“The Adventures of Prince Achmed” with Live Score by Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble, artistic director, Jon Silpayamanant.
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The Chapel of St. Philip Neri, November 16, 2024
6:30: Doors
7:00-8:00: Opening performance by Misha Feigin (guitar), Jon Silpayamanant (cello), Gregory Acker (flute)
8:15-9:30: Live-to-projection of “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” with live score and overture by Saw Peep Pan-Asian Ensemble (projection by Roxell Karr of Camera Lucida).
About The Adventures of Prince Achmed:
“A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.”
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The film features a silhouette animation technique Reiniger invented that involved manipulated cutouts made from cardboard and thin sheets of lead under a camera. The technique is similar to Wayang shadow puppets, though hers were animated frame by frame, not manipulated live.
Sliding Scale $10-20
Children 12 and under get in free