2018–2022 · Education / school residency
JGPG Inspired Bodies residency at Oakland Technical High School
Archive folder: JGPG Oakland Tech residency
Joe Goode Performance Group teaching artists (coordinated by Patricia West)
A recurring Joe Goode Performance Group Inspired Bodies residency at Oakland Technical High School. Students create original movement pieces with JGPG teaching artists, and Ben composes music that incorporates the students' voices.
- Premiere
- 2019-05
- Venue
- Oakland Technical High School
- Where
- Oakland, CA
- Performances
- Spring 2019 (teaching artists Aja Randall and Wailana Simcock; a May 2019 piece). Fall 2020 remote/Zoom residency with Oakland Tech dance teacher Sonja Travick's classes (Tuesdays and Fridays), with Melecio Estrella, Olivia Eng, Wailana Simcock and guest Ezra Bristow, including a class video edit. Spring 2022 (Olivia Eng and Aja Randall; final music delivered May 2022).
- Credits
- Music: Ben Juodvalkis. Coordinator: Patricia West (JGPG Education Coordinator / Creative Engagement Lead), with Damara Vita Ganley. Teaching artists: Aja Randall, Wailana Simcock (2019); Melecio Estrella, Olivia Eng, Wailana Simcock, Ezra Bristow (2020); Olivia Eng, Aja Randall (2022). Oakland Tech dance teacher: Sonja Travick.
Elsewhere
- Youth Education — Joe Goode Performance Group
Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.