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Orpheus Ascending (video)

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Excerpt from the Florence Dance Company's performance of the multimedia dance event, Orpheus Ascending, with Adi Da's Image-Art in the background. The music is Ray Lynch's "Passion Song", from his album, Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening.

Orpheus Ascending was a highlight of the October 8, 2015 Finissage Event for The Ascent of Orpheus, the exhibition of Adi Da's art at the Bargello Museum in Florence that ran from July 9 to October 11, 2015.

Choreography: Keith Ferrone
Artistic direction: Marga Nativo
Featured dancers:
Daniel Sandwiches (Orpheus)
Ylenia Mendolicchio (Eurydice)
Emilia Giubasso (chorus)
Virginia Montel Brains (chorus)
Jane Llaha (chorus)
Elisa Torrigiani (chorus)

The video clip is from a longer Toscana TV News clip with noted journalist Fabrizio Borghini reporting on the Finissage Event.

Image-Art. For more about Adi Da's Image-Art, click here. You can also read the latest edition of Adi Da's book of essays about His Image-Art, Transcendental Realism. For exhibitions and other special events associated with Adi Da's Image-Art, click here.

  • Poster: AdiDaUpClose
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  • Length: 05:03
  • Date Added: October 13, 2015
  • Event Date: October 8, 2015

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