​​SYNOPIS

 

CHARACTERS 

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THE OPERATOR - Narrator 

​LESEDI - Lead Dancer (Young) & Soprano (Mid- Aged)

CUSTOS - Guide/Protector (Lone Cellist)

OSWIN - Higher Being (Baritone)

THE ASHEN - Dance Ensemble

THE CUSTODIANS - Chamber Choir

THE SONIC EMISSARIES - Chamber Orchestra

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The Operator (Narrator) - Opening Monologue (Unseen, Ever present. Surround Sound)

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Movement I (THE ASHEN)

We open on a stark stage where an ensemble cast of dancers (THE ASHEN) dressed head-to-toe in muddled grey tones shuffle lifelessly to a bleak 174 Hz drone, representing an unconscious wasteland detached from source, the majority crowd in current society.

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Among them, young dancer Lesedi already shows first signs diverging from the flock's choreographed motions. As the Ashen move in their synchronized, lifeless state, their movements appear to be operating at a slower frame rate, as if time itself is dragging for them. In contrast, young Lesedi's motions seem more fluid and natural, hinting at her gradual shift into a different dimensional state, although temporary.

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Enter the chamber choir (The Custodians) delicate haunting androgynous chants along with a silhouette figure playing a lone Cello melody. A faintly familiar song, Lesedi's grey clothing starts to show new hues of color.

 

Time stops. Frame rates shifts. For an instant she’s envelopes a new environment and immediately transported back to the known reality.
 

​Movement II (PATTERNS)

Now young adult dancer Lesedi continues straying from the lockstep rhythms over 285 Hz frequency deciding whenever or not to move toward to a more conscious choice of living, away from the drudgery of third dimensional life. THE ASHEN continue to dance in droned synch.

Throughout the the movement, a lone cello's echo, plays a hauntingly familiar yet beautiful melody that young Lesedi believes is playing in her head... this is Custos, a benevolent being guiding her through her evolution… He has been with her since birth as her guardian. She only beginning to hear him clearer in her early adulthood, through each movement his song gets louder.

Unclear on her next steps... she feels paralyzed of how to move forward. She is frozen on stage as as THE ASHEN move around her and her colors of light shift and she falls into a deep ... the dancers disperse and the stage goes black.

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Movement III  (THE VOID)

 Movement three is an ethereal dream sequence where Lesedi feels like she is floating in some alternate dimension- weightless in the depths of a vast void in space, an unfamiliar plane of the unconcious … to a soundscape in 432 HZ. It is an exploration of new parts of herself awakening represented with dark corners of the stage and pops of light as the dancers move around in in different vibrant colors, alien and unfamiliar… she floats mid stage suspended in the air … this dream is a journey into the unknown and starting to feel a life in color away from The Ashen, discovering an alternate reality of her own existence. Custos' song remains ever present a visits again in this dream state. 

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Movement IV (IN THE MIDDLE - BREATH)

Opening on a golden lit stage enters a towering more confident, mid aged Lesedi moving slowly walking toward center stage. She is no longer the young lost girl she was before, she is now in full acceptance of her gifts, still learning to recognize the signs. A long pause and breath as she takes in the new and lets go of the old that no longer serves her. She stands tall and starts to sing Custos familiar song. Her voice is now rich and powerful. The Sonic Emissaries & Custodians join her melody.

As their song flows Lesedi looks to one corner of the stage to see young dancer Lesedi her former self and nods to thank her and then looks to the other side of stage and sees Custos. She invites him to join her. Their song crescendos and to the left of the stage where young Lesedi once stood now appears a beautiful, tall other-worldy man and Custos motions him to now join them to make a trio. This is Oswin. A towering frame exuding a powerful, almost mythical presence. A rich baritone voice radiates from his being, mesmerizing and resonant. Deep obsidian eyes that seem to contain untold wisdom and mysteries. He is her higher self from another dimensional time line.

As the uplifting music continues to ring throughout the theater, the stage fades to black, into complete silence. Pause. We begin to hear the echos of dissonant tones...

The ASHEN return -permanent residents in the lower realm 

Enter the Operator in Physical Form (Narrator)

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Movement V (LESEDI'S ESCAPE)

In this 5th movement we see Lesedi's mournful transition from her former self to a new state of being. On a dark stage, she moves slowly in grief, accompanied by melancholy haunting music and shadowy dancers mirroring her inner turmoil, morning her past self and perceived old limitations. A bright light suddenly appears, drawing Lesedi towards it , as The Ashen (dancers) depart. She begins to shed her former self as the yearning music builds and she joins Oswin and Custos creating a new hopeful melodies together. Finally the trio bathing in the warm light, though still weighed by the past, they exude hopeful transcendence as the melody., a short reprise of the title song in "Breath" with new found depth in 852hz .

Lesedi once again experiences an altered illumination of a timeline shift.

Ending on an internal realization song of struggles with The Ashen called "Lesedis Escape"

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Movement VI (SEE THROUGH THEIR EYES) 

With new way of being , the finale soars as Lesedi and Oswin's voices sung atop the 963 Hz vibrational tone- the infinite current beyond visible dimensions where beginnings meet no end. The trio unites in a symphonic crescendo with Lesedi, Oswin & Custos in an epic song together as one! (Soprano, Baritone & Cello) Their song trembles and makes waves through veils as dancers left below remain still, anchored by weights of this dense plane. Their final voices sing purely as one, shedding the last shreds of illusions. The Sonic Emissaries and The Custodians accompany in a chant as awakened sound reaches but does not yet wake the sleeping souls left behind as dancers left below remain still, anchored by weights of mistaken identity. Lesedi and Oswin ascend as one and walk up and off stage. Custos disappears into the dancers to find his next protege.

​​Throughout the opera, the shifting frame rates and dimensional transitions are not just visual effects, but are deeply integrated into the music and choreography, creating a multi-sensory experience.

 

 

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