Martha Clarke/Alfred Uhry

ANGEL REAPERS

World Premiere/Co-Commission

MacArthur “genius” director/choreographer/Pilobolus co-founder Martha Clarke collaborates with Pulitzer-, Tony-, and Oscar-winning writer Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) on this work exploring the life of “Mother Ann” Lee, the powerful spiritual leader who founded the 18th-century Shaker religious movement. Her followers, strict believers in celibacy, were known for their embodied worship style brimming with dancing, shouting and a capella singing. Clarke seamlessly weaves together these elements to evoke this mystical figure and the passion—and forbidden lust—of one spiritual community.

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Program contains nudity.

Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and NEFA’s National Dance Project touring grants which are generously supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust. Additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Access to Artistic Excellence program.

Part of the Off Road series

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