Where:
BCA Black Box Theatre
539 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
$20-25
Categories:
Art, History, Music, Social Good
Event website:
https://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/Hidden/
Boston choreographer Rachel Linsky wants future generations to understand the Holocaust by knowing its survivors’ stories. In the past three years she has developed the ongoing project ZACHOR to engender empathy through movement. Her newest work, “Hidden,” tells the story of Aaron Elster who at 10 was secreted away for two years in a Polish family’s attic. As an adult Elster returned to the cramped space and gained an appreciative perspective for the situation that felt like punishment to his younger self. Elster died in 2018, leaving a remarkable record of his experiences. Linsky and her dancers are working with Elster’s son, Steven, to keep his testimony alive. “Hidden” runs Oct. 20-22 at Boston Center for the Arts.