A Cave Concert Experience
HANG Rhapsody: Journey into Living Art (World Premiere)
The Hang is the new instrument of this Millennium,
captivating musicians & listeners worldwide.
Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 7:30pm
Hawk Hill Tunnel – Marin Headlands
Directed by Laura Inserra
Choreography by Rodrigo Esteva & Mirah Moriarty
Lighting Design by John Coveney
Performed by West Coast Hang players and DANCE MONKS.
The timeless resonance of the Hang pulsing in concert with the earth for a sublime expression of sound, light and movement.
HANG Rhapsody is a site-specific performance that will be held as part of a series of annual Cave Concerts organized by the GREEN MUSIC NETWORK (GMN). SAMAVESHA, in partnership with GMN, features the West Coast's top Hang players and Dance Monks in creating this extraordinary event of music, dance and light inside the Hawk Hill Tunnel. In this stunning location, they will create a resonant chamber of suspended time and space where the audience is completely immersed in the sound.
HANG Rhapsody is dedicated entirely to the Hang. The Hang is the new instrument of this Millennium, captivating musicians and listeners worldwide. It was created in 2000 in Switzerland by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of the PANArt Company and is a resonating percussion instrument related to the steeldrum, gong, gamelan and ghatam.
The sound of the Hang evokes an exquisite and delicate inner landscape of spaciousness and vitality. In the Bernese language ‘hang’ means ‘hand’ and the Hang is made, tuned and played by hand. The timeless resonance of the Hang will pulse in concert with the earth for a sublime expression of sound and movement.
Performed by West Coast Hang ensemble musicians: Laura Inserra, Alan Tower, Yogi Hendlin, Aharon Wheels Bolsta, Evan Fraser, Tina Blaine and Jessica Styler.
Dancers: Mirah Moriarty, Rodrigo Esteva, Leah Rybolt, Melecio Estrella, Olivia Eng and Christine Bonansea.
