KULARTS PRESENTS @ HALLIDIE PLAZA Kularts brings Pilipino American performances to Hallidie Plaza on Powell & Market Streets, a San Francisco hub for locals, tourists and shoppers Sat Sep 25, 3:15PM & 4:00PM FREE!
Parangal Dance Company
Parangal Dance Company of San Francisco performs dances inspired by the indigenous people of Mindanao, Philippines. The Bay Area Filipino folk dance company, under the leadership of Eric Espartinez Solano, gives tribute to Philippine heritage through ethnic textile, music, and dance. The company has performed for the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and won first place for best performing group in the Las Vegas World Folk Festival.
Founded in 2008, members share their love of Philippine dance through research with experts and indigenous groups in the Philippines, public and private performances, and free dance workshops. Parangal ( puh-ruh-ngal) means Tribute in Tagalog.
Photo Credit: RJ Muna
A History of the Body Workshops By Pagbabalik Project
Workshop #1: "In This Skin." with Aimee Suzara and Frances Sedayao Sun Sep 26, 2-6PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Workshop Fee: $40, $30 Student/Senior Enroll with a mother, aunt, or grandmother and attend at 2 for $40! (Until Sept 15) Registration: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122846
When it comes to body image, what is the importance of skin? Join writer/performer Aimee Suzara with dancer/choreographer Frances Sedayao to develop skills in the seamless integration of movement and text in you work while exploring oftentimes deeply hidden feelings about skin color, body image, and beauty. No dance or writing experience necessary; all ages and physical abilities welcome. Open to women of all backgrounds.
Workshop #2: "What's In Your Medicine Cabinet?" with Aimee Espiritu and Aimee Suzara Sun Oct 10, 2-5PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Workshop Fee: $40, $30 Student/Senior (includes $10 Materials Fee) Registration: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122846 Join Aimee Espiritu and Aimee Suzara in a visual arts and writing workshop that explore perceptions of female beauty, health and gender through our cherished beauty products. Critically examine the ordinary products that live in your medicine cabinet and learn how to create deeply felt works through mixed-media collage, photography and storytelling. This workshop is open to women of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
LEAD ARTIST BIOS
Aimee Suzara Writer/performer/educator Aimee Suzara completed her M.FA. at Mills College and has been sharing poetic and multidisciplinary work since 1999. Her play, Pagbabalik (Return) in 2007 was selected for APAture, Emerging Performance Festival, the Emerging Performance Festival at CounterPULSE and granted the Zellerbach Community Arts Fund in 2006-7. Her poetry collection, the space between. was published by Finishing Line Press (2008) and nominated for the California Book Award; her writing appears in several journals and anthologies, including Check the Rhyme, An Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees (Lit Noire Press), Kartika Review, 580 Split and Walang Hiya/No Shame (Arkipelago Books 2009). Currently, in addition to her work on A History of the Body, she is collaborating on text-dance work with Amara Tabor-Smith’s Deep Waters Dance Theater. She has been a part of the collectives Kreatibo (queer Pin@y performance group), with which she co-created the Curve Lesbian Theater-Award winning “Dalagas and Tomboys: A Family Affair” in 2004, as well as Dancers Without Borders, a women’s group whose work responded to violence against women post-911. With her roots in social justice activism, Suzara co-founded the environmental justice organization Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) in 1999, and has worked with San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) and the Youth Media Council. A passionate advocate for arts and literacy, she currently teaches English and poetry at community colleges and leads workshops on poetry and performance for youth and adults throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
FRANCES SEDAYAO - Choreography Sedayao has been performing in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 12 years. Her training in martial arts and dance began at CSU Hayward and at the Alvin Ailey School in New York. Her performance interests range from politically charged themes to experimental dance theatre-based works incorporating traditional and modern performance art forms. Her works with Pilipino recording artist, Joey Ayala, artist-activist Pearl Ubungen, NUBA, Amara Tabor-Smith, Sue-Li Jue, Dandelion Dance among many others continue to inspire her passion for performance as means for global change and justice. As an independent artist, she has presented original works in the SF Bay Area, New York and Vancouver BC. Frances is a Serpent Source Grant Recipient and was honored as the Dance Featured Artist for 2003 Apature in SF. In 2007 she was awarded a NY arts' residency from Dance OMI International where she collaborated with 10 dance artists. She was the lead choreographer for Aimee Suzara's Pagbabalik (Return) and currently works with Nina Haft, Anne Bleuthenthal, and Facing East Dance and music.
