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Location
Chapel Hill, NC
Project Title
Ghost of Montpellier Meets the Samurai
Fiscal Year Awarded
2015
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$4,000
Carolina Performing Arts presents choreographer Trajal Harrell's new work the "Ghost of Montpellier Meets the Samurai" which features dance, song, and dramatic text. Harrell creates an imaginary debate between butoh dance founder Tatsumi Hijikata, French Nouvelle danse leader Dominique Bagouet, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club founder Ellen Stewart. The work asks the audience to contemplate challenging questions about ourselves, society, and the role of the arts. Why are we passionate about art? Why are artists, audiences, industry professionals and innocent bystanders passionate about art?