On Thursday, April 18th WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire will air a segment from Deke Weaver’s CETACEAN (The Whale). The show opens with ten minutes of introduction to this unique interdisciplinary and multi-media performance, followed by 50 minutes of excerpts from the show. Prairie Fire is one of the 7486 reasons I love living in Central Illinois.
Inspired by the literary concept of the unreliable narrator and the medieval bestiary, The Unreliable Bestiary is an ark of stories about animals, humans, and planet Earth. With a team of award-winning collaborators, Deke Weaver’s life-long project is presenting a performance for every letter of the alphabet—each letter representing an endangered animal or habitat. Funny, dark, and haunting, CETACEAN (The Whale) – The Unreliable Bestiary’s sixth performance – featured dance, live sound design, and huge-scale video projection while interweaving tales of the sea and its failing ecosystems.
from Deke Weaver’s Unreliable Bestiary
In the meantime, read our interview with co-directors Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen, and check out our review of the show.
Excerpts from CETACEAN
WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire
Th Apr 18th, 7 p.m.