AIMEE ESPIRITU - Stage Design, Research Aimee M. Espiritu, a queer filipina, visual and performance artist, educator and designer, has been creating art workshops, writing, performing, and directing theatre for the past six years. Aimee was the co-director/performer of "VEIL: a night of fashion, politics, and sister power" (2003). Aimee has performed in Seattle's first benefit production of Eve Ensler's "Vagina Monologues" (V-Day Seattle 2003). Aimee helped create and organize the first annual Queer Women of Color Gathering in Seattle, Washington (2004). Aimee's was a lead actor in Pagbabalik (Return) (2006-2007), a multidisciplinary production merging Filipino tradition and innovation to examine the meanings of home and return. She has also contributed as a writer, actor, and director in Bindlestiff Studio's first all-queer production "The Bakla Show" (2007). Aimee most recently, contributed to the National Queer Arts Festival in 2009, providing dramaturgy and direction for "Translations" (2009), a queer people of color community-centered and collaborative production.
POMO Highlights @ the Asian Art Museum As part of the AAM Filipino American History Month Celebration Sun Oct 3, 1-4PM Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102 FREE!
Kularts curates the Filipino American History Month Celebration at the Asian Arts Museum with some of our favorite artists from past POMO seasons. Featuring excerpts from Florante Aguilar’s Lalawigan - A Contemporary Tagalog Song Cycle, Jason Magabo Perez’ The Passion of El Hogancito, live tattoo sessions with master tattoo artist Aleks Figueroa, live painting by Kulayan master artists James gaNyan Garcia and Christopher de Leon and more!
Photo Credit: Emma Francisco
KULARTS PRESENTS @ HALLIDIE PLAZA Kularts brings Pilipino American performances to Hallidie Plaza on Powell & Market Streets, a San Francisco hub for locals, tourists and shoppers Sat Oct 9, 2:15 - 3PM FREE!
Kawayan Folk Arts of San Jose
Kawayan Folk Arts of San Jose performs a repertory of romantic and celebratory ‘rondalla’ music - traditional Pilipino string ensemble - along with the pulsing beat of tribal percussion music of the Philippines. Kawayan Folk Arts promotes the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines through its concerts and performances. Kawayan performs Makiling, a music and dance presentation inspired by the magical spirit of the mountain goddess, Maria Makiling. Kawayan’s Upcoming event: Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 7:00pm Louis B. Mayer Theatre in Santa Clara.
Dancing Solo Fri Oct 15, 8PM Sat Oct 16, 8PM Sun Oct 17, 6PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Admission: $12-15 Sliding Scale, $10 Student/Senior Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125506
Join us for three evenings of fiercely compelling inter-disciplinary dance works by four contemporary Pilipina American choreographers - Tanya Bello, Delina Patrice Brooks, Frances Sedayao, and Raissa Simpson.
