In addition to knitting socks (featured previously) while on stage in Uncle Vanya, co-artistic director Zhenya Lavy also spun a remarkable amount of yarn!
1,355 yards! That’s how much finished yarn Zhenya spun during rehearsals and onstage as Marina in Uncle Vanya.
The finished yarn is a two-ply, meaning it was created from two single-spun strands. So…
Multiply 1,355 by 3 (once for each singles and once to ply them together), then add a bit extra — made-up number — for how much more length was required on each singles in order to ply down to 1,355 yards… and…
… well it’s close to 3 total miles of spinning. Wow!
The finished yarn is a worsted weight, suitable for heavy sweaters.
About Akropolis Performance Lab
Founded in 2000 by Co-Artistic Directors Joseph and Zhenya Lavy, Akropolis Performance Lab (APL) is Seattle's premiere ensemble-based theatre company. The ensemble practices rigorous, ongoing vocal and physical training and devises original work through long-form rehearsal process. APL's signature aesthetic, Theatre of Polyphony, is our original approach to crafting ensemble performance events that symbiotically interweave music, movement, and poetry to tell compelling and vital stories while reinventing the given spatial location and audience relationship to our art.
Company members include Annie Paladino (Associate Artistic Director), Catherine Lavy, Emily Jo Testa, Jennifer Crooks, Joseph Lavy, Margaretta Campagna, Matt Sherrill, Sara Kaus, Tyler J. Polumsky, and Zhenya Lavy.
The co-artistic directors' artistic lineage comes through the Central and Eastern European heritage of Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, and Grotowski.
Recent work includes Ecce Faustus (2016), The Glas Nocturne (2015), and Pomegranate & Ash (2015).
The ensemble hosts quarterly Salons and offers regular workshops in physical and vocal praxis.
Akropolis Performance Lab is a Washington State Non-Profit Corporation.
