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Legacy & Leadership in Dance
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Bridge Live Arts

Legacy & Leadership in Dance

Legacy & Leadership in Dance: Shaping the Future Through Movement Curators: Cherie Hill & Rebecca Fitton Moderators: Cherie Hill Panelists: Gabriele Christian, Sarah Crowell, Hope Mohr, Robert Moses, and Nancy Ng Video Description: What does legacy in dance mean? In this panel discussion, now available on the Bridge Live Arts video library, five pioneering Bay Area dance leaders—Gabriele Christian, Sarah Crowell, Hope Mohr, Robert Moses, and Nancy Ng—explore the ways their artistry and leadership have shaped the region’s dance landscape. Filmed over an intimate lunch conversation, these visionary choreographers and educators share candid stories about transforming their organizations, building artistic communities, and mentoring future generations. They tackle the big questions, like: How do we honor and preserve legacy while embracing the inevitable shifts in our art forms, institutions, and communities? This recording isn’t just for dancers—it’s for anyone curious about the intersections of art, leadership, and community-building. With thought-provoking insights and heartfelt reflections, this panel offers inspiration for emerging and established artists alike. Watch and join the conversation about what it is to nurture a legacy in motion. Related Links: Gabriele Christian - instagram.com/gabriele.mov Sarah Crowell - instagram.com/sarahcrowell65 Hope Mohr - instagram.com/hopemohr Robert Moses - robertmoseskin.org/robert-moses Nancy Ng - lunadancecreativity.org/who-we-are/#1530683603135-08ad3f2e-0b92 Cherie Hill - movedasoul.com
Anti-Racism in Dance Series: Danzacuentos
01:25:57
Bridge Live Arts

Anti-Racism in Dance Series: Danzacuentos

Danzacuentos: Charla Virtual / Virtual Chat Date Recorded: September 17, 2021 / 17 de septiembre 2021 Moderators & Curators: Mario Ismael Espinoza, David Herrera, and Karla Quintero Panelists: Snowflake Calvert, Dulce Escobedo, Marianna Escobedo, Cinthia Pérez Navarro y Lyvan Verdecia The audio interview series Danzacuentos: Voz, Cuerpo, y Raíces provided listeners a window into the diverse experiences of Latinx, Indigenous, and Hispanic artists residing in the US and Mexico. Following their candid interviews, the five series’ artists—Snowflake Calvert, Dulce Escobedo, Marianna Escobedo, Cinthia Pérez Navarro, and Lyvan Verdecia—come together for a bilingual virtual conversation. Moderated by series co-curators David Herrera, Mario Ismael Espinoza, and Karla Quintero, they discuss the significance of sharing their narratives in their own words, grounded in a sense of belonging. In this conversation, they also explore their creative processes and delve into their connections with family, community, Latinidad, and various aspects of their identities. This conversation was presented as part of Bridge Live Arts’ Anti-Rascism in Dance series. La serie de entrevistas Danzacuentos: Voz, Cuerpo, y Raíces ofreció al oyente una ventana a las diversas experiencias de artistas latinx, indígenas e hispanos radicados en Estados Unidos y México. Tras sus sinceras entrevistas, los cinco artistas de la serie -Copo de Nieve Calvert, Dulce Escobedo, Marianna Escobedo, Cinthia Pérez Navarro y Lyvan Verdecia- se reúnen para una conversación virtual bilingüe. Moderada por David Herrera, Mario Ismael Espinoza y Karla Quintero, cocuradores de la serie, hablan sobre la importancia de relatar sus historias en sus propias palabras, desde un sentido de pertenencia. En esta conversación, también exploran sus procesos creativos y examinan sus conexiones a la familia, la comunidad, la latinidad y varios aspectos de sus identidades. Esta conversación se presentó como parte de la Serie de Antirracismo en la Danza de Bridge Live Arts. [Related Links ] Snowflake Calvert - https://snowflakecalvert.com/ Dulce Escobedo - https://www.instagram.com/tijuanadanza/ Marianna Escobedo - https://www.instagram.com/mariannaesdanza/ Cinthia Pérez Navarro - https://www.instagram.com/znt_dance/ Lyvan Verdecia - https://www.instagram.com/lyvanverdecia/ David Herrera - https://www.dhperformance.org/ Mario Ismael Espinoza - https://miespinoza.com/about/ Karla Quintero - https://www.instagram.com/karlajohannaquintero/ Danzacuentos Audio Series - https://www.danzacuentos.org/
Power Shift: Race in Contact Improvisation
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Lineage / Have We Come a Long Way Baby?: Performance Highlights (excerpt)
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Bridge Live Arts

