INTER-DISCIPLINE
DANCE + SOUNDBED + CHAMBER POP + SHORT FILM + ANIMATION + PROJECTION
Mercy is gone missing but the cameras never stop rolling. Dramas cannot therefore stop unfolding.
LIAR LEAR KING is a multi-stage, multi-form work directly facing the impact of narcissism and bullying on our society. It fuses dance, short film, visual art, live music, opera, and spoken word into a dynamic experience centered by dance and driven by story.
LIAR LEAR KING is an adaptation of King Lear set in New York, 1972. The story is focused not on King Lear and his tragedy, but on Cordelia his daughter, and her epic journey as she becomes a force who can mount an invasion of her own country, only to die at the hands of her own sisters. In the social and political environment of the United States, this theme resonates.
This multidisciplinary work is expressly designed to be experienced in alternate channels by those differently abled in sight or hearing, or ability to physically access the performance. The nature of the work, and how it impacts the audience, is dependent on the abilities through which it is experienced.
CO-DIRECTORS Philip Stoddard, Kevin Draper
WRITING TEAM Tamar Charney (Lead), Nikhil Melnechuk, Kevin Draper, Lora Robertson, Stelth Ulvang, Danielle Rowe
CHOREOGRAPHER Danielle Rowe
BALLET COMPOSER Ellis Ludwig-Leone
MOVIE COMPOSER Baile and Ellis Ludwig-Leone
FILMMAKER Lora Robertson
STORYBOARD ARTIST Kevin Draper
WEB ACCESS INNOVATION Daniel Talsky
PREMIERED BY Grand Rapids Ballet, Produced by Kevin Draper and Lora Robertson