MEDIATHEK

Fort Blossom, choreographed and designed by Jasperse, is a 40-minute work that premiered in 2000 at The Kitchen with original performers Miguel Gutierrez, John Jasperse, Parker Lutz, and Juliette Mapp. The work has been revisited and expanded into a 60-minute work for four new performers, Ben Asriel, Lindsay Clark, Erika Hand, and Burr Johnson. Fort Blossom revisited (2000/2012) is a personal look at the body (alternately medical, eroticized and/or aestheticized). The audience is invited to examine contemporary notions of how we experience the body as both owners and spectators.

"I would like to express my deepest gratitude, both to the original performers with whom I created Fort Blossom in 2000 and to the current performers who have recreated, revised and expanded these roles. I am deeply indebted to all of them for their creative contributions, their artistry, their generosity of spirit, and their trust. This project was a lovely moment of discovery in 2000 and has been an equally lovely rediscovery for me personally. In returning to it 12 years later, it has felt just as exciting and engaging as it originally did, perhaps even more so."

- John Jasperse

ORIGINAL ROLES CREATED BY: Miguel Gutierrez, Parker Lutz, Juliette Mapp and John Jasperse

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN: Stan Pressner

ORIGINAL SOUND MIX: Michael Floyd

ORIGINAL COSTUME CONSTRUCTION: Deanna Berg

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