Creative Team
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Scenic/Costumes
Lighting Props Dialect Coach Wig Design Sound Original Music Stage Management Executive Producer/Afong Moy |
SARA RYUNG CLEMENT
JENNIFER LIN JAMIE TAIT KARL HANOVER DIANE TRAPP SHARATH PATEL Derek A. Graham KRISTEN MUN-VAN NOY BARBIE WU |
Composer's Note
THE CHINESE LADY DOES A REMARKABLE JOB IN CONVEYING A NARRATIVE THAT FOCUSES ON BEING ISOLATED IN AN EXPLOITATIVE, CULTURAL BOX WITH ALL THAT'S LEFT OF ONE'S CULTURAL ORIGIN UNTIL IT GRADUALLY DISAPPEARS FROM YOUR IDENTITY. IN THIS PROCESS, THE MUSIC INSTRUMENTATION IS CULTIVATED WITH EAST ASIAN INSTRUMENTS. I WAS ALWAYS ENAMORED BY WORLD MUSIC AND WANTED THE MUSICAL MOTIF TO EASILY ADD TO THE WORLD-BUILDING.
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IN UTILIZING TEXTURAL PASSAGES OF THE GUZHENG, THE SILKY NATURE OF THE ERHU IN HARMONY WITH THE DIZI (WOODWIND), THE FUNCTION OF the musical MOTIF TRACKS AFONG MOY'S "WALK." WHENEVER I IMAGINED HER exhibition WALK, I FELT LIKE SHE WAS lost in TIME, TIME THAT ULTIMATELY LEAVES HER ISOLATED AND FULLY EXPLOITED BY AMERICAN IDEALISM UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT THe NEW WORLD WOULD DEEM HER MORE THAN THE EXHIBITION SHE WAS CONFINED TO.
I took this build even further for the rapid time jump from the year 1882 to the very present day (21st Century). the 'Time Jump' was built to combine contemporary western world instruments that would gradually OVerlay the traditional asian instruments, intentionally blending them to shift the aesthetic of traditional customs modern ones.
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