2019-2020
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11.21.19World of Miyabi: Japanese Women in Song explores Japanese poetic genres from women's perspectives through song and recited poetry.
The Pleaides Project presents Kiyoshi Nobutoki's settings of waka from Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Japanese art songs by composers Akane Nakanishi and Makiko Kinoshita, and into the shimmering, Leslie Uyeda's contemporary song cycle with poetry by Joy Kogawa. These musical selections are interwoven with recited haiku, written by prominent female haiku masters from throughout Japanese history. Presented in collaboration with Multicultural Sonic Evolution as a part of the 2019 Sound of Arts Festival.
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While film and video content comprise half of our artistic output, The Pleiades Project also actively creates and programs live music-theater events.
In the 2017-2018 season, we premiered Café 1907 with performances at The MultiCultural Sonic Evolution Festival (NYC) and on The Plush Nocturne Performance Series (NYC). Set in a small café at the turn-of-the-century, Café 1907 presents intimate portraits of women at various stages of their lives, offering nuanced perspectives on life, love, and making art. NYC-based composer Richard Pearson Thomas's song cycle, Portraits of Imagined Love, is the centerpiece for this music-theater event, balanced by the works of female composers from the period, including Amy Beach, Agathe Bäcker Grøndahl, Alma Mahler, Pauline Viardot, and Ethel Smyth. In the 2018-2019 season, The Pleiades Project premiered Come, Down Angels with performances at The Multicultural Sonic Evolution Festival (NYC) and through Inception to Exhibition at the Alchemical Theatre Laboratory (NYC). Come Down, Angels explores North and South American folk songs and spirituals from female perspectives, including works composed and arranged by Florence Price, Gladys Rich, Undine Smith Moore, and Violeta Parra. |
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Past Events
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NY Indie theatre festivalOfficial Selection
Screening of Così, February 9, 2019 New Ohio Theatre |
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Come Down AngelsNovember 30, 2018
Presented by Inception to Exhibition Alchemical Studios, Manhattan |
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Come Down AngelsNovember 16, 2018
Presented by Multicultural Sonic Evolution The Secret Theatre, Long Island City |
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Café 1907January 20, 2018
Presented by Plush Nocturne New Woman Space, Brooklyn |
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Café 1907November 17, 2017
Presented by Multicultural Sonic Evolution The Secret Theater, Long Island City |
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The Launch EventJune 9, 2016
Shetler Studios and Theaters Manhattan |