Episode 114 | Creating Shadowland: Pilobolus

In this episode the team talks with Renée Jaworski–the Executive Director/co-Artistic Director of Pilobolus–about creating work that responds to different aesthetics and cultures, the process of creating Shadowland, and reimaging the show for Saudi Arabia. (34:29)  Episode Show kNOwtes | Podcast Home   The music at the end of the episode is courtesy of Pilobolus Dance Theater's show SHADOWLAND.  Part dance, part shadow act, part circus, and part concert,  SHADOWLAND is a surreal story of a young girl's sensational world as she comes of age, created in collaboration with the lead writer of SpongeBob SquarePants Steven Banks and the American musician, producer, and film composer David Poe, whose poetic work for SHADOWLAND ranges from ballads to hard-driving rock numbers that lift the audience out of its seats!

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