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En Chine dans les années 1880, Lai Gwan, une jeune femme appauvrie, est à l'aube d'un énorme changement. Sa mère mourante la presse de respecter et d'honorer la mémoire de son père, Manli, dont la disparition au Nouveau Monde les hante tous les deux.
Armed with the hope that she will find her father aliv...
Svadba explores a "wedding theme, especially the night before the ceremony, when we are privy to private and ancient rituals between the bride and her girlfriends. The text is taken from original Serbian poetry but given a new context for our contemporary culture... A wedding is an important turning point in every woman’s life, usually steeped i...
The Mummer’s Masque is a contemporary interpretation of various mummering traditions incorporating dance, music, drama, stage combat and puppetry. With a new libretto fashioned from various historic sources, the music is a blend of contemporary opera and traditional folk styles. It is also the only known example of a classical solo for the New...
Based on the 1970s television movie and novelization by Gail Rock, The House Without a Christmas Tree follows the story of 10-year-old Addie, whose one wish for Christmas is for her father to finally allow a Christmas tree in their family home.
In December of 1946, Addie is thrilled to win the class Christmas tree in a contest, but is disappo...
Avant de mourir, Ama parle à Lai Gwan de son père, lui donne une robe de mariée et la presse d'aller en Amérique du Nord pour retrouver son père - tout en se souvenant toujours des traditions chinoises.