Lunacies of Light
a
way of magic done in six interlinking pieces that creates a bridge of light,
sound, rhythm, movement and thought between what was, what is, and what
could be....................
Performed at CSULB, March
26-28, 1996
Of Vital Light
an installation
piece
Music
by James Sauceda
Luminaries
(Fr. luminaire)
a light, lamp, heavenly body; a body that gives light
Rik
Players: Wendy Griffin, Barbara Sinclair, Miranda Rondeau
Candlers:
Women from the Campus Community
Moments of Lucidity
Visions of
women and women of vision cast light through the darkness of history and
illuminate human consciousness
Christine
de Pizan: Christina Moorhead
Sor Juana
de la Cruz: Irma Archuleta
Mary Wollstonecraft:
Berit Jordahl
Sojourner
Truth: Jackie Joice
Invocation
Myth telling
links the themes of consciousness, light, creativity, and women through
spoken word and rhythmic sound and vision
Voice: Wendy
Griffin
Wind Wands:
Conference Organizing Committee and Friends
Drumming the Light
Women frame
drummers, playing in much the same manner as they did in Ancient Sumer,
accompany dancers, who move around the conference sites exploring the quantum
concept of light
Dancers:
Chitoh Emetarom and Lala Ghahreman
Drummers:
Pat Baird, Cheryl Caddick, Wendy Griffin, Berit Jordahl, Miranda Rondeau
Drumming the World
Common elements
in women's everyday lives, from the ordinary to the oppressive, are transformed
into percussion instruments, and thus into instruments of joy, as spoken
word and soundings invite women to take the visions generated at the conference
back into the world.
Spoken Word:
Wendy Griffin
Drummers:
Conference Attendees
Last Updated: February 18, 1998
by Professor Wendy Griffin