These works truly exemplify the Gallatin Theater Troupe's mission of a radical, people-first, care-centered practice to theatre-making, while modeling interdisciplinary storytelling.
They played for moments more, and when they played one final note trading smiles with each other, Greta succumbed and nudged the door open. The three musicians looked up in surprise.
The Western transition from the oral tradition to literacy marked the birth of hyperindividualism and the isolated point of view. Communication no longer requires intercorporeality or the physical presence of the ‘other’. Information is consumed individually in private, visual space– from the outside.
Rather than recreate the magic of the wuxia film, effectively bridging the gap between past and present, Goodbye, Dragon Inn is obsessed with the chasm between then and now and uses duration as a tool to both attract and alienate viewers.
The goddess Venus is an essential example of this multidimensionality. Even though she is an explicitly feminine figure––as a mother goddess of love, sexuality, and beauty––she played an extremely important role in Roman religion and national identity.