A living embodied epic

Mercy of Trees

2014–ongoing

A living embodied epic in development. Harp, voice, song and dance. Coming as a podcast, video series and app.

Photograph: audience, Jefferson Market Library & Garden, New York City, 2014.

Mercy of Trees is a living embodied epic told through harp, voice, song and step dance: a Romani story of moving with time, carried forward rather than reconstructed. It began as a site performance in Jefferson Market Garden, Greenwich Village, in 2014 and is now in development as a podcast, a video series and an app.

Russell Patrick Brown performing at night in the garden under bright light
Keelie Sheridan and Kamaria Dailey reaching hands in the night garden
A dancer arches back beneath the brick vault
Keelie Sheridan in white, lit in darkness
drag →

Credits

  • Performance: Mercy of Trees, September 27, 2014
  • Venue: Jefferson Market Library & Garden, Greenwich Village, New York City
  • Dancers: Kamaria Dailey, Keelie Sheridan & Russell Patrick Brown
  • Choreography & Direction: Luis Villabon & Russell Patrick Brown
  • Composer & Harper: Russell Patrick Brown
  • Lighting and photographs: audience
  • Videographer: James Eden

Follow the work

The first season is in development. Field notes and previews go out through Gypsy Fires.

See Also

Mercy of Trees: A living embodied epic | Russell Patrick Brown