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SUMMARY:TERRANEA: hakawatia of the sea
DESCRIPTION:\n\nPhoto credit: Zaynab Mourad\n8 p.m. ET Friday\, April 28\, 
 2023\nTERRANEA: hakawatia of the sea\nIn-person at AANM or via Livestream\
 n\nPurchase Tickets | Purchase Tickets for livestream\n$10 Students/Seni
 ors\n$12 Museum Members\n$15 General Public\n$5 Livestream\n\nTERRANEA: ha
 kawatia of the sea is a performance that weaves a contemporary mythology 
 about Terranea\, a sea spirit who gathers those that have lost their lives
  in the Mediterranean Sea. Developed collaboratively along the Lebanese an
 d Sicilian coasts\, in the lakes of Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota\, U.S.)\, a
 nd with Palestinian water wells and streams in mind\, this dance performan
 ce integrates oral histories around bodies of water while delving into the
  memories water itself can hold. Dancers\, musicians and writers come toge
 ther to imagine how to embody the lessons of this essential element. At th
 e same time\, we contemplate how our bodies are affected by absurd and dea
 dly blockages\, on land and in water\, that impede free-flowing movement. 
 Looking particularly into the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian la
 nd and water\, where Palestinian bodies\, homes\, olive trees and rights a
 re under attack\; where indigenous resistance roots are deep and ignited. 
 As well as the broader crisis of the sea\; whereas in its past\, the Medit
 erranean was a space of free and fluid migration\, the sea is now marked w
 ith invisible borders and demarcations of power\, with detrimental effects
 .\n\nThrough choreographies\, this piece asks our bodies: How do we unrave
 l the ‘stuckedness’ that builds up and sinks deep under our skin? What
  grief exists at the moment of departure and which bone does it shake? Whe
 re are the songs of our ancestors stored\, and how might we listen to thei
 r rhythm? What life-giving connections can we find\, of this earth and of 
 the mythical realm? What is the memory of the sea?\n\nThis work began in a
  solo residency at the Arab American National Museum in September of 2020.
  After 2.5 years of process and collaborations that took place on Turtle I
 sland\, Lebanon and Sicily\, with artists across disciplines and places\, 
 we will return for a residency that will culminate in sharing the performa
 nce TERRANEA: hakawatia of the sea.\n\nPerformance by Body Watani Dance P
 roject\; choreographed by Leila and Noelle Awadallah in collaboration with
  the dancers / performers Nakita Kirchner\, Sharitah Nalule\, Erica Jo Vib
 ar Sherwood\, and Emma Marlar. Thanks to our guest performers who joined u
 s for this tour:\n\nCollaborators: Original music by Renee Copeland and co
 llaborator Peter James Roduta featuring vocalist Amal Kaawash and Clarissa
  Bitar. Mythology of Terranea written by Romy Lynn Attieh\, translated by 
 Rana Issa\, and read by Wafika Loubani. Farrah Basyouni\, and Leila Awadal
 lah. Film by Leila Awadallah with assistance from Xiaolu Wang. Images by Z
 aynab Mourad.\nFor more questions\, e-mail Fatima Al-Rasool at fal-rasool
 @accesscommunity.org\n\n\n\n\nLeila Awadallah is a dancer\, choreographer
  and film wanderer based between Minneapolis\, Mni Sota and Beirut\, Leban
 on. She is a Palestinian and Sicilian mixed Mediterranean diasporic body b
 orn on indigenous lands of the Lakota and Dakota peoples (SD). She is the 
 founder of the Body Watani dance project in collaboration with Noelle Awad
 allah. Leila is a McKnight Dancer Fellow (2022)\, a Jerome Hill Fellow (20
 21-2023) and received Springboard 20/20 (2018-2019) and Daring Dances (201
 9) fellowships. Mentored by Ananya Chatterjea\, she trained\, taught and p
 erformed with Ananya Dance Theatre (2013-2019). She has a BFA in Dance and
  minor in Arabic Literature from the University of Minnesota (2016).\n\nNo
 elle Awadallah نوال is a Palestinian American improviser\, performer\
 , maker and teacher who resides in Mni Sota Makoce. She joined Ananya Danc
 e Theatre as a company member in 2019 and is a partner in leilawa’s Body
  Watani. Her work circles themes of transcendence of time\, ancestor imagi
 nings\, listening\, falling into stereotypes\, and storytelling. Improvisa
 tional practices guide her movement generating as an honest way to dig and
  share stories recollected and reimagined from her body rooted in radical 
 imagination of the senses. She dabbles in experimental short films as anot
 her form of storytelling. She holds a BFA from Columbia College Chicago (2
 018).\n\nPhoto credit: Erica Ticknor
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