MILK
by Volta
November 10 – 12, 2022
“Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.”
– Euripides, Medea
The Institute of Art and Olfaction and Los Angeles based dance theatre company Volta will present the world premiere of “MILK,” a multi-sensory dance performance that tells the story of feminine desire and revenge.
Drawing in part from the Greek tragedy “Medea,” the work mixes dance, prose, sound, and scent to examine the construction of feminine desire and destruction. While writer Alexis Okeowo orates an original epic narrative, Volta will use movement to map the contemporary politics of hysteria, beauty, and revenge. Harpist Melissa Achten will score the performance live and sound architect Nicholas Snyder will create an accompanying composition.
Volta is collaborating with the Institute of Art and Olfaction to develop custom blends that tell the story through scent.
Green and Paradowski will be joined by dancers Kaia Makihara, Madi Tanguay, and Keilan Stafford.
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday Nov. 10, 6pm
Friday, Nov. 11, 6pm
Saturday Nov. 12, 6pm
Location:
The Institute for Art and Olfaction
932 Chung King Rd.
Los Angeles CA 90012
Tickets available: https://tickets.voltacollective.com/
SCENTS
Medea, Young
A smell of youth, sensuality, and otherness. The Helper-Maiden for Jason’t quest for the Golden Fleece, the granddaughter to the sun god Helios, and a foreigner in Greece.
Notes: Helios Accord (Cinnamon, Clove, Saffron, Blood Orange), Light Florals, Fresh Grapes, Fig.
Medea, Murderer
A scorned woman, burning with rage, Medea flees on Helios’ chariot after murdering her children.
Notes: Helios Accord (Cinnamon, Clove, Saffron, Blood Orange), Unwashed Body, Earth, Blood, Burning Fire.
Jason
An epic hero, a sailor, an adventurer, a father, a husband, a lover, ambitious, and cruel.
Notes: Fresh Sweat, Muscled Body, Leather, Ship’s Wood, the Ocean.
The Innocents
Medea and Jason’s children, victims of their parents’ fury.
Notes: Sweet Bread, Warm Skin, Blood, Milk.
Scents made by Saskia Wilson-Brown for the Institute for Art and Olfaction
ABOUT VOLTA
Directed by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, Volta fuses physicality, theatricality and multidisciplinary approaches to performance. Volta is passionate about presenting dance in accessible, nontraditional spaces, often collaborating with artists across mediums. Volta’s work expresses the communal rage, wonder, and love that connects us all. It has been presented in the US and Europe at Hošek Contemporary, NAVEL LA, the Museum of Neon Art, Orange County Dance Festival, Sade Gallery, Lash Social Club and at multiple Dance Film Festivals.
https://www.voltacollective.com/
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