Stone l is the first installment of a new interdisciplinary collaboration between internationally acclaimed performers, Eiko Otake and Margaret Leng Tan. 

In June 2023, Eiko visited the Gylsboda Quarry in Sweden to work with cinematographer Thomas Zamolo. During her time there she felt the quarry to be a violent place, describing “deep deep below I saw the machine-scarred surfaces of stones that I was not supposed to be seeing.”

The resulting video, projected onto the stone walls of the Historic Chapel, provides the setting for a performance and contemplation on the immensity of time, tension, and density that stone holds. Eiko invited Margaret to reflect with her on humans’ incessant need for material resources, a need invariably destructive to the environment. Departing from their traditional roles as dancer and pianist, the collaborators sustain each other through sound and movement.

The Green-Wood Cemetery

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Wednesday, June 26 from 8:30–9:30PM
Thursday, June 27 from 8:30–9:30PM
Friday, June 28 from 8:30–9:30PM
Saturday, June 29 from 8:30–9:30PM