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breatheloveknowrelate a performance directed by Malia Burkhart February 5-7 and 12-14, 2010 at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul A circle of four women, daughters of four different continents, enact a creation story for the healing of the planet and its people How do we connect the threads of our cultural past, as we reweave the patterns of our selves and our world? What are the stories that locate our position, as we dive into breathing deeply, loving fully, knowing honestly, and relating consciously? Artists Malia Burkhart, Leah Nelson, Friede Rica, and Alejandra Cecilia Tobar-Alatriz navigate answers to these questions aboard a boat woven of stories, movement, improvisation, original music, puppetry, and Butoh-inspired dance.
“The inspiration for breatheloveknowrelate is rooted in the creation story of the Hopi, in which all people of the world were originally one. We were sent to each of the directions to learn from the elements of air, water, fire, and earth. These four peoples were instructed to return, and share their gathered wisdom. In our story, the words “breathe, love, know, relate” correspond to the essential teachings of these four elements. In the body of this performance, we focus on these words, using improvisation and storytelling. Each night’s performance will change, reflecting a truth of human experience that is woven from our four different perspectives. ” ~Malia Burkhart, Director and Producer "breatheloveknowrelate" is the second performance in a series of work directed by Malia Burkhart, in which she investigates the environmental crisis through the lens of culture, identity, and place. The first performance, The Survival Pages, was a solo show created through Intermedia Arts’ Naked Stages Program in 2007. This piece was re-presented for the 2008 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Malia Burkhart's puppetry is best known through her work with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater. She has been an Associate Artist with the company since 1999. Ms. Burkhart studied Butoh Dance in Japan in 2001 - 2003 with teachers Min Tanaka, Ken Mai, and Bridget Satsuki. Malia is a 1994 graduate of the Arts High School at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She graduated in 1998 from St. Olaf College in "Arts as Community Activism" and Studio Arts, with additional studies in Performance Art through the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
WHEN / WHERE Dates: February 5-7 and 12-14, 2010 Times: All shows 7:30pm Place: Dreamland Arts, 677 Hamline Ave N, St. Paul MN. (12 blocks North of I-94, 6 blocks East of Snelling Avenue) Tickets: $15 at the door, $12 in advance. Student and senior discounts available. For ticket reservations, call (651)645-5506, or visit www.dreamlandarts.com Notes: This performance is recommended for mature audiences. We recommend ordering tickets in advance: seating is limited. PHOTO / INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES: Photos can be downloaded from this website. For higher resolution photos, interviews, or more information please contact Malia Burkhart (contact information below).
PRESS CONTACT: Melis Arik: breatheloveknowrelate.press@gmail.com "Reflections", a video poem by Malia Burkhart Video: Butoh Dance, videography, and poem by Malia Burkhart. Music by Dan Solzberg with Ghost 7. This solo piece was created on June 21, 2009 at Earthdance in Massachusetts, as research for "breatheloveknowrelate". 
breatheloveknowrelate performers (clockwise from top): Leah Nelson, Alejandra Tobar-Alatriz, Friede Rica, Malia Burkhart ---------------------------------------------------------------- Past Performances: The Survival Pages In a time when environmental issues are so highly abstracted and politicized, The Survival Pages invites you to reconnect, viscerally, with the ecological good sense of what it means to survive. Using Butoh Dance, original music, video, and found-object puppetry, performance artist Malia Burkhart journeys into the roots of our human disconnection from the natural world. Smell the dirt as Malia unearths her relationship troubles with the planet through humor and beauty. |