TANYA BELLO (Marymount Manhattan College B.F. A. in Dance) studied in the schools of Jose Limon and Martha Graham. After graduating, Tanya became the Assistant to the Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company and Trust and was promoted to Liaison for the Martha Graham Trust at the Library of Congress. She danced with Rincones & Company Dance Theater (RCDT) and served as Outreach Coordinator receiving the Mayor Arts Award in Washington, DC and was commissioned to create a piece at the Kennedy Center. She performed with Cross Currents Dance Company, NY2, City Dance Ensemble, and Bowen McCauley Dance and worked with choreographers Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Adrian Bolton and danced as a guest artist for Dance Council Movement in New York City. She was on the Board of Directors for the Loudoun Arts Council as well as taught for Virginia Ballet, the Dance Academy of Loudoun, and the Children’s House of Washington.. Tanya had the opportunity to live in Italy for one year where she taught master classes in the Tuscan, Marche, and Abruzzo Regions of Italy as well as performed with Arya Theat’art Danza Compagna. In 2005, she relocated to the Bay Area and currently teaches at the Professional Ballet School and the ODC School as well as assisting KT Nelson on the yearly reconstruction of the Velveteen Rabbit. In the Bay Area, she has performed with Erin Derstine, Liberation Dance Theater, Shared Space under Nol Simonse, SHIFT Physical Theater, Robert Moses’ Kin, and Mark Foehringer. She is currently dancing with Janice Garrett and Dancers and Charles Moulton and is a guest artist with ODC/ Dance. Most recently, she has been awarded a residency at Joe Landini’s Garage for creating a new work under Resident Artist Workshop.
Tanya is the Artistic Director of Project. B., whose mission is to create dances that tell a story invoking the audience to ask questions and contemplate the human condition while eloquently engaging the audience in eclectic, kinetic, and athletic movement. Souterraintransforms the space into a series of vignettes that thread the lives of 3 random people through blind chance.
DELINA PATRICE BROOKS, a Bay Area native, is a dancer, songwriter, poet, writer, and actress. As a first time playwright, Brooks earned a 2009 Isadora Duncan “Izzie” Award nomination for “Beauty, The Beast: A Dance-Theater Production”, which she coins as a breathing self-portrait. Brooks has studied and performed across the U.S, Western Europe, and Guinea, West Africa, where she participated in several intensive dance workshop series’ with Les Ballets Africains. She has been funded by Zellerbach Family Foundation, City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program and East Bay Community Foundation, and is a Grant Writer and Consultant for several local artist and dance companies. Most recently she was presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Youth Speaks, The Black Choreographers Festival, and La Pena Cultural Center, and performed with The Living Word Project’s inter/national touring choreopoem, “SCOURGE”, Deep Waters Dance Theater, ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC), City Circus, Faustin Linyekula, KKDE, The Crucible, and Robert Henry Johnson, among others. Favorite roles include Hubert/Tribe Member in “HAIR” with Willows Theater (Concord, CA), and the title role in “CINDERELLA” with San Francisco’s African American Shakespeare Company. Composer and vocalist credits are with Shock G of Digital Underground and City Circus’ Echo’s Reach. Brooks has a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology (SFSU), a second Bachelor’s in Ethnic Studies (CSU EB), and is currently completing her Masters in Ethnic Studies. Oh, and she’s a Pisces. Visit her on www.facebook.com.
RAISSA SIMPSON is a native of Cleveland--raised in San Jose, Ca, hailed by Dance Spirit Magazine for “Reflective Contemporary Choreography”, Simpson makes vibrant dances embodying socially relevant issues. She is a recipient of the Regional Dance America (RDA) Award, San Jose State Univ.’s Peoples Choice Award, Zellerbach Family Foundation in combination with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and Theatre Bay Area’s CA$H Grant. She is a young emerging artist whose work is commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission. She holds her BFA from State University New York, Purchase (SUNY)- talent-based scholarship, subsequently attending the schools of Dance Theatre of Harlem (NYC), the Paul Taylor School (NYC). She has toured and performed as a company member with Robert Moses Kin (2002-2007) and Joanna Haigood’s Zaccho Dance Theatre (2007-Present) among others. An African American Filipina—Raissa is a choreographer whose work has been from a cross-cultural approach. She has performed in numerous national festivals including Jacob’s Pillow where Village Voice dance critic Deborah Jowitt noted, “Simpson dances big.”
