Rise and Fall of Timur the Lame, The (2002)

Production

The piece took place in several locations within La MaMa's Annex Theater, but centralized in a gigantic five-sided, sixty foot shadow screen that surrounds the audience in a kind of "Sensurround in shadow puppets," where this vigorous, super-active, physical story was presented in an experience of enveloping light, shadow and sound. 

The core of the show is a rendering of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine in multi colored large scale shadow puppets, but its apex is a solo dance on Bhagavad Gita by Sanjeeva Poojary, one of south India's most renowned traditional dancers. Composer David First performed his original score live in the production.

promotional material
March 15 – 31, 2002
PROD.2002.0017

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