Reminder! Dinner Theatre ticket sales end at the end of Friday, December 20. So if you want the farm-to-table feast included in your experience, make sure to get them early!
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A Winter Solstice Celebration
Deep Earth Magic | Ancestral High Art
Gourmet Farm-To-Table Fare
Announcing a new seasonal, “high art” dinner theatre series celebrating the solstices and equinoxes. This winter-solstice themed event will be held on December 21st, 2019, called Elding Frost - An Old World Yule Celebration, featuring gourmet farm-to-table fare, ancestral dance theater and live electronic music.
As the day draws to a close and the time of twilight comes, we welcome the wheel as it spins, gathering together on the darkest night of the year to celebrate the return of the light. Enter the festive hall full of evergreens and the soft glow of candle light. Long tables in the great hall gracefully adorned, ready to receive plates of YuleTide fare—a feast fit for the Gods. Enliven all the senses with music, food, drink, and art. A soundscape of synthetic sonority and vocal textures with rhythmic ritual dance. Ancient rites, bodies powerfully move to tell myth and story. A day now, a day yonder, a day of past yesterday, we remember to find peace in all of them. A moment of blessing, A new time of bringing, We wish health and happiness to all.
In support of KS Wild. As we celebrate the cycles of nature this solstice we would like to remember and honor the places we go to be wild and connect with our lands. The mountains, lakes, rivers and all the creatures that surround us here in Southern Oregon. These wild places are sacred and we like to give an opportunity to give to those who protect and steward our wilderness. Please consider donating when you purchase your ticket to EldingFrost and by giving an extra $5 - $20 to KS Wild, our local nonprofit whose mission is to protect and restore wild nature in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California.
Reminder! Dinner Theatre ticket sales end 12/18/19. So if you want the farm-to-table feast included in your experience, make sure to get them early!
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Music / Dance / Theater - Artists
JASON CEDAR AND MICHAL PALEWICZ
Opening artists Starting the evening Jason Cedar Miller on percussion and Michal Palewicz on Cello will be offering an enchanting ensemble as guests arrive and will accompany Haana during her dance set.
HÄANA
Los Angeles-based HÄANA is a one-woman orchestra, combining music + tech + art with Nordic/Icelandic influences set to a broken beat, often featuring avant-garde ballerinas in her stage shows, including her newly released music video GOLD. Her original productions are like a dynamic film score. HÄANA counts Massive Attack, Björk, and Trentemøller as influences in crafting her sounds, featuring electronica influences, synthetic sonority, and vocal textures. The resulting sonic palate takes listeners on a journey whose destination is a crossroads between classical and contemporary, organic & man-made, familiar and mysterious. She studied contemporary improvisation at New England Conservatory (Boston, MA), and electronic music production at Dubspot (NYC). In addition to touring the globe with EDM festivals and as a guest artist for brands such as Intel and Ferrari, and a guest resident artist at Berklee Music College in Valencia, Spain, HÄANA has appeared at Gillette Stadium w/ Kanye West opening for the Rolling Stones, Madison Square Garden for MTV (w/ Kanye), Harvey Nichols Fashion Show (Dubai), Abu Dhabi 3-day NYE Fest (UAE), Alvin Ailey Gala, Obama's Inaugural Ball, Michael Jordan's Wedding, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. HÄANA is also a film score composer and has scored a 90-min feature documentary This Cold Life (sponsored by Time, INC) and music for Heavy Water (sponsored by Red Bull).
HÄANA is also deep in the yoga/music/meditation scene, and performs her original orchestral and intuitive scores at numerous yoga festivals and studios around the world, including US and Canadian Wanderlust Festivals, collaborating with lauded teachers Elena Brower, Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Eoin Finn, Aarona Ganesan, Jill Knouse, and many others. She facilitates meditation experiences with her project DEEPSØNØS.
