Follow a new dance-theater troupe as they endeavor to produce their very first show, 'Astra', an original work based on tales by Edgar Allan Poe. In true Poe style, the troupe decides to mount the show in Black Rock City, Nevada home of the week- long art festival, 'Burning Man'. Every year 40,000 people drive into the desert with enough food, water, shelter, wind, sun and dust protection, trash bags and provisions for a week. The only commerce in the city is barter and exchange. And the nearest town is 2 hours away. This is the location for the first performance of The Astra Dance Company, for which they coordinated a cast and crew of 25 to survive and perform in the middle of the desert. Loaded up with wardrobe, props, set, lights, sound, hair and make-up, generators, tarps, rope, rebar, scripts, ballet shoes, duvetyn, kerosene, fire tools and bug nets the company U-haul pulls onto the highway for a 17 hour drive to the stage. Live fire, cellulites, a 2:00AM trip to the hospital, dust storms and a burning woman at Burning Man, 'The Making of a Dream' is a triumphant journey from conception to curtain. It is a story of triumph and inspiration to all performing artists who have a dream!