“Simpson reinvents classical ballet and modern dance aesthetics with a sleek and sexy edge.Ultimately, her sleek style transcends confining categories. While her movement style refusesto be pinned down, one thing is for certain: her choreography is as fierce and boundless as her dancing.” - SF Bay Guardian
FRANCES SEDAYAO is a Philippine native who has been performing in the SF Bay Area for the past 12 years. Her martial arts and dance training began at CSU Hayward and at the Alvin Ailey School in New York. Her performance interests range from politically charged themes to experimental dance theatre-based works incorporating traditional and modern performance art forms. Works with environmentalist/ recording artist, Joey Ayala, artist-activist Pearl Ubungen, Anne Bluethenthal, Amara Tabor-Smith, Sue-Li Jue, Dandelion Dance among many others continue to inspire her passion for performance as means for global change and justice. As an independent artist, she has presented original works in the Bay Area, New York and Vancouver BC. Frances is a Serpent Source Grant Recipient and was honored as the Dance Featured Artist for 2003 Apature in SF. In 2007 she was awarded a New York Arts' Residency from Dance OMI International where she collaborated with 10 dance artists from all over the world. She currently works with writer/poet Aimee Suzara, and most recently toured the Middle East with Nina Haft & Company.
“Frances Sedayao dancing, in particular, expressed more than all those performers put together.” Danceviewtimes, Rita Felciano
“Frances Sedayao performs the evening's best solo….” SFBay Guardian
An Apo & A Nurse: Stories from the Womb Two Filipina American Women Reflect on Healing, Loss, and Love. Fri-Sat Oct 22-23, 8PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Admission: $15-20 @ the Door, $12 Advance, $11 Student/Senior Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/125052
Two of SF's fastest rising Pinay solo performersshare the stage to reflect on healing, loss, and love. These universal stories, told through the eyes of a granddaughter and healthcare provider, employ language, humor, and dance to move our spirits toward greater understanding of the raw, human experience. I Heart Lola by Nicole Maxali In "I Heart Lola", Nicole realizes that life with grandma is suddenly not the same...for Nicole and for her grandma. This piece pays tribute to all of those who suffer from Alzheimer's by reminding us that their dementia does not define who they are. Did I mention, it's funny too?
"I Heart Lola was funny, heartfelt and then funny again. I’ve never seen a one person show done like that before. It’s an adventure!" - Dave Chappelle Bathala Na! by Meldy Hernandez Bathala Na! is a daughter and a mother's story that only a healthcare provider can tell. Travelling from a birthing hut in Africa to a deathbed in the Philippines, it is one woman's history of the body, breast cancer, and the live-giving beat of the ancestral drums that can save her. Can our tri-lingual nurse jump through heartbreak and dance toward a daughter of her own?
This unique and universal experience is told through West African dance, spoken word storytelling, and the rhythmic tongues of the Mali and Mindanao. An intensely personal and unexpectedly hilarious tale that will leave you dancing!
ARTIST BIOS
Meldy Hernandez, BSN, MPH is a multidisciplinary public health artist/nurse who believes in the power of stories to promote health. Utilizing over twelve years of global experience in nursing and public health along with her lifelong passion for dance, theater, and poetry, she strives to promote health through the arts. Her energetic dance and poetry infused work has been performed in Spain, West Africa, and Bay Area community theaters including the Marsh, Counterpulse, Stage Werx, the Thick House, and Off-Market Theater. Meldy’s solo-shows, “Nursing in Timbuktu” & “Bathala Na!,” showcase her adventures as an RN in Africa and the stories of mothers, daughters, breast cancer and the drums of hope. Ms. Hernandez regularly presents at health conferences and has assisted in teaching a number of university courses including Women's Health, Global Health, Promoting Positive Health, storytelling, and community building workshops. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing with a Women's Studies focus from Seattle University and Master of Public Health in Health Education from San Francisco State University. Her unique solo performance artistic style has been most influenced by her studies with David Ford and Anthem Salgado. Nicole Maxaliquit her job in the News Industry and began her journey as a working artist/non-profit humanitarian in 2005. She has transformed through her first stand-up comedy workshop under Kevin Camia & her first black box theater performance at Bindlestiff Studio. She has performed all over the Bay Area at both comedy venues and theaters. She also had the honor to open for comic genius, Dave Chappelle, at the San Francisco Punchline.
