mɔːnɪŋ

Feb 25

mɔːnɪŋ (pronounced as “mourning”/ “morning”) is an opera by Gelsey Bell about the triumphs and legacy of an Earth devoid of humans. Distanced creatures (aliens? gods?) witness the changes that take place on Earth as forests grow back, rivers overtake dams, and human-made buildings and objects gradually erode away. The completed piece will follow this story of deterioration and renewal a hundred million years into the future. This RAW showing will trace the first two hundred years. Inspired by Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us, the piece is whimsical, fantastical, and playful while being rooted in scientific ideas and the dire political and ethical contradictions that structure current human relations with nature and other animals. The piece will be performed by singer/multi-instrumentalists Gelsey Bell, Brian McCorkle, Odeya Nini, and Paul Pinto. Costumes and choreographic consultation by Walter Dundervill.

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Feb 25
On a Shared Bill with Marie It’s Time
As part of HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works

Tue @ 7pm

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Created, Composed, and Libretto by
Gelsey Bell
Performed by
Gelsey Bell, Brian McCorkle, Odeya Nini, and Paul Pinto
Costume Design and Movement by
Walter Dundervill
Sound Design by
Matthew Sullivan

Gelsey Bell

Gelsey Bell is a Brooklyn-based songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and scholar. She has been described by The New York Times as “one of New York’s most adventurous musicians” and “a charismatic and fiercely intelligent performer.” She is a core member of thingNY, Varispeed, and the Chutneys. She is currently a resident artist at the HERE Arts Center and is looking forward to a music residency at Pioneer Works in November 2022. She has received awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Opera America, the Japan Foundation, and others. Recent residencies include Mount Tremper Arts and the Kinosaki Arts Center in Japan. Her recent works include Cairns (2020), a soundwalk for Green-Wood Cemetery (included on the New York Times Best Theater of 2020 list); shuffleyamamba: Yamamba as a Bear (2021), a dance piece created with Yasuko Yokoshi; Meander (2021), a soundwalk created with Joseph White for Brooklyn Botanic Garden; SubtacTTTTTTTTT (2020), an early pandemic online performance created with thingNY; and Skylighght (2019), created with saxophonist Erin Rogers. She has released multiple albums, including the EP This is Not a Land of Kings, and performed her work Performance highlights also include Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway) and Ghost Quartet, Robert Ashley’s Improvement and Crash, Kate Soper’s Here Be Sirens, Gregory Whitehead’s On the Shore Dimly Seen, Anthony Gatto’s Wise Blood, and a great many of John King’s Micro-Operas. She has a PhD from New York University in Performance Studies, and is part-time faculty at the New School.