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Summer Streaming, 4 Decades of Sandglass Performances

Jun
25
Summer Streaming, 4 Decades of Sandglass Performances
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Virtual Entertainment All Summer Long with Sandglass Theater! This summer Sandglass brings a very special dip into our history. Each week beginning Thursday, June 25, we will release an archival video of a production that is no longer being performed and that represent a wide spectrum of Sandglass’ work over our almost 40 year history. A Q&A will accompany each live-stream and will include special guests such as Sandglass founders, ensemble members and collaborators. Sandglass will host these archival streams as free, one-time events throughout the summer months via our website and facebook. Live streams will be at 7 PM EST. All recordings will be available on Vimeo On Demand for rental. The first of these shows is Sand on June 25 - Sand (1985) a story about a Jewish man and a German woman on the night before they begin a life together. From Eric Bass: Sand is the show that gave birth to Sandglass Theater. When I moved to Germany in 1982 to be with Ines, this piece is where our work together began. It was not autobiographical, but it did reflect a critical aspect of our relationship. I had been raised by post-holocaust American Jews. All of my family’s rejection of everything German came out when I found myself living in Munich, and touring around the country. So I brought with me some unexpected emotional baggage, and some very conflicted feelings. Ines, likewise, brought historical baggage into our relationship, and Sand was about how we deal with that in our dreams. And who brings the dreams? Sandmen -- and Sandwomen – who were part angels, part therapists, part reflections of our nightmares and hopes. And the dreams they brought? Transformational. From Ines Zeller Bass: Sand was the beginning of many things. Yes, the beginning of Sandglass Theater but also of my launch into work with puppets for adult audiences. It was my first personal encounter with German- Jewish history and the beginning of collaborative work. That included not only puppetry but also music written for the piece, movement and the discovery of different worlds within a piece. These elements set the stage for a deeper understanding of the power and potential of the puppet and became essential for our future work.
Date and Time
June 25, 2020 all-day
Location
Sandglass Theater
17 Kimball HIll
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Sandglass Theater
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Virtual Entertainment All Summer Long with Sandglass Theater!

This summer Sandglass brings a very special dip into our history. Each week beginning Thursday, June 25, we will release an archival video of a production that is no longer being performed and that represent a wide spectrum of Sandglass’ work over our almost 40 year history. A Q&A will accompany each live-stream and will include special guests such as Sandglass founders, ensemble members and collaborators. Sandglass will host these archival streams as free, one-time events throughout the summer months via our website and facebook. Live streams will be at 7 PM EST. All recordings will be available on Vimeo On Demand for rental.

The first of these shows is Sand on June 25 – Sand (1985) a story about a Jewish man and a German woman on the night before they begin a life together.

From Eric Bass: Sand is the show that gave birth to Sandglass Theater. When I moved to Germany in 1982 to be with Ines, this piece is where our work together began. It was not autobiographical, but it did reflect a critical aspect of our relationship. I had been raised by post-holocaust American Jews. All of my family’s rejection of everything German came out when I found myself living in Munich, and touring around the country. So I brought with me some unexpected emotional baggage, and some very conflicted feelings. Ines, likewise, brought historical baggage into our relationship, and Sand was about how we deal with that in our dreams. And who brings the dreams? Sandmen — and Sandwomen – who were part angels, part therapists, part reflections of our nightmares and hopes. And the dreams they brought? Transformational.

From Ines Zeller Bass: Sand was the beginning of many things. Yes, the beginning of Sandglass Theater but also of my launch into work with puppets for adult audiences. It was my first personal encounter with German- Jewish history and the beginning of collaborative work. That included not only puppetry but also music written for the piece, movement and the discovery of different worlds within a piece. These elements set the stage for a deeper understanding of the power and potential of the puppet and became essential for our future work.

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