"'Arden' is like a theatrical guided meditation. At several points, the performers even lead the audience in a sound bath, teaching us how to breathe and intone together...The production was commissioned by the Flea and feels more like a ritual for the Flea than a performance for the public. While it makes for a mostly enjoyable audience experience, it does not feel like it is for us – it feels like we are watching a private moment of a group cleansing their own space."
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feels in part like a healing or cleansing ritual, an effort to get past trauma: There are chants, communal prayers, songs, poems, poetic movement, childhood anecdotes, exhortations. But most of this is threaded through a loud, bluesy rock concert, the effect of which is wonderfully entertaining
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