[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.18,0:00:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[STEADY PERCUSSIVE SOUNDS] Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.56,0:00:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PERFORMER SINGING] Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.44,0:00:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RAUL DE NIEVES]\NI remember moving to New York Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.24,0:00:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coming here to The Kitchen\Nto see a production, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.10,0:00:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now our work is being mounted here. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.12,0:00:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["New York Close Up"] Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.18,0:00:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a dream anymore! Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.68,0:00:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[COLIN SELF] This is our first time ever \Nmaking a real opera. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.94,0:00:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Raúl de Nieves and Colin Self Harmonize"] Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SCREAMING IN UNISON] Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.42,0:00:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] I play the dog. Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.64,0:00:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] I'm the old woman. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.32,0:00:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] And the old woman is the wisest. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.24,0:00:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF LAUGHS] Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.36,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] She is. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] I don't know, I think the dog might\Nbe the wisest. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.04,0:00:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] Well the dog and the old woman are\Nthe same person actually, so... Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.38,0:00:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] But they are the same person. Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES]\N--Or maybe it's like I give you my hand or something. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Like what if we never touch hands or something? Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.64,0:01:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--We're so far away from one another. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MOANING IN UNISON] Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.40,0:01:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES]\N--I think that's really good. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.40,0:01:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF]\N--Yeah. Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.48,0:01:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BOTH LAUGH] Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.44,0:01:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES]\N--You're so crazy Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.98,0:01:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF]\N--That's cool. Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.06,0:01:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--You and I having this really still interaction... Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.62,0:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] Colin and I met while we were\Nboth asked to play a show. Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.64,0:01:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] I think I had just moved to New York, Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.46,0:01:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember that I was trying to find\Na sense of community or place. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.72,0:01:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BOTH SCREAM] Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] I had recently migrated from Mexico\Nto America, Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.22,0:01:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and music was the first escape\Nof my everyday reality. Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.78,0:02:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is when I was starting my band, Haribo. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.08,0:02:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were kind of creating more of\Na noise soundscape to this performance. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.94,0:02:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colin had performed before us. Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.24,0:02:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just remember seeing him thrashing around. Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.44,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] It was just one of those things\Nof watching someone perform and being like, Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my gosh, we are from the same universe!" Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.60,0:02:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] It's never been me, me, me, me,\Nme, you know-- Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.90,0:02:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always been me and you. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] Us, us, us, us, us, us, us, us. Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.90,0:02:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] My friends teach me how to give,\Nhow to receive. Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.46,0:02:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the little help each one of us gives\None another, Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.61,0:02:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would actually be very hard to sustain\Na normal life. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.95,0:02:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES]\N--It's real! Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.11,0:02:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friends are my guidance. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.42,0:02:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF]\N--Why don't we get into a circle. Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.54,0:02:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PERFORMERS SINGING] Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.68,0:03:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The majority of the people who've joined Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.51,0:03:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been a part of this ongoing choir practice\Nthat I've been leading. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.08,0:03:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF SINGING]\N--Letting it warm up the room. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.34,0:03:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started just thinking about what does it mean\Nto gather people together to sing? Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.20,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can come from that? Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.32,0:03:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt really powerful in a way that\NI wasn't anticipating. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.22,0:03:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] Personal experiences really helped\Nshape the work. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.20,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mexico, we didn't really have much\Nexposure to contemporary art. Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.70,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I always looked up to the performers I\Nsaw on the street, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.82,0:03:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,portraying these characters through \Ncostume and props Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.78,0:03:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spontaneous street performance. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.54,0:03:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Performance really opened up a\Nvoid for me to experiment with art. Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.38,0:04:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sets and the costumes\Nwere made from pretty much nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always wanted this grand set of doors. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.68,0:04:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the help of non-for-profit organizations,\Nlike Materials for the Arts, Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.30,0:04:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were able to acquire all the gems. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.16,0:04:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else was just\Na labor of love. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.52,0:04:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SELF] "The Fool" itself is a characterization\Nof learning-- Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this practice of discovery, Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.74,0:04:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the time they finish their journey,\Nare back where they began. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.96,0:04:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS] Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.24,0:04:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[STRING AND VOCAL PERFORMANCE INTENSIFIES] Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.72,0:04:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DE NIEVES] Every character on stage is \Nthe fool Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.88,0:05:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the child, the mother, Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fools that are hidden in the background, Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old woman and dog. Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.58,0:05:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[YELLING] Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.94,0:05:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially,\Neach character sees something different. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.68,0:05:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why at the end Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.09,0:05:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dog comes back\Nand speaks to this old woman Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.44,0:05:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remind her that\Nshe has had all this wisdom within herself. Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.72,0:05:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[PERFORMERS SINGING]