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January 24, 2015, 8:00 pm
Location Alexander Kasser Theater
SponsorPeak PerformancesCost$20; no charge for undergraduates with valid MSU ID, courtesy of your Performing Arts FeeMore Informationhttp:/‌/‌peakperfs.montclair.edu/‌peak-programming-2014-15/‌at-the-same-timePosted InPeak Performances
PremiereAmerican PremiereArtistRobyn Orlin | Compagnie Jant-BiTicketshttp://peakperfs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=1631&ActCode=106015
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A piece by Robyn Orlin
Performed by the Dancers of Compagnie Jant-Bi (Germaine Acogny, Artistic Director)
Assistant Choreographer Shush Ténin
Lighting by Laïs Foulc
Video by Aldo Lee
Costumes by Birgit Neppl
Scenography by Robyn Orlin, in Collaboration with Maciej Fiszer 

Robyn Orlin, whose exuberant Walking next to our shoes… thrilled audiences in 2011, makes a much-anticipated return to the Kasser with a new work performed by Dakar’s famed Compagnie Jant-Bi. Inspired by the festive, colorful Sénégalese tradition of the Faux Lion, a rite designed to engender bravery in children, At the same time… blends song and dance, personal stories, and audience interaction – all filtered through Orlin’s unique lens on the pressures of contemporary African life.

Read The New York Times review of At the same time...

Read The New York Times' 2011 interview with Robyn Orlin

Click to learn more about Compagnie Jant-Bi 

70 minutes, no intermission.

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A production of City Theatre and Dance Group, Damien Vallette, producer.  Co-produced by La Halle aux Grains, Scène nationale de Blois; Festival Rayons Frais, Tours; L’Opéra de Lille; Le Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Les Treize Arches, Scène conventionnée de Brive; Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg.  Additional production support is provided by Région Centre (France).  École des Sables provided a residency at Toubab Dialaw for the work’s development.