NECROPHORESIS
Written and directed by Dmitri Barcomi
Presented as a culmination of the LABA Fellowship at the 14 St Y, May 2019
Movement by Seth Majnoon and Aimée Niemann
Musicians: Eamon Goodman and Aimée Niemann • Performers: Anna Dresdale, Juliana Fadil-Luchkiw, Mariana Vily
Lighting Design: Kryssy Wright • Photos by Ben Grad
Using Freud's concept of the un/conscious as a performative space, Necrophoresis inhabits two worlds: the life of Anna Freud, and a dark dreamscape of queer fantasy and ritual. Linking the life cycle and death practices of ants to psychoanalytic analysis and Judaic symbols, Necrophoresis is an exploration of knowledge, behavior, and pain. Original musical score created and performed by Eamon Goodman and Aimée Niemann.
LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture includes the House of Study for culture-makers located at the 14th Street Y in New York City. Each year, the diverse LABA Fellows–writers, dancers, musicians, actors and directors–partake in a yearlong study of classical Jewish texts, and then interpret them in their work which is featured in the online Journal and live events. A central focus of LABA is to present Judaism's rich literary and intellectual traditions in a non-denominational, non-religious setting, so that these writings may serve as inspiration for the fellows' art. LABA bases its study around a different theme each year, with this year's theme being LIFE + DEATH.
