The Voyage of Garbhglas (excerpt)
August 6, 2010
Part of a cycle of works inspired by ancient Irish faerie lore along with 6th and 7th century Irish adventure tales known as Immrama (“rowings about” or "voyaging") in which saints, heroes, or troubled men are often set adrift in boats with no oars and encounter uncharted magical roaming lands with strange inhabitants, The Voyage of Garbhglas (excerpt) is a work performed at The Irish Hunger Memorial exploring themes of exposure, isolation, and emigration from the perspective of ancient folk memory. The work is set to original music by Gregory Spears, and the costumes are designed by Carol Binion and Christopher Williams.
Featuring Ursula Eagly, Kira Blazek, Caitlin Scranton, Michael Ingle, Sydney Skybetter, Moses Kaplan, and Andrew Smith.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Sitelines Festival, 2010
Irish Hunger Memorial
290 Vesey Street/North End Avenue
New York, NY 10285
August 2nd-5th, 2010 at 12:30pm
Free and open to the public!
For more information: http://rivertorivernyc.com/