Origami Night
& Peter DiMuro's Light Reading
DATES AND TICKETS INFO
This show is located in our studio. Use the doors to the right hand side of the theater when arriving from Arrow Street.
The performance runs approximately 75 minutes with no intermission.
This production contains flashing lights, references to assault, and is recommended for audiences 12+.
Performance Schedule (Click on Date For Tickets)
Sat. March 7th at 7:30 pm, Followed by a talkback with the artists
Ticket Information
Tickets for this event are listed at $50 in order to cover the artists’ costs but are available at a discount for $15 with the code ORIGAMI.
There is an add-on opportunity to donate and cover the costs of discounted tickets for other patrons.
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Origami Night is a multi-disciplinary choreo-poem utilizing spoken word, dance, and sensory design to trace a woman’s life from working class navy brat to radical feminist to mother, and explore aging, love, loneliness, and the queer act of self-examination. Described by The Sleepless Critic during a 2024 residency with Boston Center for the Arts as an “intense experience unlike anything I have seen before,” the piece features the poetry of Boston-based poet Pamela Annas, adapted for the stage by multimedia designer (and her son) Christopher Annas-Lee and choreographed by Graham Cole (a Portland, OR-based producer and Director of the Oregon dance presenter White Bird). Origami Night, which impressed The Somerville Times as “a deeply satisfying and authentic collaboration,” will begin its 2026 US Tour in Boston at Arrow Street Arts on March 5.
Joining the production’s Boston premiere is Peter DiMuro, alongside his ensemble Public Displays of Motion. DiMuro will present Light Reading, a contemplation on family, queerness, and the weight of legacy, on which he and Annas-Lee collaborated seven years prior at Gibney Dance (NYC). The work, commissioned in 1990 just blocks from Arrow Street Arts at Harvard Square's Cambridge Center for Adult Education, has been performed throughout the country and internationally in the repertory of both Public Displays of Motion and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
Origami Night will be performed live by Elenaluisa Alvarez, a Portland, OR-based dancer and former company member of Ballet Municipal de Lima (Lima, Peru), Bowen McCauley Dance Company (Washington, D.C.), Wonderbound (Denver, CO), and BodyVox (Portland, OR). Washington D.C.-based actress Luz Nicolas will voice the poetry of Pamela Annas. The creative team is composed of Pamela Annas (Author), Graham Cole (Choreographer), Christopher Annas-Lee (Lighting, Sound, & Scenic Designer; Librettist), and Virginia Belt (Costumes Designer).
Light Reading will be performed live by choreographer Peter DiMuro and the dancers of Public Displays of Motion. Christopher Annas-Lee will reprise his role as Production Designer
This show has been made possible through the generosity of the Cambridge Community Foundation. We are extremely grateful for their partnership.