, and live mix.