THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

CONJUNCTION

A circus solo synthesis
by Maia and Medea Ramnath-Christiansen

January 4 – 7, 2024
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets: $18, Students, Seniors, Children $15
Run Time: 80 minutes including 15 minute intermission
JOHNSON THEATER

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)

Conjunction is a tale of two travelers, told through a blend of aerial, dance, contortion, text and video.

One is on a quest to find a place in the world through responsibilities to history, moving from alienation to purpose and meaning.

One is on a quest through the wilderness of the psyche, moving from mental health crisis to healing and recovery.

Each traveler becomes a witness to the other’s journey, first from a distance, then closer and closer, until witnesses become participants as the paths converge. Each course changes the other, along with all that we carried with us to that meeting place. Who am I? Where do I fit? Why am I the way I am? Why is it the way it is? The big picture and the inner landscape need each other to be whole. We help each other bear the things we carried. Two stories become one story. The path continues forward, together.

Performed by
Medea Ramnath-Christiansen, Maia Ramnath-Christiansen

Choreography, text and video by
Medea Ramnath-Christiansen, Maia Ramnath-Christiansen

Lighting Design by Michael-Zero Zumbrun

Photo credit:
@pcfwrk (main image), Andrew T. Foster (small images)

This production is funded in part by the DCLA and NYSCA.

This piece was created with the support of the Bindlestiff First of May grant, Dragon’s Egg Studio (Ledyard, CT) residencies, and the Circus Culture/Saltonstall Hupstate Residency (Ithaca, NY).