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"Elemental Ensemble and the University of Minnesota Present World-Premiere of Play Based on Hayy ibn Yaqzan Masterwork of Islamic literature is newly adapted for stage"

Minneapolis, MN (February 8, 2011)—The University of Minnesota is presenting the world premiere of the play Journey, a new English translation and adaption of Hayy ibn Yaqzan, considered one of the spiritual and scientific masterpieces of the medieval Islamic world. Written in the 12th century by Ibn Tufayl, an Andalusian Muslim philosopher and physician, it is the story of the parentless boy Hayy (called Cyrus in this production), who is raised in the wild by a gazelle. The death of his gazelle mother sends Hayy on a voyage of scientific inquiry and self-discovery.

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We are looking for a theater stripped of artifice, a theater without the influence of cinema and television. We are in search of a theater that will engage the imagination of its audience, an audience as creative as the performers. Our subject is the subject of Man with all of His complexities and dilemmas. And this dialogue can only take place in the light, not in the shadows of stage lighting; acting and speaking to the darkness. Our light is as bright as the sun’s on the stage. We are Elemental Ensemble and we are returning to the basic elements of theater.