Under tutelage of acclaimed comic/solo performer W. Kamau Bell, Nicole Maxali wrote and performed her very first one woman show in 2008. She is currently writing her full length one woman show, which was just awarded a CA$H Grant by Theatre Bay Area and is set to be directed by Paul Stein of Comedy Central Stage. Nicole is also the co-producer of Off Market’s “City Solo” showcase.
A History of the Body Work-In-Progress Performance by Pagbabalik Project Sat Nov 20, 8PM Sun Nov 21, 6PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Admission: $12-15 Sliding Scale, $10 Student/Senior Tickets: https://brownpapertickets.com/event/122867 A History of the Body is a multidisciplinary performance piece in development that explores the devastating impacts of colonization on the female body. Using poetry, theater, dance, visual projection, and stage design,the workexamines the powerful effects of culture, history and media on our attitudes towards skin color, facial features and female beauty. Join the Pagbabalik Project's lead artists - Aimee Suzara, Aimee Espiritu, and Frances Sedayao - as they present one of several installations of their work-in-progress.With Post-performance Q & A discussion.
KULARTS PRESENTS @ HALLIDIE PLAZA Kularts brings Pilipino American performances to Hallidie Plaza on Powell & Market Streets, a San Francisco hub for locals, tourists and shoppers Sun Nov 21, 2-4PM FREE!
Kulayan and Kulintronica
2-4PM James (gaNyan) Garcia and Christopher de Leon, instructors of Kulayan, a Kularts and Filipino Community Center visual arts program, along with Miguel Bounce Perez will be live painting - an improvisational art-making process.
2:30-3PM Ron Quesada’s Kulintronica is fusion of traditional kulintang and electronic music. Ron uses live guitar looping in performance to create a wondrous soundscape. Kulintang is music from the Southern Philippines. The melody is performed on eight gongs in a straight horizontal row. It is a very complicated and beautiful music.
Photo Credit: TJ Basa
ONGOING EVENTS
KULAYAN A Kularts Visual Arts Program Last 3 Fridays of the Month, May - Nov Filipino Community Center 4681 Mission St (@ Persia) SF CA 94112
Instructors: James gaNyan Garcia Christopher De Leon
"The whole world as we see it comes to us through the realm of color."
In partnership with the Filipino Commuity Center, the Kulayan visual arts program provides art workshops aimed at, but not limited to Pilipino and Pilipino-Americans. The curriculum will explore issues of identity, the role of art in activism and community, and learning the skills to create successful art works individually, and in a group. Worksop sessions will include a survey of Pilipino Art History and Contemporary Art, and also an in-depth exploration of Pilipino myths and legends.
Projects will include: - Mural Making - Silk Screening - Work with Pencil, Acrylics, Watercolors, and Aerosol Paint - Live Model Painting - Curatorial Studies - Art History
James Garcia, also known as gaNyan in the art world, graduated in 2002 with a BA in Art from SFSU. Since then he has participated in numerous exhibitions all over the United States and the Philippines. Known primarily as a "character" artist, he blends narratives from his cultural, spiritual, sociopolitical beliefs, and observations to create a fantastical world of creatures and beings - juxtaposed in alternate realities and environments. Other than creating gallery works, James has been active in curating exhibitions locally in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Maryland, and recently the Philippines. A big advocate in promoting Filipino visual artists, James has been active in producing Filipino specific exhibitions to explore and celebrate Filipino identity and awareness.
