Anikaya Dance Theatre: 'Conference of the Birds' | Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College | Dance | Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice

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Anikaya Dance Theatre: 'Conference of the Birds'

Written in the 12th century, The Conference of the Birds by the classical Persian poet Farid Ud din Attar follows the avians of the world as they go on a quest to find a legendary bird of myth, the Simurgh. (And, yes, it turns out that the real Simurgh was the friends they made along the way.) Anikaya Dance Theatre, inspired by this ancient epic, crafts a multimedia performance packed with timely themes. Questions of how we may all find our way together are asked and answered in this stirring confluence of movement, sound and light.

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