"Eternal return is the promise of the snake."
-Craig S. Barnes
What stories have shaped our collective consciousness, our world? What new stories can we tell that will uphold and protect the sanctity of all life?
Invaders of the Heart: The Return is a touring multimedia dance theater production from renowned choreographer and director Myra Krien, featuring the Mosaic Dance Company, the Starbelly Dancers, Drake von Trapp, and Kamrah. By exploring sacred symbols of rebirth, renewal, ecstasy, and our inextricable interconnectedness with the natural world, The Return looks to the past as a touchstone for examining our present and building our collective future. With prominent artist Michael Bergt's paintings as a striking backdrop for the dance, this collaboration is both visually stunning and powerfully prescient for these times.
Not able to make any of the live performances, or want to see the show again? Purchase the full-length recording of The Return below. All proceeds help support the tour!
About the Director
Myra Krien is the founder and director of Pomegranate Studios, a Santa Fe-based dance school and performing arts organization dedicated to education and community outreach.
The 2019 recipient of the Santa Fe Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, Krien is an award-winning dance artist, professional dance mentor, and international performer, choreographer and instructor of MENAHT (Middle Eastern, North African, Hellenistic and Turkish) dance forms.
About the Artist
Michael Bergt (b.1956) is a figurative artist whose work has been in a deep dialogue with art history over the course of his more than forty-year career. Working across drawing, sculpture, and primarily egg tempera painting, Bergt currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
He has had major exhibitions in New York, San Francisco and Santa Fe. Bergt has works in the permanent collection of: The Arnot Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Crystal Bridges Museum, Currier Museum, Evansville Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—de Young Museum, Frye Art Museum, Kalamazoo, Museum.
His works can be seen at michaelbergtart.com.
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Invaders of the Heart: The Return?
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