Performance: 7:30p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27th
ATLAS Black Box theater
Art Installation: Monday, Feb. 15th - Wednesday, Feb 2/24
ATLAS lobby |
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Hullo, My Name is Lily Foster, an interdisciplinary, multimedia production, combines music, dance (both modern and aerial), visual arts, poetry, electronic technology and video. The production is written and produced by Hunter Ewen, a CU-Boulder College of Music doctoral program student. Actress and soprano Elizabeth Comninellis plays title character Lily Foster, an 18 year-old abuse survivor.
The show will be performed one evening only, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27th in the ATLAS Institute’s Black Box theater at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A reception, free and open to the public, will follow. Admission is free; reservations are recommended.
Writer and director Ewen explained, "The story we’re telling is about a young woman, Lily Foster, who suffered sexual abuse as a child. We see what life is like through her eyes." He continued, "She is very artistic, expressive and musical, so we use all kinds of technology, musical genres and media to reveal who she is."
A related component of the project is an art and video show installed in the ATLAS lobby consisting of 13 paintings by Ewen along with a video running on the ATLAS video wall. The video artwork will cycle through more than 3,000 photos, as well as comments and conversations from Lily Foster's online interactions, FaceBook page, etc... The Lily Foster art and video installation will run from Monday, Feb. 15th to Wednesday, Feb. 24th. Click here to visit the ATLAS Lily Foster page for more information.

Valerie posing in an uncomfortable position

Chris Walls in character, up close

Testing the lighting and projection in ATLAS

Liz, in character, posing next to a large pile of garbage

A group of performers rehearse the second movement, Curious Folkways and Sticky Disgrace

Plunge (63" x 40" acrylic and shoe on canvas)

blurry writing on fancy background (video projection)

One frame from the video wall element of the art installation in ATLAS

Valerie dancing
on red fabric

Liz in character, walking by gross garage door

Anthony perfecting the piano part in rehearsal

Tangle of arms and legs (live video synthesis of dancers)

Tombstone with Lily's reflection (video projection)

Liz writing down movement titles for video playback

music, text, and images © 2010 Hunter Ewen |