PLAYS
Requiem for a Glacier (Iceland)
© Chantal Bilodeau
Currently in development
The fourth play of the Arctic Cycle, Requiem for a Glacier is a collaboration with composer Matthew Burtner and director Katie Pearl. An interactive piece with a live soundscape and a choir, Requiem for a Glacier invites attendees to honor a glacier in Iceland that was declared dead from climate change at the age of 700. Conceived as a theatrical ritual, it travels between deep time, mythological time, and today, and builds on the idea of glaciers as sentient beings.
Requiem for a Glacier is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Arctic Cycle is a series of eight plays that look at the social and environmental changes taking place in the eight Arctic states.
