2017 · Dance – stage work
He's One of Us
Andrew Ward and Melecio Estrella (Fog Beast)
A multi-layered song, movement and audience-participation work commissioned by YBCA for its first TRANSFORM Festival, answering the prompt 'Why Citizenship?'. It draws on historical and personal stories of immigration, military service, homeownership and cultural belonging.
- Premiere
- 2017-09-16
- Venue
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Forum), TRANSFORM Festival
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Performances
- Second performance at YBCA on 2017-09-21. Work-in-progress showing at 'Our Fodder' summer showing, Berkeley, 2017-07-29. YBCA staff 'art moment' on 2017-09-12. A Fog Beast excerpt at 8x8x8 was discussed for Dec 2018.
- Credits
- Directed by Andrew Ward and Melecio Estrella. Performers: Patricia West, Ben Juodvalkis, Melecio Estrella. Original music: Ben Juodvalkis and Fog Beast. Commissioned by YBCA for its inaugural TRANSFORM Festival. Set/built environment: Giacomo Castagnola. Photos: Jessica Swanson, Robbie Sweeny.
Press
“Written by Estrella, West, Ben Juodvalkis, and Andrew Ward, the tune contemplates the insatiability of corporate culture”
Elsewhere
- Dances Sung, Songs Moved: Fog Beast Serves it Up in The Big Reveal — In Dance (Dancers' Group), 2019-05
- Fogbeast HE'S ONE OF US — Vimeo (Fog Beast), 2017
- Works — Fog Beast — Fog Beast