On the Millibo Stage we present:
ÉLÉGIE with CELLISTA
A stage poem about serenity
A one-hour stage poem starring Cellista as Élégie, a blackbird who shape shifts into human form and back.
Élégie awakens one day in her magical tree outside the walled off city of Cloture to find its entire population has disappeared. In their departure, the citizens have left behind a city of altars, decorated with unlit candles; each containing the memories and mementos of the banished citizens. Élégie shape shifts into human form to find out what happened to Cloture’s disappeared. In her journey she finds serenity.
Directed and performed by Cellista
A one-woman show for cello, static trapeze, and cinema.
Choreographed by Cellista, Kennedy Kabasares, & Joel Baker
Film editing by Jennifer Gigantino, cinematography by Bryan Gibel
“Watching Cellista find new relationships with the instrument she has already spent so much time with has been inspiring to me as a director. It takes patience and courage to change patterns we are used to performing with. Cellista is brave enough to connect elements that you would not expect to be seen together.”
— Joel Baker, director.
“Cellista is a unique artist. She pools her diverse talents together to combine into a captivating whole. From music to circus to visual art and the crafted word, Élégie is a full package experience, a feast for the audience.”
—Elsie Smith, founder of NECCA, Nimble Arts and Gemini Trapeze
Four Performances Only!
March 6, 7, 8 at 7:30pm and 9 at 2:00pm
Thursday – $25.00 per ticket / Friday, Saturday, & Sunday – $28.00 per ticket
Ticket available online or by calling the Box Office – 719- 465-6321
Cellista’s Élégie – accompanying film for live performace:
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ABOUT CELLISTA
Cellista is a Los Angeles-based composer and aerialist specialising in static trapeze. She creates stage poems (narrative multimedia works) after those of the artist Jean Cocteau, which juxtapose seemingly disparate elements. Her stage poems are acts of resistance; investigating the ruptures of daily life. They are politically concerned, observant and revealing; breaking down the borders between audience and performer, discipline, and genre. She is currently touring Élégie, a stage poem for static trapeze, silent film, and cello. Cellista plays a Luis & Clarke carbon fibre cello and an 1885 Czech cello named Chordelia.
https://www.cellista.net/
SEATING:
The MAT seats 109 patrons in a proscenium theatre with stadium style seating. Every seat at the MAT has excellent sight lines and acoustics.
All seating is assigned. If you have any special seating needs, or would like to request a specific seat, please call the MAT Box Office at 719-465-6321. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.
Wheelchair seats are A1 & A15
PARKING:
All parking for the Millibo Art Theatre and the Ivywild School is shared. Parking is available in the lot immediately adjacent to the theatre, in front or behind the Ivywild school, and on the street. In addition, the MAT blocks off 30 spaces in the lot before the show for theatre patrons. When you arrive you may see an orange cone reserving a parking space. Just notify the attendant you are a ticket holder and they will open that space for you or just move the cone toward the front of the space.