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11 Mar, 2012

Underland Background

2016-03-18T22:15:11-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

As we finish up our first premiere weekend of Arthur in Underland, and move towards our last, (performances run through March 18th) here's some background on the piece, from the Director's Note I wrote for the program: Arthur in Underland is one of the most personally vulnerable pieces I’ve ever made. It is based on a year in my life that turned everything I believed and wanted upside down. When I was 15 I left my native Los Angeles to

29 Feb, 2012

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

2016-03-18T22:15:22-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work:   EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during

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