Mitsu Salmon
Friday October 17
730pm
Saturday October 18
230 and 730pm
Leona Wagner Blackbox
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I’m so excited to finally share Desert Turtle here in my home city of Salt Lake!
This is a solo performance that weaves together music, video, dance, and storytelling. The piece explores my mother’s journey migrating from Japan to the Mojave Desert and my own journey of becoming a mother in the desert.
The original version centered on my mother’s story and was presented as a film, record, and music performance. This new version builds on that earlier work, adding my own perspective as a mother and the way that lens lets me see my mother’s travels differently.
I shared a work-in-progress music only version back in 2021, but this will be the very first time I’m presenting the full performance here. The piece was further developed at Steppenwolf in Chicago (you can read a review here) and has since toured to Philadelphia, Arkansas, and Boston.
I am thrilled to finally bring this home and share it with you — and even more excited to share the evening with the incredible Kellie St. Pierre, who is presenting a stunning multimedia ensemble work.
Tickets are $15 with the discount code landscape:
https://rdtutah.org/show-item/rdts-link-series-presents-landscapes-within-and-without/