Name: Saurian Memory with Delisa Myles
Start: 2022-04-09T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-04-09T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Natural History Institute

Saurian Memory with Delisa Myles

Natural History Institute

A live performance, Saurian Memory, with Delisa Myles

As part of the exhibition Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest, Delisa Myles will be performing Saurian Memory live at NHI on April 9th at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.Delisa would like donations for the performance to go toward the Natural History Institute in support of their mission of bridging the widening gulf between humans and the rest of nature. Suggested donation of $10- $20. Space is limited to 30 vaccinated audience members, registration is required to attend. The performance will be live-streamed to our <a href="https://youtu.be/lbYxL_jkW6M" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube channel</a> for those not able to attend in person.

<blockquote>In Saurian Memory, an apocalyptic love story, Delisa Myles creates a new myth set in the not-too-distant, and not-too-improbable future. </blockquote><blockquote>The scene is set in the time after the great droughts and famines, after the obliterating fires and floods, the mass migrations and extinctions, after the sky collapsed and the rivers ran dry. This is long after endless holes were punched in the earth and all extractable reserves for energy, farming and war were sucked dry. It is after the formidable water crusades, which left planet Earth an unrecognizable wasteland. </blockquote><blockquote>In the new beginning Earth is a perfect white sphere, a planet of mute ash, or was it snow? Or perhaps radioactive fallout? We can’t know for certain, there were no witnesses. </blockquote><blockquote>The mythological creature Delisa embodies is Serpent River Woman, guardian of waters and protector of portals between earthly and spiritual realms. She holds the blueprint and memory for all life on Earth, as water is the pilot for all beings.</blockquote><blockquote>In this dancing myth, Delisa explores the territory and questions….</blockquote><blockquote>What are the many voices through which water speaks? What are the messages that come to us from the distant future? How can our sorrow and love for the Earth save us? How do we perform sacred Water Rites that honor water as the true carrier and currency of life? How much water is left? For how many people? Who goes thirsty? How many rivers can we live without? Where do the songs of extinct birds go? </blockquote>Delisa Myles- Concept and PerformanceShawn Skabelund – Sculptural InstallationBad Unkl Sista- CostumeSound After Silence- Music

Delisa Myles, M.F.A., is a performer, choreographer and educator with a passion for bridging dance as performance with dance as a healing art. She was central in creating the Performing Arts Program at Prescott College and was a professor there from 1994-2016. She co-founded Human Nature Dance Theatre and Ævium and is currently a freelance performer and director. Her choreography has been repeatedly funded by Arizona Commission on the Arts and supported by artist residencies at Arcosanti and PLAYA. Delisa’s solo and group work delves into connections between the natural environment, the feminine, and ancestral and mythological story. She and her husband are stewards of Delicious Earth Farm, a one-acre urban farm in Prescott, Arizona where the fertile terrain of growing food, creating community and making art entwine.

Saurian Memory with Delisa Myles

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