Christopher de Leon, was called to be an artist the first day he picked up a crayon at the young tender age of three. He has since studied at Cal Arts, Art Institute of San Francisco and the Academy Art University. He is armed with a wide variety and knowledge of traditional and non-traditional fine art mediums such as oil, gouache, acrylics and charcoal. He also is well versed in sculpture, character design, storyboarding and graphic design. His love for "street" or urban art has brought him into the urban contemporary gallery and live paint scene here in the Bay Area. Christopher is currently showing at the Lush Life Gallery in the Fillmore, exhibiting a variety of work on the Young Up and Coming wall. He recently exhibited with Filipino artists from the USA, Philippines and Norway in the Tabi Tabi Po show curated by James "gaNyan" Garcia. Labeled as one of the rising stars in the urban art community, Christopher is truly living his dream.
Funded by: 2010 SFAC Arts & Communities Innovative Partnerships Realization Grant
HOI! Fire in the Hole! A Long Form Improv Comedy Show with Rene Gube & Eugene Cordero and Bindlestiff Studio's TASTE BETTER WIT Fri Aug 20, 8PM Sat Aug 21, 8PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Admission: $15 General, $13 Advance, $12 Student/Senior Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/121188
Our favorite LA-based comedy duo HOI is back to wreak havoc on the SF Bay Area with their killer long-form improv. Eugene and Renetake a single suggestion from the audience and use it to create an hour of comedic scenes that will explore a world of characters, twists, and hilarity. These guys will blow you away in this fully improvised show based on interviewing YOU, the audience.
HOI is a long form improv comedy duo from Los Angeles, CA, bringing the funny from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (the former training grounds of Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Charlyne Yi, Derrick Comedy, Aubrey Plaza and more!) to the San Francisco area through an array of different scenes and characters based on audience suggestions.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE:
“When ‘SNL’ and ‘The Daily Show’ need comics, they turn to the Upright Citizens Brigade.” - Larry Getlen, New York Post
“Experiencing truly brilliant improv comedy is like sitting in front of a really smart roller coaster with no stretches of straight track. Right now in America, no one is offering a more exhilarating ride than the Upright Citizens Brigade.” - Bust Magazine
“Witty, irreverent, and conceptually ambitious.” - The Onion
ARTIST BIOS
Eugene Cordero is an actor/comedian, based in Los Angeles, CA . He is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre where he is a member of THE SMOKES and can be seen often improvising in ASSSSCAT. Eugene is 1/3 of the sketch group BUFFOONS and also performs around the country with the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company. In NYC, Eugene performed every Saturday night with REUBEN WILLIAMS and was a member of the UCB Harold Teams CREEP and DECOSTER. Other UCB Credits include: Gun Love, Secret Slut, Van Gogh's Path, Hi-five, and Dance with Bears. Eugene attended Marymount Manhattan College, receiving a BFA in Acting. You can see him in the film Furry Vengeance.
Rene Gube is a writer and performer in Los Angeles, CA. He is a founding member of the sketch groups TOUCHBLUE and SUBSTITUTE SCIENTIST, whose comedy has been featured on the front pages of Funny or Die, YouTube, UCBComedy & Break Media. Rene is a regular in the LA alt comedy scene, performing sketch and long form improvisation weekly at venues such as Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, iO West, Room 101, TNT & Crashbar. Since moving to Los Angeles, Rene has studied with Upright Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (he is a credentialed high school history teacher). At UCBTLA he has performed and/or written for Let's Do This!, CDR Sketch, and Not Too Shabby. Google him. TASTE BETTER WIT Originating from the bowels of Bindlestiff Studio, TASTE BETTER WIT is a collective of former Filipino American law enforcement officers who met each other by chance in a dingy alley of Sixth Street while breaking up the workings of a secret meth lab. After several rounds of celebratory beers and tearful confessions, a performance group was born out of the necessity of pointing out injustices in a corrupt system of the sketch comedy hierarchy.
