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Asian Improv aRts, API Cultural Center and Lenora Lee Dance presentthe World Premiere of In the Movement
by the award-winning company, Lenora Lee Dance
at ODC Theater
Thursday – Saturdays, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/8, 9/9, 9/10 at 8pm
And Sundays, 9/4, 9/11 at 2pm
Performances will begin on time, please arrive early. Post-show discussions after both Sunday shows
“In the Movement” is a heartfelt and explosive dance piece focusing on separation of families and mass detention of immigrants as forms of incarceration. It serves as a meditation on reconciliation and restorative justice, speaking to the power of individuals and communities to transcend.
Through dance, music and narrative, "In the Movement" shares migration stories, and highlights experiences of individuals subjected to incarceration, ICE detention and deportation as told through recorded interviews. This new work helps to illustrate systematic cycles of oppression, one such cycle keeping many immigrants either incarcerated, detained or cycling between the two.
VIDEO TEASER: https://vimeo.com/728134716
LOCATION
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street (between South Van Ness & Folsom)
San Francisco, CA 94110
https://odc.dance/theaterseason
Street parking or local garages are available. Please plan ahead regarding parking.
ADMISSION
$20 – $50
For more info:
https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket/#/events/a0S5b00000CTNJYEA5
Early bird special price on general admission tickets until 8/27!
For questions email [email protected]
Sunday, 9/4 Panelists include: Borey “Peejay” Ai, Guisela Ramos Guardado, Rhummanee Hang
Sunday, 9/11 Panelists include: Ericson Amaya Bonilla, Enrique Cristobal Meneses, Jessica S. Yamane
Audience Responses from LLD’s award-winning Within These Walls production:
“I thought about ICE jails, people who fear deportation, and refugees overseas. It was heavy….and so beautiful.”
“It was a truly unique and powerful experience, and I feel fortunate to have witnessed it. It snuck into my dreams last night.”
“Moving and beautifully rendered, so timely given the global dialogue around immigration. I was there with my seven year old son, and the piece made a big impression on him.”
“I was deeply affected and moved by the performance. I left in tears, and literally cried every time I replayed the performance in my head for 4 days afterward.”
“It was brilliant and emotionally powerful.”
Conceived, Produced & Directed by Lenora Lee
Choreography by Lenora Lee in collaboration with the performers / dance collaborators: Johnny Cox, Felicitas Fischer, Miguel Forbes, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyen, Sawako Ogo, Moyra Silva Rodriguez
Recorded music directed by Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki
Vocals by Helen Palma
Media Design by Lenora Lee & Olivia Ting
Videography by Edward Kaikea Goo & Lenora Lee, filmed on Alcatraz Island
Light Design by Jack Beuttler
Interviewee Voiceover: Borey Ai, Ericson Amaya Bonilla, Enrique Cristobal Meneses, Guisela Ramos Guardado, Rhummanee Hang, Melanie Kim, Cindy Liou, Jessica S. Yamane, Anonymous
Resource Partners: Asian Prisoner Support Committee, 67 Sueños
Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Production Assistant: Edward Kaikea Goo, Q. Quan
Photos by Robbie Sweeny
LENORA LEE DANCE
Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) integrates contemporary dance, film, music, and research and has gained increasing attention for its sustained pursuit of issues related to immigration, incarceration, global conflict, and its impacts, particularly on women and families. The company creates works that are both set in public and private spaces, intimate and at the same time large-scale, inspired by individual stories as well as community strength, at times crafted for the proscenium, or underwater, or in the air, and at times are site-responsive, immersive and interactive. For the last 14 years LLD has been pushing the envelope of large-scale multimedia, and immersive dance performance that connects various styles of movement and music to culture, history and human rights issues. Its work has grown to encompass the creation, presentation and screening of films, museum and gallery installations, civic engagement and educational programming.
ODC THEATER
ODC Theater exists to empower and develop innovative artists. It participates in the creation of new works through commissioning, presenting, mentorship and space access; it develops informed, engaged and committed audiences; and advocates for the performing arts as an essential component to the economic and cultural development of our community. Since 1976, ODC Theater, founded by Brenda Way, has been the mobilizing force behind countless San Francisco artists and the foothold for national and international touring artists seeking debut in the Bay Area. ODC Theater is currently under the creative direction of Chloë L. Zimberg.
ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE
Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) provides direct support to Asian and Pacific Islander (API) prisoners and raises awareness about the growing number of APIs being imprisoned, detained, and deported. Since 2002, APSC has led programs in prisons, organized anti-deportation campaigns, provided resources to “lifers,” and developed culturally relevant reentry programs. APSC facilitates Ethnic Studies programs in prisons, provides community-based reentry services, and organizes deportation defense campaigns. https://www.asianprisonersupport.com
67 SUEÑOS
67 Sueños is an Oakland-based youth organizing program with political education, artivism, and trauma-healing work at the center. It works primarily with Latinx undocumented youth and youth from mixed status families (ages 14-24) through a leadership development program that engages them in local campaigns fighting towards ending youth incarceration and militarized policing of BIPOC communities. 67 Sueños was born in 2011 out of the recognition that 67 percent of migrant youth would be excluded from the DREAM Act, a federal bill aimed at providing a path to citizenship for migrants who arrived in the U.S. at an early age. http://67suenos.org
ARTIST & INTERVIEWEE BIOGRAPHIES
http://www.lenoraleedance.com/2022/01/world-premiere-of-in-the-movement-september-1-11-2022/
In the Movement is supported by Asian Improv aRts, API Cultural Center, ODC Theater, Cal Humanities, California Arts Council, Fleishhacker Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Phyllis Wattis Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and by Generous Individuals. Special thanks to Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, Asian Prisoner Support Committee, 67 Sueños, Golden Gate National Recreation Center.
Photo above: Johnny Nguyen, by Robbie Sweeny
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ODC, 3153 17th Street, SF CA 94110,San Francisco,CA,United States