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Performing Arts THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION/MOTI ROTI ALLADEEN DIRECTED BY MARIANNE WEEMS; CONCEIVED BY KEITH KHAN, MARIANNE WEEMS, AND ALI ZAIDI THURSDAY-SUNDAY APRIL 24-27, 2003 7:30 PM $24 ($20 WALKER MEMBERS) GUTHRIE LAB, 700 NORTH FIRST STREET, MINNEAPOLIS

York-based experimental theater company The Builders Association and London-based media-design-performance collective moti roti. Drawing from their experiences as citizens of the hybridized, urban landscapes of New York, London, and Bangalore, the two companies rethink conventional "multicultural" collaborations, focusing on the story of Alladeen (Aladdin in the West) and showing how cultures borrow, steal, and reinterpret each other's myths. With influences ranging from the ongoing exchange between Bollywood and Hollywood to the technology trade between India and the United States, Alladeen resonates with contemporary themes such as instant gratification, wish fulfillment, and rampant consumerism. Co-commissioned by the Walker; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the MIST Residency program at the Kitchen, New York City; and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Copresented with the Guthrie Theater. As a companion to the live performance, the artists have developed www.alladeen.com

CROSS CURRENTS: POSTSHOW DISCUSSION WITH MOTI ROTI/THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
FREE
GUTHRIE LAB, 700 NORTH FIRST STREET, MINNEAPOLIS
Following the Alladeen performance, artistic directors Keith Kahn and Ali Zaidi (moti roti) and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association) discuss their work and collaboration.  

ARTIST TALK
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2 PM
FREE
WALKER AUDITORIUM
Join Keith Kahn and Ali Zaidi (moti roti), Marianne Weems (The Builders Association), and Danny Yung (artistic director of Hong Kong's Zuni Icosahedron) for a discussion about the creation of multidisciplinary performance works and collaborations informed by a global context. 
 

SUPPORTED IN PART WITH FUNDS FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL, THE BUSH FOUNDATION, THE LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND, AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.