YaYa Dreams A Future: A Live Installation At Summerstage
June 2, 2010 by Nursha
Filed under Community Events & News
Don’t miss a wonderful opportunity to view YaYa Dreams A Future: A Live Installation featured at Summerstage this Friday! Sharing the stage with Akim Funk Buddha’s Flying Boombox, this will be an evening to remember. YaYa Dreams A Future implores you to look through the eyes of a 5 year old as he dares to imagine the future. It was inspired by a series of organic paintings by Delano Franklin. Catch the preview video here: YaYa Dreams A Future
Directed and choreographed by Maijia Garcia, this live installation will take the audience through a dream sequence with a live soundscape arranged by composers Monk Washington and Hamilton Harris. Movement artists include:
- Dwayne Brown
- Maijia Garcia
- Shaneeka Harrell
- Julia Kobceva
- Kafi Pierre
- Marcus White
Costume designs by Anjia Jalac and lighting design by Xavier Pierce are sure to add elements to this work that you won’t see anywhere else. Join in as these amazing artists embody the infinite possibilities of YaYa’s imagination.
Event Details: YaYa Dreams A Future: A Live Installation
Date & Time : Friday, June 4th at 8pm
Location : Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn, NY ( By Subway: Take the G train to Bedford/Nostrand )
Ticket Pricing : FREE!
Booking : T’ai Jamar Hanna ( taijamar@mac.com )
This outdoor event is FREE! Whether you’re young, an elder, love or dreamer, don’t miss this event! Catch the preview video here: YaYa Dreams A Future
Volcano’s Birthright{s} Premieres May 1st, @ The Tank, NY
April 27, 2009 by Nursha
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VOLCANO’S BIRTHRIGHT{S} PREMIERES MAY 1st at The Tank , 3rd floor theater
354 West 45th St. btw 8th and 9th Aves.
Nursha Project is proud to partner with Yvonne and Maija to bring to stage Volcan’s Birthright{s}.
Written and performed by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene and directed by Maija Garcia, Volcano’s Birthright{s} is a one-woman, multi-media theatrical production that fuses poetry, choreography, film and music.
In an intimate setting, this Nigerian dyke poet and daughter of immigrants illuminates her experience of love and heartache, art and activism, culture and roots. Fly spits raw poetry and unleashes uncensored monologue at once seething with rage, deeply humorous and intensely loving…Volcano’s Birthright{s} is bleeding with humanity…In the face of genocide and war, this work asks of itself and the world: are poems enough?
Sat, 05/02/2009 – 7:30pm
Sun, 05/03/2009 – 7:00pm
Sat, 05/09/2009 – 7:30pm
Sun, 05/10/09 – 7:00pm
Admission: $10, (yes- that’s right, only $10, Because we want you all to be there!)
Purchase Tickets
Online : https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/62898
Volcano’s Birthright{s} who’s who…
Poet, Playwright & Performance Artist, Lenelle Moïse describes Fly’s verse as “free, fierce, insightful, romantic, chatty, hilarious, confidential and confident. Her imagery is explosive and precise. In performance, she roars like a renegade, seductively stomps, suspends a moment of searching and always, always inspires. She is flight in progress, a dyke to watch out for, as striking as a butterfly.” Fly is a Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright and actress who was born with a mouth full of dynamite and sugarcane. Fly uses her poetry to chisel a verbal sculpture of her soul for listeners while addressing issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, war, imperialism, love, self esteem and family. Fly has self-published three collections of poetry, toured nationally and performed in over 25 u.s. cities.
Harlem-based movement artist, Maija Garcia is making waves as director of OrganicMagnetics, a transformative theater collaborative binding creativity and sustainability.
Associate choreographer of FELA! A New Musical, premiering on Broadway in 2009, Maija has toured internationally, performing with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company since 2004. Making her directorial debut with Volcano’s Birthright{s}, a multi-media/one-woman play, Garcia’s choreographic works have been staged all over New York City, in La Habana Cuba, San Francisco/Los Angeles CA, and Ann Arbor MI. Maija Garcia teaches classes and facilitates workshops worldwide, sharing a contemporary movement style inspired by afro-latin rhythms, and infused with yoga, martial arts and theater dynamics. http://www.peridance.com/wsdetail.cfm?wsid=281
A sustainable development graduate of California Institute of Integral Studies, Garcia’s work transforms inspiration into activism; building bridges across borders through artistic collaboration.
Organic Magnetics , producer
Organic Magnetics is a living arts collaborative binding creativity and sustainability. OM generates tranformative theater- integrating movement, sound, storytelling, visual and interactive art forms. Our creative process involves collaboration across artistic mediums, working to dissolve borders by building bridges. Live performances and workshops are offered internationally; Engaging social, environmental and cultural dialogue as we create urban folklore for the future. OrganicMagnetics.com up soon!
Nursha Project , production management
Janet Wong , video work
Jessica Paz , sound design
Justin Carty , text animation
Levi Stolove , photography
Joan Racho-Jansen , lighting design
Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya , costume design
And other underground collaborators in the mix…
For More Information, go to:
http://www.thetanknyc.org/theater
If You cannot view image at the top of this page, go to:
www.organicmagnetics.com/volcano.html
