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Murray Schafer’s work for solo harp with percussion which follows the Greek myth of Theseus and Ariadne in the labyrinth with a series of six dances. In collaboration with artist Patrick Michael Ballard, I curated a highly ritualized performance through the incorporation of masks, scene objects, and non-traditional staging. Motivated to provoke Schafer’s original vision of the work, the resulting performance was an exploration of the value of ceremony intrinsic to my practice and an attempt to synthesize my varied interests as a harpist, a maker, a researcher, and a storyteller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f777f4d68270e0f017224fc/1607395399996-7LZ8T3QRTMRE9DLHGW5A/IBG_3204.jpg Works - The Crown of Ariadne https://www.melissaachten.com/works/endbringer monthly 0.5 2020-12-08 https://www.melissaachten.com/works/fools-window monthly 0.5 2020-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f777f4d68270e0f017224fc/1606944855102-WIKCU9US5U57579693J3/AF8CF063-D159-4A07-BE32-5FBE258C977E_1_201_a.jpeg Works - Fool's Window - Fool’s Window Fool’s Window is an immersive theater work by Los Angeles artist Patrick Michael Ballard that premiered September 2020 in which I performed a collection of improvisations for solo prepared harp. 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