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DREYMA DANCE (RITUAL DANCE)
Dreyma is a visionary dance performance collective, comprised of professional ballerinas, bellydancers, modern dancers and character actors. Featuring original choreography, artistic composition and handmade costuming by directors Tracy Windisch and Marlowe Bassett. Ritual experience and visual storytelling by Aradia Sunseri. Dreyma takes you on a unique journey of creation, trial and growth; the dance between the Gods of the Old Norse pantheon and the humans they made to complete the world they designed. An age old story told through dynamic choreography, stunning tableus and character play. Set to a blend of old world and modern electronic music, featuring HÄANA and Laughing Matters. Dreyma Dance is a cutting edge performance experience of the highest caliber, inspiring and overwhelming the senses with beauty and fierce grace.
On the Solstice Eve, Dreyma Dance will take the audience on a journey through the Old Norse pantheon, creation and the unfolding of humanity on Midgard. Odin, Loki, and Freya join the Norns of fate and the Valkyries to guide humanity toward fullness.
After the feast, the second half of the evening will be centered around dancing. With a faster paced live electronic dance set by HÄANA, and more theatrical vignettes performed by Dremya Dance. As the wine is poured and the night carries on, DrumSpyder will deliver the climax of the dance party with distinctive style of organic, tribal folktronica. As an expert percussionist specializing in tambourines and frame drums, Drum Spyder weaves together intricate hand percussion and electronic sounds into finely sculpted grooves, deeply inspirational to the dance floor.
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DRUMSPYDER (DANCE PARTY)
Scott Sterling brings a deep love of rhythm, drums, and dance to his distinctive style of organic, tribal folktronica. An expert percussionist specializing in tambourines and frame drums, he weaves together intricate hand percussion and electronic sounds into finely sculpted grooves, equally inspirational to the dance floor and the on-stage performer. Drawing inspiration primarily from the music of the British Islands and Europe, his music is a unique alchemy of musical traditions, energetic tribal rhythms, and sensual pagan atmosphere.
Originating in San Francisco's crucible of bellydance, bass culture, and world music fusion, Drumspyder has come into his own as an original producer, building a substantial catalog of work on the Caravan, Dakini, and Desert Trax labels, then striking out on his own with 3 original EPs released independently since 2015. He is a prolific remixer, lending his signature live percussion and melodic touch to the Desert Dwellers, Deya Dova, Poranguí, and various traditional ensembles. His music has been featured in numerous dance DVDs and theatrical productions.
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FEAST - BY ASHLAND GOURMET CATERING
Note: for those of you who are not partaking in the farm-to-table feast, TonTon's Nectar Parlor will also be offering elixirs and organic snacks.
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Salad Course
All orders come with a salad course of Salad Roasted Beets, Scarlet Microgreens and Blood Orange Vinaigrette.
Entrée Option: Tenderloin of Beef
Rare Tenderloin of Beef with Pomegranate Sauce and Fried Leek Ribbons
Vegetarian Entrée Option
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Brown Butter, Truffle Marcona Almonds
and Sage Leaves
Entrée Option: Frenched Lamb Chops
Frenched Lamb Chops with Rosemary Twigs and Apple Pear Chutney
Entree Option: Filet of Salmon
Bronzed Filet of Salmon with Crispy Capers and Burnt Citron Wheels
Chocolate Mousse Cups
Chocolate Mousse Cups with Chocolate Leaves, Fallen Petals, Freyja Crème and Moondrops. Comes with all entre selections.
Accompaniments - Each Entrée comes with all three of the following:
Savory Smashed Potatoes with Rendered Fat
Fresh Root Vegetable Melangé with Wild Herbs and Edible Flowers
Wilted Greens with Pancetta and Garlic Chips
Note: above are not photos of the exact dishes that will be served, but very close approximations and similar caliber, created by Ashland Gourmet Catering.
Long banquet tables will fill the Great Hall decorated in natural elements, such as evergreens, stones, animal skulls, and soft candle light, evoking ancient Nordic / Icelandic influences.
During the first part of the evening guests will enjoy a three-course gourmet farm-to-table meal by Ashland Gourmet Catering, paced out during 90 minutes of avant-garde performances of live music and dance theater.
