The Firebird retold by The ReMemberers: FULL IMMERSION
Saturday, October 3rd | 1:30pm - 9:30pm | True Nature Kiva
Generosity Rate $120 | Standard Rate $88 | Community Rate $62
A storytelling workshop and live mythological performance
We are thrilled to welcome back The ReMemberers — a ritual theatre and storytelling trio — for a day-long immersion in folklore and myth!
1:30-4:30pm: Mythic Storytelling Workshop | Kiva
We begin with an afternoon workshop unfolding the woven threads that elevate a narrative from story to myth. Working with the five layers of Mayan storytelling, we'll observe how a traditional tale becomes medicine once all five layers are in play — and how, when they sound together like notes in a chord, the listening itself becomes a form of initiation.
We'll explore how folk tales conjure deep shadow work, how the listener and the teller enter a compact of reflective energy, and how a single story can hold an individual, a community, and an age all at once. We'll investigate a curious somatic truth: that our capacity to be surprised by the never-encountered and our shiver of recognition at gestures we've always known are two sides of the same experience — and that myth lives precisely where they meet.
Most of all, this afternoon prepares us to receive, in the fullest possible way, the medicine of the myth that will be shared that evening
4:30-6:00pm: Nourishment Break (dinner not included)
6:00-8:00pm: FIREBIRD Live Performance | Kiva
After dinner The ReMemberers will perform THE FIREBIRD, a thousand-year-old Russian folktale as living ceremony — ninety minutes of mythic storytelling carried on a river of sound. Violet Southard's numinous voice moves through ancestral song traditions from across the world. John de Kadt summons the story's heartbeat through handpan, kanjira, cajón, and water drums and his legendary storytelling. Alex Harvey weaves the tale through melodic instruments gathered from the edges of the earth: Satar, harmonium, baglama, bandolim.
This is not a performance about oral tradition. It is oral tradition itself: a tale carried in the same unbroken lineage it has always traveled, told in a room where people gather to listen as one body.
The story:
In a forest gone silent, a young Huntsman finds a single golden feather blazing on the path before him — a feather shed from the burning breast of the Firebird, the most extraordinary creature in all the world. Against the counsel of his Horse of Power — the voice of his own deepest knowing — he takes it. And from that one moment of ambition, everything unravels.
Task by task, a tyrannical ruler — the ego made sovereign — escalates his demands, and the Huntsman stumbles deeper into complicity, one compromise at a time, each smaller and more reasonable than the last, until he can no longer remember where his own will ended and the tyrant's began. All the while the caged Firebird watches from the courtyard with eyes full of impossible light. And all the while something calls from a far horizon in his heart: a longing to know what lies underneath everything.
Courage won't be enough to answer that call. Neither will serenity. Only a willingness to be completely undone.
8:00-9:30pm: Integrative AfterFire | Peace Garden Fire Circle
Perhaps the most essential element of the day comes last. As night settles, performers and guests gather at the bonfire to feed the story — the old practice of giving something back to a tale that has given itself to us. Here the afternoon's work meets the evening's transmission: the five layers, still humming, held now in a small community that did not exist this morning.
There is no analysis at the fire, no interpretation demanded. We simply speak from what moved through us — an image that lodged, a moment that burned, a recognition we didn't expect — and let the story turn slowly in the light, showing its faces. What the Huntsman surrendered, what the Firebird watched, what the cauldron asked: these become ours to hold now, together.
An hour of fire, story, and company — the oldest form of integration there is.
MEET YOUR GUIDES: The ReMemberers
The ReMemberers are a multidisciplinary trio weaving ritual storytelling, global song, and multi-instrumental virtuosity into an experience that feels part theater, part concert, part ceremony. Violet Southard’s numinous voice, Alex Harvey’s resonant strings, and John de Kadt’s percussive tale-telling create an atmosphere where ancient myths breathe again — told, sung, and drummed into presence.
Each gathering begins with an inherited wisdom tale and unfolds as a journey inward. Musical traditions from across the planet converge in this awakening of ancient folklore. The ReMemberers, in partnership with their audience, rekindle one of humanity’s oldest customs: coming together to listen, imagine, and be transformed.
The ReMemberers ARE:
Alex Harvey
Filmmaker, musician, and folklorist Alex Harvey creates mythic performance works that blend storytelling, global music, and theatre. His films include Walden: Life in the Woods starring Demián Bichir, I Am A Seagull, The Unsilent Picture, and space//space. A multi-instrumentalist and composer he performs with many projects all over the country.
Violet Southard
Singer, songwriter, and voice ceremonialist Violet Southard channels haunting vocal traditions drawn from nature and ancestral song. Her work explores sound as a pathway to reflection and transformation. Alongside performing internationally with The ReMemberers, she facilitates sound-based healing practices for individuals and groups.
John de Kadt
Percussionist, poet, and storyteller John de Kadt blends world percussion, spoken word, and mythic storytelling into edgeless performance. His five albums have over 130 million streams worldwide. Founder of BlessFest and former member of The Hanumen, he has shared performances internationally for more than twenty-five years, collaborating with Krishna Das, Mickey Hart, and Robert Bly.
PRICING
This is a high-caliber experience, and every ticket tier is made possible through a web of deep generosity of our co-founders, donors, facilitators and the broader community that sustains the Connection is the Medicine Foundation.
We offer tiered pricing because we believe in both the value of this work and the importance of access. We ask that you choose the rate that honestly reflects your financial reality.
Generosity Rate: $120
This experience is made possible through a web of generosity. When you choose the Generosity Rate, you become part of that web. Your contribution helps ensure that cost is never the reason someone misses an experience that could change them, and it honors the true value of what our facilitators so lovingly create. A portion of tickets at this tier help “pay it forward”, and you're contributing to access for someone who couldn't otherwise be here.
This rate may be right for you if you:
- Own your home and live without financial worry
- Have investments, savings, or a financial safety net
- Can easily access funds in times of need
- Are moved to make this experience more accessible for others
Your contribution directly honors the true depth of care, skill, and intention our facilitators bring to every offering, and makes broader community access possible.
Standard Rate: $88
Our standard rate is made possible by the ongoing generosity of our co-founders and donors. It reflects our commitment to making these experiences accessible while honoring the true value of what our facilitators bring.
Community Rate: $62
This reduced rate is made possible by the generosity of our community, our facilitators, and the Connection is the Medicine Foundation, in shared service of broader access and the spirit of care that lives at the heart of this work.
This rate may be right for you if you:
- Struggle to meet your basic financial needs
- Are facing housing, employment, or income instability
- Live paycheck-to-paycheck and lack financial reserves
- Are navigating other significant life challenges
We currently have 5 Community Rate spots available for this event. If they have been filled, or you are seeking additional financial support, please reach out to megan@connectionisthemedicine.com for scholarship opportunities.
As more Generosity Rate tickets come in, we are able to open up additional Community Rate tickets.
SCHOLARSHIP
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