FLORALIA: A May Day Festival

Our weekend of programming includes a Manhattan and Brooklyn premiere of our newest work, Sir Orfeo and culminates in a free, outdoor May Day celebration in Prospect Park!

Join us as we premiere our version of, SIR ORFEO, an old tale perfect for a spring evening.

Almost seven hundred years ago, a London contemporary of the young Chaucer recorded the ancient Orpheus myth into the Auchinleck Manuscript. In this Celtic-inspired version of the tale, our hero visits the realm of the Fairies rather than the spirits of the underworld. Be transported by Ben Matus’s arrangement of this Middle English legend, which reworks 14th-century English sources to set Middle English Lai to music.

Celebrate the season with us during a free, family-friendly MAY DAY event in Prospect Park, near Alkemie’s homebase. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to this casual, drop-in event, which will take place near the Peristyle on the south side of the Park.

May Day is a celebration of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, and Alkemie’s inaugural iteration will include a guided May Day dance, a demonstration of non-amplified medieval instruments, a May Day trivia scavenger hunt, optional participation in short scenes from a medieval play, and face painting!

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