2017 · Dance – stage work
Orishas (UC Berkeley)
Amara Tabor-Smith (course instructor), UC Berkeley TDPS, with student cohorts · UC Berkeley – Theater, Dance & Performance Studies
Student dance pieces for Amara Tabor-Smith's fall 2017 UC Berkeley dance course, which drew on Candomblé dances for the Orishas (Xango, Oya, Oshun) and capoeira songs. Ben played for the class and supplied recorded tracks for the students' final presentation.
- Premiere
- 2017-12-01
- Venue
- UC Berkeley (final class presentation, Amara Tabor-Smith's course)
- Where
- Berkeley, CA
- Performances
- An earlier student concert on Oct 18, 2017 used music Ben supplied from the class.
- Credits
- Course instructor: Amara Tabor-Smith (Dance Lecturer, Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies). Student cohorts organized around Orishas (e.g., the Oya/Xango cohort; student contacts Paulina Acosta and Elizabeth Levinson). Music: Ben Juodvalkis (class accompanist; tracks such as 'Oshun'). Substitute accompanist on some dates: Mike Jones.
Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.