Lineage / Have We Come a Long Way Baby?: Performance Highlights (excerpt)

HMD's Bridge Project's Multidisciplinary Performance Series approaches curating as a form of community organizing to facilitate cultural conversations that cross discipline, geography, and perspective. “[A] phenomenal celebration of West Coast post-modern dance, bringing together four powerhouse choreographers in a single program.” -- Heather Desaulniers, The Bridge Project 2014, September 28, 2014 For the fifth anniversary of its Bridge Project, Hope Mohr Dance, in association with the Joe Goode Annex, presented "Have We Come A Long Way, Baby?", a program dedicated to the West Coast post-modern dance lineage. In addition to performances, programming included the above panel discussion on the relationship of dance history to contemporary work moderated by Stanford University dance historian Dr. Janice Ross in conversation with Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, and Hope Mohr. Sept. 27, 2014 at the Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco. Anna Halprin, the matriarch of post-modernism, performed "The Courtesan and the Crone" (1999), an acclaimed solo addressing the aging body in motion. Simone Forti, who studied with Halprin before joining the Judson Dance Theater in New York, performed "News Animations," an improvisational performance in which personal experiences interweave with the flickering, fluid visions of the world brought to us by the news media to create a bold mosaic of our shared concerns. Mohr, who performed in the companies of three members of the Judson Dance Theater (Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, and Douglas Dunn), performed "Carnation," Lucinda Childs’ seminal 1964 solo examining the performance of gender through the use of simplicity, stillness, humor and task. Finally, Mohr presented "s(oft is)hard," a new solo for Peiling Kao.
Signals From the West: Bay Area Artists in Conversation with Merce Cunningham at 100 (full)
01:38:26
Bridge Live Arts

Signals From the West: Bay Area Artists in Conversation with Merce Cunningham at 100 (full)

"Signals from the West: Bay Area Artists in Conversation with Merce Cunningham at 100" was a bicoastal collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Trust, ODC Theater and SFMOMA’s Open Space as part of the international celebration of the Cunningham centennial. "Signals from the West" commissioned ten Bay Area artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to participate in a residency August 12-23, 2019 with former Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener and create new works of art in response to this experience. These commissioned works will premiere, alongside excerpts of Cunningham repertory performed by Bay Area dancers selected through a workshop with Mitchell and Riener, at ODC Theater November 8 & 9, 2019. SFMOMA’s Open Space commissioned an online series in conjunction with the program. To foreground difference, the project’s co-curators commissioned artists who represent a diversity of disciplines, perspectives, and ways of working and intentionally did not select anyone who has ever worked directly with the Cunningham company. The ten Bay Area commissioned artists were: Sofia Cordova Maxe Crandall Alex Escalante Christy Funsch Julie Moon Jenny Odell Nicole Peisl Danishta Rivero Dazaun Soleyn Sophia Wang Press "Signals from the West “encourages a critical, probing engagement with Cunningham, one befitting the artist’s own restless disposition" —Sam Lefebvre, “Merce Cunningham Artist Residency Celebrates, Challenges Dance Luminary,” KQED Arts "The initiative promises not only premieres, but also searching conversation as to what dance — this most ephemeral and physically vulnerable of arts — has to offer as its connecting essence during disconnected times…. a fresh encounter with Cunningham’s legacy" —S.F. Chronicle FUNDING CREDITS Signals from the West: Bay Area Artists in Conversation with Merce at 100 is a program of HMD’s Bridge Project and is made possible by the Merce Cunningham Trust, ODC Theater, SFMOMA’s Open Space, National Endowment for the Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco’s Grants for the Arts, the Walter & Elise Haas Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and generous individual donors. The Merce Cunningham Centennial Community Program is supported by a generous grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Merce Cunningham Centennial and its programs are generously supported with major funding from the Merce Cunningham Trust, the Paul L. Wattis Foundation, the American Express Foundation and Judith Pisar.
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