2016–2023 · Education / school residency
JGPG Inspired Bodies residency at El Cerrito High School (pieces incl. PRISM 2019; Kaleidoscope 2023)
Archive folder: JGPG El Cerrito High School residency
Joe Goode, JGPG teaching artists (coordinated by Patricia West and Damara Vita Ganley); host teacher Jessy Kronenberg · Joe Goode Performance Group
A recurring Joe Goode Performance Group high school residency in which JGPG teaching artists create original dance pieces with El Cerrito High School dancers, with original music by Ben Juodvalkis. The 2019 edition, PRISM, turned the school theater into a 30-minute journey through dance, music and theater, with dancers performing in the aisles, vestibules, ramps and window cut-outs.
- Premiere
- 2019-01-25
- Venue
- El Cerrito High School (theater and campus spaces)
- Where
- El Cerrito, CA
- Performances
- Residencies with Ben as composer or accompanist: PRISM, a site-specific show with the ECHS theater and music departments, performed during school on Friday, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:45am and 12:05pm (rehearsals Jan 7–24, 2019; directed by Wailana Simcock, Aja Randall and Megan Lowe with Melecio Estrella as mentor). January 2020 residency with a showing/concert on Jan 16, 2020 (Ben supplied existing music clips while his computer was in repair). Jan 2022 (teaching artists Becca Dean, Aja Randall, Olivia Eng). Fall 2022 (Olivia Eng; Ben in class Sept 19 and Oct 3). Kaleidoscope, ECHS's collaborative concert, January 2023 (teaching artists Olivia Eng, Jessica Swanson, Ezra Bristol; Ben working remotely while on tour with BANDALOOP; performance videos circulated Jan 17, 2023). Fall 2023 (Becca Dean, Olivia Eng).
- Credits
- Music: Ben Juodvalkis. Teaching artists and directors vary by year (see performances). JGPG coordinators: Patricia West, Damara Vita Ganley; JGPG executive director in 2019: Adriana Marcial. ECHS dance teachers: Jessy Kronenberg, Jessica Olwell.
Elsewhere
- Youth Education — Joe Goode Performance Group
Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.