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2016 · Dance – site-specific / aerial

#SFPublicCanvas (San Francisco Public Canvas)

Archive folder: Public Canvas: San Francisco

Amelia Rudolph (artistic director, BANDALOOP), with Melecio Estrella

A multimedia vertical dance performance on the facade of a Tenderloin/Central Market building, combining dance, spoken word, live and recorded music, and projection-mapped imagery drawn from the neighborhood's history and residents. It was the first edition of BANDALOOP's #PublicCanvas community-engagement series.

Premiere
2016-06-16
Venue
Exterior of UC Hastings College of the Law building, 333 Golden Gate Ave (Tenderloin/Central Market)
Where
San Francisco, CA
Performances
Four free evening shows June 16-19, 2016 (9 pm). Open rehearsals at BANDALOOP studio, Oakland, April 27, 2016. Material (Mele solo, quartet, women's trio, finale) was reworked for #ProvidencePublicCanvas (June 2017); a recorded version of the trio music with Tassiana Willis singing was made in summer 2016 for touring (e.g., Birmingham, AL, Sept 2016).
Credits
Music: Ben Juodvalkis and Gideon Freudmann (composers). Dancers (per stage-manager reports): Melecio Estrella, Virginia Broyles, Becca Dean, Sarah Kinney, Rachael Lincoln, Jessica McKee, Courtney Moreno, Roel Seeber, Jessica Swanson, Jordan Stout. Projection/media: Madrone Studios / Village Impacts (Jonathan Rowe, Pat Jagla and team). Lighting: Jim French, Krissy Kenny, Dylan Feldman. Poets/singers: Youth Speaks (Tassiana Willis, Ebony Donnley, Benjamin Turner, Candice Wicks and others) and Campo Santo (Dan Wolf). Sound: Mike Rogers. Stage manager: Alexander Zendzian. Costumes: Jaimelyn Duggan. Riggers: Derrick Lindsay, Braden Mayfield, Matt Leonard. Partner: Illuminate.

Press

“a piece that featured composers Ben Juodvalkis and Gideon Freudmann, singer/spoken word artist Tassiana Willis, and poets and singers from Youth Speaks and Campo Santo”

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