From what began as a unique collaboration between cellist Maya Beiser (hailed “the cello goddess” by The New Yorker) and theatre director Robert Woodruff (called “the country’s most adventurous director” by Time Out New York) comes ELSEWHERE, a new CelloOpera by Maya Beiser with vocalist Helga Davis. A triptych of daring compositions by Eve Beglarian, Michael Gordon and Missy Mazzoli, ELSEWHERE is an imaginative and psychological retelling of the biblical story of Lot’s wife.

A sweeping assemblage of video designed by Peter Nigrini, choreography by Karole Armitage, environments designed by Riccardo Hernandez, and amplified, distorted and acoustic cello in tandem with spoken and sung texts by Erin Cressida Wilson and Henri Michaux. ELSEWHERE is an urgent dialogue between two female heroines communicating from opposite poles in time, ancient and modern, catastrophic and calm, both at the brink of apocalypse and nonexistence.


Download the official Elsewhere dossier here and visit the website for more details about the music, artists and performances!