PARATHEATRICAL RESEARCH PRESENTS A Paratheatre Video Document by Antero Alli
Paradox Pollack as the Gut and Alaska Yamada as the Heart of The Actor (Brian Livingston)
"The performers in these rituals look like a cross between a person,
an elementary force such as a river or a storm, and a wild animal.
Watching these rituals is a little like looking through a window at
a
dramatic and captivating bit of weather...
absolutely mesmerizing
to watch these elemental
forces gathering themselves
and affect
each other."
--
DAVID FINKELSTEIN, filmthreat.com (4 stars)
"ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM" - The Story and the Backstory
Brian Livingston as THE ACTOR on the absinthe binge
Haunted
by the deaths of his friends and loved ones, an
actor drifts
through
reveries of an absinthe binge that
erupts in a bevy of strange
ritualistic
dreams from which he periodically awakens to the
spirits
of
his
Head, Heart and Gut reacting in spasmodic revolt to his demise.
Paradox Pollack as The Gut of the Actor. Nick Walker as the Magus
"ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM" (2004; 84 min. USA) Inspired by the early paratheatrical work of Jerzy Grotowski, in 1977 Antero Alli began developing an original paratheatre medium
combining methods of physical theatre, abstract dance, vocalization, and Zazen -- to access and express the internal landscape. In 2004, Alli trained eleven individuals in his paratheatre methods to develop initiatic rituals that the group performed before a stunned San Francisco audience three months later in May of 2004. This video document intercuts between the live performance and candid discussions between the director and two performers -- Nick Walker and Paradox Pollack --on their experiences in this dynamic somatic process.
~ WATCH THE VIDEO ~
CREDITS, PROGRAM NOTES, THE DVD
featuring
PARADOX
POLLACK,
NICK WALKER, ANTERO
ALLI,
BRIAN LIVINGSTON, JULIAN SIMEON,
ALASKA
YAMADA,
SERENE
ZLOOF, JUSTIN PALERMO, JAKOB BOKULICH,
DESMONDE
DAISY, GABRIEL DIETZ, and ADAM PALERMO.
