Seder Apokálypsis:
A Multi-Dimensional Liberation Ceremony
March 10th – 19th 2023,
on Ohlone Land at CSUEB University Theatre, Hayward
Tickets: https://www.showtix4u.com/events/17582
More Info:
https://www.csueastbay.edu/theatre/
—-Livestream for the performances on March 11th and 19th:
NOTE: This livestream link was just updated for the March 19th performance at 2pm PDT:
https://youtube.com/live/9YCTjpX5S1U
There will be ASL Interpretation for the performance on March 18th.
and
April 7th – 9th
on Tongva/Chumash Land at Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles
Tickets and More Info: https://www.highwaysperformance.org/
NOTE: Performer/Collaborators go to this site for all production logistics:
http://www.dandeliondancetheater.org/performer-collaborator-logistics/
Seder Apokálypsis: A Mutli-dimensional Liberation Ceremony is a collaborative dance/theater/music production by the Wandering Ensemble and friends that will be presented by the CSU East Bay Theatre and Dance Department in March 2023.
Eric Kupers, the Wandering Ensemble, and a diverse group of artists, scholars, activists, and spiritual leaders are collaborating on a multi-cultural performance exploration of the Jewish Passover Seder and celebrations of Freedom from many different ancestral lineages, in light of the current challenges our world is going through. Seder Apokálypsis is the primary public performance series of year 3 of Wandering in the Wilderness.
Straddling the worlds of performance, academic presentation, cultural exchange, religious ritual, transcultural community gathering, and sacred chaos event, Seder Apokálypsis will be an immersive, ever-evolving, participatory experience.
We are returning to the root meanings of “apocalypse” as a time of uncovering and revealing more expansive and liberatory ways of being together in community. We are asking ourselves and each other what is calling to be uncovered amidst all the challenges in our world today.
We will explore innovative intersections of dance, music, theatre visual art, film, interactive technology, academic research, community ritual, comedy, social justice provocations, flash mobs, improvisation, and things we can only dream up together once we’re in dialogue.
There are 15 parts to a traditional Seder, and so there will be 15 sections of this performance ceremony, co-created by folks from the CSUEB departments of Theatre & Dance, Interactive Art Graduate Program, Communication, Social Work, Kinesiology, and Music, as well as many different community groups and ensembles.
Stay tuned for more info: https://www.csueastbay.edu/theatre/
NOTE #2: We would love to include images of your ancestors in this production. Whether you are a performer/collaborator already, or just an interested citizen, please send any photos of your ancestors (ideally as far back as you can go) to eric.kupers@csueastbay.edu and we’ll incorporate them into this ancestor-honoring ritual performance.
photos by Devi Gill (Eric Kupers upside down on table), Anonymous (traditional family Seder and family meals from different cultures),
and Garvin Tso (Saraswathy Lakshmivaraham and CSUEB’s Seiryo Taiko)