Resounding Trees: Words and Notes on the Rise
Bozeman June 27
Tippet Rise June 28 & 29
In Resounding Trees, MIST uses music, plein air painting, poetry, classical literature and Pulitzer-prize winning modern novels set in nature itself to explore the ancient calling that trees and humans have with each other.
SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM THIS SHOW.
Richard Powers, in his 2019 Pulitzer - Prize winning novel, The Overstory, says
“You and the tree in your backyard come from a common ancestor. A billion and a half years ago, the two of you parted ways. But even now, after an immense journey in separate directions, that tree and you still share a quarter of your genes. . . .”
MIST has created an 80 minute walking production that explores the connection between trees and humans. A double string quartet performing original music underscoring sections from The Overstory, a plein air painter creating a master replication of a growing tree, indigenous people from two cultures worlds apart, and professional actors breathing new life into classical literature, all come together our trek through nature. Fourteen artists weave together their craft, informed by the performance space, which is Montana nature itself.
Go to our “Programs” page on this website to see our online program for Resounding Trees. The artists are pictured along with more context for each of the scenes performed.
Scroll through this gallery of pictures from this very memorable production of “Resounding Trees” performances:
