We are only offering Girls Wear Shirts for performance at this time.
GIRLS
WEAR SHIRTS
Is a no-holds-barred coming of age encounter with female sexuality, written
and performed by SILENT PARTNERS' Hilarie Burke and her daughter Calliope Porter.
Movement, text, song and audio/visual collages carry the audience through a
girls life into adulthood, touching on family dynamics, personal stories, biological
realities, generational differences and hallmark facts that have molded our
societies responses to sexuality and youth. The ephemeral video scenery by cinematographer
Adam Larsen, includes the documentary work of Benjamin Porter.
" ...brilliant, funny, thoughtful, reflective, touching ....... Wow" Asheville Citizen Times.
Post performance discussions on May 30 and June 1.
HAIKU
SUITES
SILENT PARTNERS will touch your soul and tickle your funny bone. A powerful
commentary on contemporary life, these vignettes are witty, revealing, surreal,
and ridiculous. Inventive choreography, text, props, and costuming enhance the
intimate yet universal metaphors of the pieces.
"This show is as sweet and goofy, as provocative and contemplative, and
as creatively conceived and expertly realized as any you might see this year."
– Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2000
MONTAGE
All ages enjoy the flurry of characters, props, costumes, and masks and the
unique use of sound in these pieces that use metaphor to delve into the world
of human experience. Through characters like two tough guys who have to figure
out how to share a bench in "Snooze" to the adolescent students exploring
the world of relationships in "Minor Distractions," these sketches
address themes of sharing, nonviolence, tolerance, peer pressure, and self-esteem.
"Excellent performance, very entertaining, The 700 students were intensely
involved during the performance." – Western Harnett Middle School,
Harnett County, NC
FABLES
Grade-school students are fascinated by Mr. Bear and Mrs. Crow, Clarice Camel,
Mr. Hippo, and Lorenzo Ostrich in this narrated series adapted from Arnold Lobel's
book of contemporary fables. Performed in body puppets and colorful costuming,
these tales offer important lessons on thinking for yourself, personal satisfaction,
overconsumption, and prejudice. Fables can include an audience participation
piece.
"The very attentive children didn't want to miss anything... They were
spellbound - and so were the teachers!" – Peabody School, Washington,
DC