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Jen Shyu: Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses

January 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM - 9:15 PM

$10 – $15

Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses is dedicated to Jen Shyu’s late mother and father who are now reunited: Ana Lay Shyu 徐轉寄 (May 16, 1944 – December 8, 2021) and Tsu Pin Shyu  徐澤濱 (January 19, 1941 – April 2, 2019).

Commissioned by John Zorn, the premiere in October 2019 of Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses was dedicated to Jen’s father, who passed away unexpectedly during a nap in his favorite chair while she was on a 5-month research fellowship in Japan. Unable to wake Jen’s father, Jen’s mother called 911 who arrived with their local Texas sheriff, who then sent Jen an email — which she first thought was spam — that her father had passed.

Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses is a raw, coming-of-age exploration of grief, legacy, family, race, sexuality, fertility, technology’s effect on our connection with nature and to each other, our own conflicting ambitions, and an investigation of life, from when Jen’s mother handed her Jen’s childhood diaries from a shelf in her father’s closet. Embodying Zero Grasses’ closing song, “Life As You Envision,” it was Jen’s parents who inspired her to live life as she envisions it.

Details

Date:
January 27, 2023
Time:
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
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Cost:
$10 – $15
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Website:
https://carolinaperformingarts.org/events/jen-shyu-zero-grasses/

Venue

CURRENT Art Space + Studio
123 W. Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 United States
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Phone
919.843.3333
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Organizer

Carolina Performing Arts
Phone
+1.962.843.3333
Email
performingarts@unc.edu
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