Join us to celebrate the Winter Solstice with three puppet performances welcoming the darkness and light of this seasonal transition.

Opening performances by Dog + Wood + Flower and Frechettist Marionettist + Night Shade.

Performances at 2pm and 6pm, doors open 30 mins in advance.

All ages welcome.

THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT.

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A note from the Artists: Tickets $15 and $20 general admission. We are offering two options for ticket prices because we understand that we all have different budgets, even a small difference sometimes is a lot. The ticket price is not reflected on the seating which is first come first served. The good news is that there are no bad seats at Dekum Street Theater. Masks encouraged.

Ciclos by the Slow Blink Puppet Collective is a story that follows Nene, a young boy, grappling with the grief and suffering in the world. Through Nene's connection to his recent ancestor, Abuela, she guides him on journeys through different land bases meeting many different creatures to help remind him that he is not alone. Abuela helps Nene remember that through these web of relationships, that there is much celebration to be had as well as honoring our grief as sacred. Approximately length 35 minutes.

Slow Blink Puppet Collective created the story and all the puppets that will be used for this performance. Some voices will be in Spanish

With Opening performances by:

Dog + Wood + Flower. “The Tiniest Things Are Rising Up” (6min)
An offering of shadow and light, and song

Frechettist Marionettist featuring Night Shade. "Out of the Darkness" (6min) String puppetry blended with cinematic shadow projections. Sarah Frechette’s sensitive nature is present in every curve of her hand-carved figure and in the outpouring of sorrow in this piece. For even more depth, this will feature local artist collective NIGHT SHADE’s hand cut & heart felt cinematic shadow projections.

Linda K. Johnson in conversation with Susan Banyas
Sunday Sept. 15th, 11am-1pm

Free

Mycelium Dreams is an ongoing, durational dance cartography, interview and embodied archiving project initiated in 2021 by Portland dance and transdisciplinary artist Linda K. Johnson. Archival in nature, the PASTfuture interview component of the project is intent on creating an inclusive, nonhierarchical oral record of the stories of artists in the Portland community who have committed their life’s work to the field of dance. The interviews will begin with Portland’s dance elders and continue through the generations. It is multiyear and potentially unending, suggesting a community-based method of remembering our history. This is the second interview as part of TBA:2024. Upcoming interviews include Robin Lane annd Joan Findlay next weekend. Each interview will be recorded and made available to the public through the PSU Portland Dance Archive and Spotify podcast, link forthcoming.

Conversations will be approximately 80-90 minutes long, followed by a 30-minute, all-level movement, composition, or somatic opportunity derived from the practice of each artist. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

For complete list and details of the other PASTfuture conversations during TBA:2024, you can go here.

About Susan Grace Banyas