OTHERS

Presented January 2020 at the Loading Dock Theater as part of The Exponential Festival 2020.

Created and Directed by Dmitri Barcomi

Aimée Niemann (Violinist) • Seth Majnoon (Choreographer) • Dylan Gurerra (Dramaturg) • Jacqueline Reed (Intertitle Co-Design) • Christina Tang (Lighting Designer)

Featuring: Anna Dresdale, Aleksandr Krapivkin*, Jess Orense, Josiah Vasquez

Others is a movement-based interdisciplinary interpretation of Weimar era German silent film “Different from the Others.” Released in 1919, it was the first gay rights movie ever made and tells the story of a talented gay violinist who is blackmailed by an extortionist, featuring vignettes of gay life in Weimar Berlin. “Others” adapts this film to the medium of live performance, with an interdisciplinary twist. Integrating interactive intertitles (title cards present in silent films) and a musical score including live violin music accompanies the movement based silent story.

Photos by Jake King.

*Member of Actors Equity Association