CAST: (L to R) Rob Trinidad, Manny Cabrera, Yato Yoshida(front), Joe Cascasan (center), Dennis Rodis (back), Andrea Almario (front), Susanna Yu, Jamie Nallas, Tatianna Dayers, and Melvign Badiola (not pictured). Directed by A.S. Manalo & Yato Yoshida.
SPECIAL PACKAGE PRICES! Receive discounts for attending the show on both nights and/or participating in Rene and Eugene's "HOI! Act Like You Know" Improv Workshops! Huge Savings!
HOI! Act Like You Know Long Form Improv Workshop by Rene Gube and Eugene Cordero Sat Aug 21, 1-3PM: Workshop #1 "Trusting your Gut" WORKSHOP CANCELLED Sun Aug 22, 11AM-2PM: "Trusting your Gut/Character" Sun Aug 22, 5PM Workshop Student Showcase** CANCELLED Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. SF CA 94103 Workshop Fee: $35 Registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/121205
In this illuminating workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of long-form improvisation. You will have fun, you will laugh, you will fall in love with long form improv. In this workshop, students will focus on trusting their instincts and exploring the first idea to find the comedy in a scene. Students will learn that in an ensemble that is committed to supporting each other and their ideas, there is no wrong choice.
Students will also work on developing characters with exploration in status, point-of-view, playing to the top of their intelligence, and spacework. Students will learn to build honest characters that are informed by their own lives and experiences.
INSTRUCTORS
Eugene Cordero is an actor/comedian, based in Los Angeles, CA . He is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre where he is a member of THE SMOKES and can be seen often improvising in ASSSSCAT. Eugene is 1/3 of the sketch group BUFFOONS and also performs around the country with the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company. In NYC, Eugene performed every Saturday night with REUBEN WILLIAMS and was a member of the UCB Harold Teams CREEP and DECOSTER. Other UCB Credits include: Gun Love, Secret Slut, Van Gogh's Path, Hi-five, and Dance with Bears. Eugene attended Marymount Manhattan College, receiving a BFA in Acting. You can see him in the film Furry Vengeance.
Rene Gube is a writer and performer in Los Angeles, CA. He is a founding member of the sketch groups TOUCHBLUE and SUBSTITUTE SCIENTIST, whose comedy has been featured on the front pages of Funny or Die, YouTube, UCBComedy & Break Media. Rene is a regular in the LA alt comedy scene, performing sketch and long form improvisation weekly at venues such as Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, iO West, Room 101, TNT & Crashbar. Since moving to Los Angeles, Rene has studied with Upright Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (he is a credentialed high school history teacher). At UCBTLA he has performed and/or written for Let's Do This!, CDR Sketch, and Not Too Shabby. Google him.
*PLEASE NOTE: Pre-Registration for workshops is REQUIRED. A minimum of 12 students is needed for each workshop. When purchasing workshop tickets, please include your phone number so we may contact you in case of cancellation. Tickets for the Workshop MUST be purchased online or at one of the shows on 8/20-8/21. Thanks!
In Partnership with Kearny Street Workshop, Bindlestiff Studio, APICC, and AATC
Kularts 2010 Tribung Kawayan Summer Arts Camp July 6-27, 2010 Tuesdays 7/6, 13, 20, 27, 1-5PM Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission @ 6th St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Thurs, 7/15 10AM-5PM Bessie Carmichael Elementary School 375 7th St. San Francisco, CA 94103
KULARTS' 2010 Tribung Kawayan Summer Arts Camp, in partnership with FEC Galing Bata Summer Program, offers interdisciplinary classes in dance, voice, and urban ecology (gardening & cooking) to incoming 3rd - 7th grade students. Artistic Director, Alleluia Panis with artistic staff has designed an exciting program based on Pilipino folk stories, covering themes of friendship, challenges, community, and nature. Myths hold universal qualities and themes relevant to life today, and provide students with the opportunity to experience the lives of ancient peoples and to compare their thoughts with people of today. Our goals are: a) to give youth the opportunity to explore dance, creative writing and performance; b) to assist Pilipino youth in a better understanding and articulation of self-identity and Pilipino cultural values within the American context.
