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What do the cards say?
In Tarotville™, the cards speak the language of dance, circus, and theater. Like all Tarot readings, the audience chooses each card and determines how the story unfolds. Each performance receives an unique hand. No one knows what will be revealed.
The Production
Tarotville™ is a spectacle of light, music, and movement. It features 5 dancers, a vocalist/actor, accompanying musician, and stage manager. Over the course of 60 min, the audience picks 8 cards at random from a deck of 18. The cards take you on a ride through humor, audience interaction, athletic movement, and moments when you want to stand up and dance.
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Cast and Creators
Starring Arielle Hassett, Bashaun Williams, Florian Alberge, Nora Price, Cameron Mertz with guest choreographer/movement coach Morgan Phillips, and previous cast members Jorji Diaz-Fadel and Ashley Jian Thomson
Conceived and created by: Stephen Brown
Sound score and songbook performed and rendered by: Raffi and Ischa
Additional music by: Michael Wall
Tarot and intuitive guidance by: Jennifer Beaumont
Photography by Paul Christean
About
Created by nonprofit SB Dance, Tarotville is part of a mobile concert program called Curbside Theater.
The show is distinguished by several traits: a movement idiom that borrows from pole dance and circus; random sequencing; audience interaction; and, like all Curbside pieces, the ability to be located in unique spaces. Tarotville premiered in 2023. 9 more sections– or “cards”– were created for the 2024 season.