SALT, NYC

Performance

Brooklyn Center for Theater Research | July 26-28, 2024 | Brooklyn, NY

ABOUT

Directed by Mamie Green, writers Sammy Loren and Ellington Wells reimagine Euripides’ Medea, setting the iconic tragedy in LA’s shimmering art world. Harpist Melissa Achten and composer Eli Klausner score the piece live as actors Ellington Wells (Medea), and George Olesky (Jason) split the audience in two and recount their side of the story. Performed by dancers Michaela Esteban, Mateo Vidals, and Mamie Green, SALT makes audiences question their assumpitons of right and wrong, truth and power, all while leaving everyone with conflicting conclusions about what was just witnessed.

PRAISE FOR SALT, NYC

“As a director and choreographer, Green deftly navigates the space between theater and dance.” – Culturebot

“SALT is a rich and energizing work. In a moment when minimalist, abstract post-modern dance is making a comeback among young choreographers in New York City, Green’s athletic lexicon of movement and embrace of narrative is refreshing. Updating a story like Medea to comment on the state of the culture industry is also clever, and places Volta in the tradition of avant-gardists who have reimagined classical myths to address their present.” – Culturebot

“I started to see the work not as a dyadic view of Medea and Jason’s experiences, but as a kaleidoscopic portrait of Medea’s psyche: a mishmash of repressed thoughts, disscociations, cathexis, projections and interjections. The dancers were not embodied reenactments of the plot, but representations of the fratured state of a woman confused and in despair.” – Culturebot

Photos by Patrick Driscoll