Harold Arts and J Ashley Miller present MODERN HEROISM ACT I : AVATAR NINJA
Saturday March 5th 2011 8PM
Secret Location -- RSVP ONLY (rsvp@haroldarts.org)

Compete : $10 (free beer)
Feast : $50 limited seating available

A message from J Ashley Miller :

Under the scrutiny of intelligence, the Hero's Shadow is the primordial villain.

In order to catch some of your Shadow you need three basic things: speed, stealth, and awareness.
Each of these gifts are attainable, though the means of their acquisition are usually drab and repetitive. Lucky for us, there is a holistic practice which both cultivates these three skills AND is actually fun. This practice is called Ninja. Now, you may think that a ninja is a hackneyed cultural artifact, a traditional private agent of death and deceit which provided espionage and mercenary service to the feudal Japanese elite.  But I am talking about Ninja, a new form of school-yard-style game.  Like all truly fantastic games, the rules of Ninja are simple:

Only one Ninja may move at a time, clockwise according to the position of the player at the         beginning of the game. An offensive move out of turn calls for disqualification.

If your hand is touched by another Ninja, you lose  

Ninjas must uphold their own Honor

Interpretations of Honor vary from community to community, and player to player.  However, there are a basic set of honorable understandings which most ninjas seem to uphold.

At the end of your attack, you should instantly freeze.

    If you recoil before another Ninja has attacked, you return to your previous position.

Simultaneously physical, poetic, proper, performative, and preposterous, Ninja is poised to be the training tool for a new breed of contemporary hero. For AVATAR NINJA, competitors will play in six distinct styles demonstrated by visiting masters. Ninjas participating in the open tournament will be accompanied by a pit of musical avatars, including Jeff Kimmel, David Moré, Frank Van Duerm and more.

Don’t want to play?  Enjoy a feast courtside.  A portion of your meal ticket goes to feed hungry residents attending Harold Arts’ 2011 Residency Programs. Our chef Sy Barsheshet will be preparing an Olympic feast of festive treats.  

Including:

    International Antipasto
    Moroccan Chicken
    Braised Short Ribs
    Mashed Sweet Potatoes
    Chinese Broccoli
    Seasonal Broth
    Chianti and homemade cider courtesy of Joe Grimm   

The tournament's champion will more than likely spring unseen from the masses, and so we call to you, secret champions. Are you a MODERN HERO? You can be. As you have always been. We are all free.  Play Ninja.    

Note:  MODERN HEROISM ACT I : AVATAR NINJA (Feast)

           online ticket sales 8pm March 3rd

           MODERN HEROISM ACT I : AVATAR NINJA (Compete)

           online ticket sales March 5th 12:00 am