In August and September of 2010, Pegleg presented ONE ARM AND A LEG at the Theater for the New City and HERE Arts Center in downtown Manhattan. ONE ARM AND A LEG is a piece of devised theater inspired by Yasunari Kawabata's short story One Arm. The style of writing calls our attention to what is missing in the language—to what has been lost in translation as this story makes its way to America from Japan.
With ONE ARM AND A LEG, Pegleg seeks to place the extant themes of Kawabata's story in dialogue with our own ponderings on physical loss, the location of home, and identity as expressed and experienced through the body. At times poetic, at times violent, ONE ARM AND A LEG seeks to provoke, to meditate, to linger on such questions as: Where does one person end and another person begin? In what sense do we own our own bodies? How is identity related to the physical self? Using dance, video, music, and text, Pegleg attempts to open up a discussion about these themes and investigate the role of loss in human life during moments of connection and moments of departure.
Directed by: Calla Videt
Asst. Directed by: Ilinca Radulian Produced by: Kevin Davies, Allison Kline, Lauren Rayner
Choreography by: Jeffrey Kuperman, Ricky Kuperman
Stage Manager: Kara Kaufman
Asst. Stage Manager: Laura Hirschberg
Scenic Design: Melissa Goldman
Lighting Design: Mary Ellen Stebbins
Video Design: Trevor Martin
Costume Design: Sarah Kenney
Props Design: Julie Ross
Graphic Design: Julia Lindpaintner
Video Op.:Lillian Rodriguez
Collaborators: Mike Handelman, Faith Imafidon, Stuart Kramer, Julia Renaud
Starring:
Merrie Jane Brackin
Arlo Hill
Catrin Lloyd-Bollard
Jeffrey Kuperman
Rick Kuperman
Jamie Nelson
Aya Tucker
Liz Walker
Want to receive updates about Pegleg's future projects? Sign up for our mailing list here, or get in touch via email: we can be reached at pegleg@pegleg.org.
