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SOLD OUT: The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) presents: The Force of Things
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Riverside Arts Center
76 North Huron Street Ypsilanti, MI 48197Description
ICE presents Ashley Fure's The Force of Things as part of an extended residency and workshop period at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Two performances of this 50-minute work will occur at 6pm and 9pm on March 11, 2017. Audience members are invited to attend either performance, and may also elect to join in on a discussion with the performers at 7:30pm. Free - EventBrite Registration required.
The Force of Things is a music theater piece by composer Ashley Fure and architect Adam Fure that explores the animate vitality of matter. Investigating entropy and the innate drama of natural phenomena, the piece stages a series of musico-dramatic events centered not on humans, but on objects.
Drawing from traditions of object theater and puppetry, The Force of Things combines live and electroacoustic music, architectural design, and theater to present a narrative radically decentered from the lives of humans. "Audience members sit within a dense canopy that transforms through kinetic, vibration, and lighting effects as the pieces unfolds. Staged inside a ring of live performed and projected sound, this 50-minute work positions itself at the experiential boundary between immersive installation and live performance.
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OpenICE is made possible through lead support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation, alongside generous support from the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE Foundation), New Music USA, the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Paul R. Judy Center for Applied Research at the Eastman School of Music, the National Endowment for the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.
Ashley Fure's The Force of Things is made possible by generous commitments from the International Contemporary Ensemble: First Page Program, University of Michigan Office of Research, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dartmouth College Provost’s Office Seed Funding Program, Miller Theater at Columbia University (NYC), and Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD). This project was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from New Music USA project grants.
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