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Ben Cunis is a senior company member of the DC-area Synetic Theater.

The Storehouse

July 14, 2011 By 1 Comment

At a time when US military presence around the globe falls under ever greater scrutiny, playwright Michael Silver begs the question “Can occupiers ever be truly accepted by the occupied?” Through the prism of a quiet Russian-occupied town in 1940′s-era Poland, Silver’s The Storehouse examines themes of national identity, forgiveness, and the utter futility of war. [Read more...]

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Ivan Caracalla, director of Zayed and the Dream

July 13, 2011 By 2 Comments

A conversation between Ben Cunis of Synetic Theater and Ivan Caracalla of Caracalla Dance Theater of Lebanon

Caracalla is, by all accounts, a phenomenon. Founded in 1968 by Abdel Halim Caracalla, the Lebanese dance-theater has toured all over the world, bringing its unique fusion of Middle-Eastern dance styles and Martha Graham’s developments in the form to international audiences. Their current production, Zayed and the Dream, will play for two sold-out performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on July 15th and 16th. [Read more...]

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