This year we have developed a new “eco” component of the curriculum focusing on the interconnectivity of environment (physical and social conditions) and cultural identity to introduce youth to connections between food, health, cultural arts and the environment.
2010 Tribung Kawayan Summer Arts Camp Master Artists
Fides Enriquez, Dance Fides has been a member of the Alleluia Panis Dance Theater since 2003 and has performed in numerous productions directed by Alleluia Panis, including: Heroes with collaborator Maestro Dexter Labonog master of Pilipino Martial Arts (2003); Mutya with Francis Wong & Fil-Am Vet Rondalla (2006); with Magui Moro Master Artists of the Philippines led by master choreographer/composer Faisal Monal (2005, 2006); in Sean San Jose's Tsismis and Pinay Stories (2007); and with the Ifugao Music & Dance Ensemble of Banaue led by Apo Hukita Dulnuan Licyag (2007). She was a founding member of Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble (1992-2002). She trained, conducted ethnographic and dance research with Ramon Obusan in the Philippines. An independent ethnographer, photographer, film documentarian and dancer, Fides is the Executive Director of New Art Media, founder and co-director of Pacific Ethnographic, and teaches Philippine Folk Dance. Fides also directed the musical Love in the Time of Breast Cancer by Gayle Romasanta.
Lisa Juachon, Urban Ecology (Gardening & Cooking) Lisa brings her love of all things Pin@y and deep respect for the earth to Kularts/Galing Bata's Tribung Kawayan Summer Program. She spent the last 6 years in San Francisco's SoMa Pilipino working on issues of affordable housing, community building and cultural asset preservation. She was formerly the Urban Ecology Teacher for Galing Bata After-School Program (2003), LISC Americorp's Community Development Intern with Filipino American Development Foundation (FADF) and FADF's Bayanihan Community Center Manager. She is now dedicating time to her other loves: metal art, women's health and her children, Anais and Basilio.In a hands-on exploration of where food comes from and Pilipino cuisine, Lisa's goals are to: 1) promote healthy minds, body and spirit; 2) to develop a sense of Pilipino American identity by providing a program where Pilipino practices are central and relevant to students’ everyday American reality; and 3) to provide healthy, culturally relevant, and palatable alternatives to the processed foods many youth are accustomed to. We will visit community gardens and farmers markets, plant perennial and seasonal produce in a permanent garden plot and boxes on site, and cook and prepare healthy snacks based on Pilipino cuisine.
Tonilyn A. Sideco, Voice Tonilyn is a heartworker, singer, songwriter, filmmaker, performing artist and native San Franciscan. Dedicated to inspiring systemic social change, Toni enjoys breaking people out of their idleness through music, theater, and filmmaking with the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project and Shifting Narratives. She shared her queer pilipin@ pride playing the role of Cee in “Translations,” a play that debuted at the 2009 National Queer Arts Festival. Recently, he has performed her original songs at Kularts underCOVER: The Pin@y Edition!, Come Together (a benefit for hate crime survivor, Richmond Jane Doe), Snappy Hour (Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory’s one-month residency at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts), and BLISS Weekend (a national annual gathering of women of color and their allies in Palm Springs). Tonilyn’s sound is R&B Pop/Soul, heavily influenced by church hymns, Motown, pop power-divas, and musical theater. She will be performing in Left of Oz, a full-length Broadway style musical comedy playing at Ashby Stage, Berkeley July 2-18th.
Special Thanks to Rainbow Grocery for their generous donation to our program!
