World-renowned Alloy Orchestra returns to The Ross

The Alloy Orchestra returns to The Ross with two performances on Saturday, Sept. 30. Photo courtesy of Rogovin.com.
The Alloy Orchestra returns to The Ross with two performances on Saturday, Sept. 30. Photo courtesy of Rogovin.com.

The world-renowned Alloy Orchestra returns to The Ross on Saturday, Sept. 30 for two performances, providing live, original accompaniment for the silent films "The Lost World" (1925) at 3 p.m. and "A Page of Madness" (1926) at 7 p.m.

Called “the best in the world at accompanying silent films,” by Roger Ebert, the Alloy Orchestra is a three-man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects, they thrash and grind soulful music from unlikely sources. Performing at prestigious film festivals and cultural centers in the U.S. and abroad, Alloy has helped revive some of the great masterpieces of the silent era.

Adapted from the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Harry O. Hoyt, "The Lost World" follows a group of explorers who discover an island of living dinosaurs and features pioneering stop-motion animation by Willis O’Brien.

A long-lost gem of early avant-garde Japanese cinema, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, "A Page of Madness" uses surreal, dream-like imagery to tell the tragic story of an asylum worker and his incarcerated wife.

This program is being presented with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and the Friends of The Ross.

For more information, visit http://www.theross.org.