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IBIG: PULSE OF DESIRE
Sat-Sun, Jul 18-19, 2009, 1-2PM
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
FREE!
The world premiere of the newest dance theater work by director/choreographer Alleluia Panis, in collaboration with director Sean San Jose, featuring works by Pilipino-American poets/storytellers Bayani Mariano and Oscar Peñaranda. Combining the physicality of contemporary dance, the exquisite articulation of traditional dance, and the muscular grace of eskrima, Alleluia Panis creates the heat and the passion of forbidden love based on the life and work of iconic 1970s Pilipino American poet Bayani Mariano. Enshrouded in mystery, Fate (Alleluia Panis), the angel of grace, hovers bearing witness as lovers, Eli (Alexandria Diaz Defato) and Bayani (Gregory Manalo) -- lonely and displaced, thrown together in San Francisco's urban landscape of invisible imigrants -- become mentally unhinged by the forceful and relentless pulse of life's desire.
The music is in the traditional Pilipino kundiman style, with the 70's sounds of R&B, Gospel, and jazz.
Performing Artists:
Alexandria Diaz Defato
Kyle de Ocera
Gregory Manalo
Alleluia Panis
Music by:
Rachael Bouch (percussion)
Kristine Sinajon (vocals)
Ronald Quesada (guitar)
PAST EVENTS
POMO: A SPACE OF OUR OWN
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AT THE KAPWA CONFERENCE
Sat, Jun 27, 2009, 1-2PM
San Francisco State University
Burk Hall
Through a roundtable discussion, including multi-media presentation, POMO artists and staff outline/contextualize the historical trajectory of the Post Modern American Pilipino Performance Project (POMO), an 11-year-institution in Pilipino American Post Modern Performance and discuss the role of cultural art and production as a vehicle for decolonization, healing, and community development. This roundtable aims to discuss and critique POMO as a best practice: its process and presentation of contemporary cultural production. The dialogue will look at the historical/artistic/social contexts surrounding the birth of POMO and the work Kularts has committed to year after year to sustain main stage opportunities for viable, edgy, new forms of Pilipino American performance art. We will look at the mission, the roster of a decade's worth of art/artists, the curatorial challenges, the standards, and the community's response to this unique performance space.
Panelists include:
Irene Faye Duller (moderator, theater & performance poetry)
Fides Enriquez (dance)
Olivia Malabuyo (theater, movement, production)
Allan S. Manalo (theater, comedy, production)
Dianne Que (production)
Anthem Salgado (moderator, theater & performance poetry)
Register for KAPWA here
YOUNG PIN@Y SOMA VOICES CULMINATING EVENT
A READING, FILM SCREENING, AND ZINE LAUNCH by SOMA Pilipin@ Youth!
Sat, Jun 6, 2009, 4PM
SF Public Library (Main Branch)
Latino Community Room
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for this inspiring event. The SOMA Youth were so excited to share their stories with the community and to be honored for their commitment and hard work over the past 5 months.
WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT OF THE SOMA VOICES ZINE!
The good news is, if you'd like to purchase your own copy, you may do so at http://kularts.magcloud.com
for $8 plus $1.40 shipping
Young Pin@y SOMA Voices is a 5-month multi-layered storytelling internship for Pilipino youth with a unique knowledge of San Francisco's historically Pilipino South of Market (SOMA) District. Mentored by Pilipino American artists and scholars this project comes to a close at the SF Public Library as the student interns present original written, video, and visual works that vividly re-imagine the world of SOMA, while accurately illustrating the daily complexities of their lives as Pilipino youth.
Featuring student intern works by:
Sheila Año
Steaven Baldoza
Jaison Jodel Cabebe
Kyrene Gutierrez
Vicente Manuel
Joshua Roa
SOMA Voices Mentors
Patty Cachapero, Creative Writing
RJ Lozada, Film/Video
Dianne Que, Zine
In Partnership with FEC Galing Bata and the SF Public Library
Sponsored by the California Council for the Humanities/California Stories Fund
Last updated: 2009-06-29 03:50:40
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