Dream’d in a Dream

(2015)

Premiere Venue: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2015

Directed by: Seán Curran

Choreographed by: Seán Curran in collaboration with the dancers

Performed by: Seán Curran Company and

Music by: Ustatshakirt Plus

Lighting design by: Robert Wierzel

Visual design by: Mark Randall

Costume design by: Amanda Shafran

Seán Curran Company met the electrifying Kyrgyz folk music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus at the foothills of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Tien Shan Mountains during the company’s cultural exchange tour in 2012, as part of DanceMotion USA, a program of the US Department of State produced by BAM. In Dream’d in a Dream, that auspicious meeting bears creative fruit, featuring nine dancers and six musicians in a brilliant collage of American and Kyrgyz styles..

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