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2026 · Dance – stage work

Before We Were Trees

Melecio Estrella and Damara Vita Ganley

A diptych of dance and song performed in and around a rigged cedar tree at Montalvo Arts Center's 2026 Marcus Festival, living in response to the site's art, architecture, landscape and people.

Premiere
2026-07-17
Venue
Montalvo Arts Center (Marcus Festival 2026, 'Enter if You Dare'), Front Lawn cedar tree
Where
Saratoga, CA
Performances
July 17, 2026: 6:30 pm and 8 pm on the Front Lawn (cedar tree). The same artists also performed at 7:15 pm in the Italianate Garden at the installation 'Double Vision: Doorway'.
Credits
Created and performed by Melecio Estrella and Damara Vita Ganley (dance and song), Lucas Artists Program 2023 Fellows. Tree rigging by Derrick (BANDALOOP rigger). Music: Ben Juodvalkis (not credited on the festival listing).

Press

“A diptych of dance and song at intimate altitudes – between earth and sky, hand and ear, nervous system and ground.”

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