Legendary international performance artist, Sha Sha Higby,
whirls within a dense, lacey thicket of her own design "In a Cloud
of Glass", premier of exotic sculptural costume & puppetry dance,
in a delicate drama of memory and timelessness. Internationally renowned
for her evocative and haunting performances, Higby is influenced by her
studies in Asia, Noh Theater, Butoh, shadow puppets, and textiles "...her
monumental props and costumes are...strung together with silk, wood, leaves
and lace slither leisurely across you imagination." Hiya Swanhuyser,
SF Weekly.. Bringing together sculptural costume, dance, and puppetry, In
a Cloud of Glass explores the atmospheric world within the magical borders
between death and life, and reflects Higby's recent travels to Myanmar and
Thailand. Higby mines the spiritual meaning in the physical discipline required
to devote up to two years developing a complex sculptural form. As stationary
art objects and as moving sculpture in her performances, these forms are
an invitation to a meditative space, !
where time slows down and we find ourselves quietly contemplating life's
mysteries."
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