Whoa. I just watched it. It was mesmerizing--the dance-movements, so slow, and the words ...

I love the libretto. I told the composer if I had encountered it in a collection of poetry, I'd have bought the collection on the spot, and it's true.

("Magic is but words and bodies" and "gold, gunships, articles, contract-law and theatre" were two of the lines that struck me deeply, too.)

Those last ones: the performer is holding the piece of glass so it just frames her face, and her face looks like one of these Fayum mummy portraits, and it's fitting.

I didn't even think of that: I like it.

Thanks so much for sharing this. I shared it with the healing angel's SO, whose many interests include choral work, Jewish history, and marginalized people.

You're welcome! I have seen so few things like this piece and I love them.