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03.06.08-03.08.08 alyssa lee + george alley @ POW! Mini Performance Art Festival
when:POW! runs from thursday march 6, friday march 7th, and saturday march 8th, 2008 @ 8pm
alyssa lee + george alley perform thursday march 6 + saturday march
visit:http://www.myspace.com/samowilmotek
where:space gallery -- 1141 polk street sf ca 94109
who: alyssa lee of group A + george alley of Alley Ink present work among the other artists of POW! -- Francesco Gagliardi, gal*in_dog, Violeta Luna and David Molina, M. Mara-Ann, The Plastic Arts Performance Parade, Nora Raggio, Rocket Parlour, Kattt Sammon, WIGBand, and more
what:alyssa lee + george alley premiere 2 new performance works to complete the diptych they started in 2005 with Lionel Ritchie
Presented by samo-wilmo-tek and gal*in_dog, POW! displays "cutting-edgy" work of performers and artists from the Bay Area, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. After producing significant shows throughout the Bay Area, samo-wilmo-tek joined forces with gal*in_dog to create POW!, a grassroots production. POW! is a festival full of surprises and uncensored performance pieces. samo-wilmo-tek and gal*in_dog present POW! as a response to the ways in which the art scene is managed in the Bay Area and United States. Artists have been forced to follow certain aesthetics in order to have their work presented in a gallery or a festival and obligated to create a specific type of work that follows the fiscal sponsor's agenda. Thus, the sponsor gets to censor the artist. The curators of POW! devised a festival where the artist is encouraged to present work without restrictions.
cost:$10
12.07.07 + 12.08.07 at the bazaar: group A @ counterpulse
visit: http://www.counterpulse.org, http://www.myspace.com/groupAdance
when: friday, 12.07.07 + saturday, 12.08.07 @8 pm
where: counterPULSE, sf
who: featuring performances + collaborations by: tiffany barbarash, bethany clemen, peggy decoursey, rachael dichter, cenk ergün, connor fu, holly furgason, barb golden, alyssa lee, jarred mcadams, monica mark, nora raggio, rowena richie, kattt sammon, sudhu tewari, + dawn urista
what: presented by alyssa lee and group A in collaboration with bay area artists, this open-market style evening of multimedia performances will include dance, video, electronic music, installations, and more
why: group A serves up grass-fed, cage-free, all-natural organic art by the pound at the bazaar
cost: $12-$20
10.02.07 group A @ temescal arts center
visit: http://nowave.pair.com/weasel_walter, http://www.temescalartscenter.org
when: tuesday, 10.02.07 @ 8pm
where: temescal arts center, 511 48th street @ telegraph, oakland, ca
who: alyssa lee + weasal walter
what: music + dance improvisation
09/07 cenk erg ün CD release The Art of the Fluke with alvin curran + cenk ergün
visit www.cenkergun.com for more information!
05.12.07 group A @ the stone, nyc
visit: www.thestonenyc.com, http://www.cenkergun.com, http://www.sopercussion.com
when: saturday, 05.12.07 @ 8pm
where: the stone - corner of avenue c and 2nd street, nyc
who: group A performs with members of so percussion + others
tiffany barbarash - dancer
cenk ergün - composer/laptop/victrola
alyssa lee - choreographer/dancer
beth myers - viola
josh quillen - piano e-bow
adam sliwinski - piano e-ebow
mary jo stilp - violin
jason treuting - percussion/drums
lawson white - percussion
what: group A presents a new collaboration - Susie Hotel - along with a concert of improvised and composed, plugged and unplugged, magnetized and synthesized, wound up and stretched out music and dance
why: curated by fred frith
cost: $10
alyssa lee + sharon cheslow's Duct Tape piece 2 in Girl Monster Installation in spain!
visit: www.myspace.com/girlmonsternet, www.sharoncheslow.com
when: through may 4th, 2007
where: Centro Cultural Montehermoso Fray Zacarias, 2 Vitoria Gasteiz, Alava Spain
who: alyssa lee + sharon cheslow
what: Duct Tape Piece 2 video in the Girl Monster installation for "Switch on The Power"
02.09.07 alyssa lee @ aurora nonette
visit: www.21grand.org, http://www.aurorarising.com/Events/nonette.htm, http://www.aurorarising.com
when: friday, 02.09.07 8:30pm
where: 21 grand, 416 25th st (@broadway), oakland, ca, 510.444.7263
who: aurora nonette:
liz allbee - trumpet
maria fischinger - active listening
aurora josephson - voice
alyssa lee - movement
sarah lockhart - video
aram shelton - saxophone
adrienne simms - active drawing
damon smith - double bass
weasel walter - percussion
what: the ever expanding intermedia ensemble with a core of solid musicianship improvising intricately...
cost: $6-10
03.04.07 group A @ Youth Arts in Action Benefit
visit: http://www.youthartsinaction.org
when: sunday 03.04.07 2pm + 7pm
where: the janet pomeroy center main hall, 207 skyline blvd. san francisco
who: tiffany barbarsh + alyssa lee
what: leo's duet
why: a benefit show for Youth Arts in Action, a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, educate and sponsor young artists who have shown an extraordinary talent and have demonstrated an ability to pursue a professional career in the arts.
cost: $12 for adults, $8 for children under 12
12.03.06 samo-wilmo-tek series @ 21 grand
visit: www.21grand.org
when: 12.03.06 @ 8pm
where: 21 grand, 416 25th st (@broadway), oakland, ca, 510.444.7263
who: samo-wilmo-tek, founded by alyssa lee and kattt sammon, presents work by guillermo galindo, kattt sammon, and brian reinbolt. in addition, this show features work by kunsu shim, a premiere by alyssa lee commissioned by kattt sammon, and guest aritst peggy decoursey
what: gal*in_dog aka guillermo galindo performs Tres: Three works in progress. three personas, three Cyber-totemic ® cures. a partial marriage between composition, ritual pre-formance, sonic archetype and post-Mexican retrospection. brian reinbolt presents Moronscapes a continuously changing computer controlled sound and light environment. the computer is the literal moron, much like the one who plagues you in coffee shops and bars. kattt sammon performs the premiere of Recipe for Destruction (by alyssa lee); an electronic influctuation; and with special guest peggy decoursey, Non-Stop 20; Talking Trash; The Cap Was (by kunsu shim)
cost: $10
11.03.06 + 11.04.06 group A @ CounterPULSE
visit: www.counterpulse.org
when: 11.03.06 + 11.04.06 @ 8 pm
where: CounterPULSE, 1310 mission street @ 9th street, sf, ca 94103, 415.626.2060
who: ben azarm, mark bartscher, tiffany barbarash, thom blum, bethany clemen, cenk ergün, tara fagan, holly furgason, deborah hurley, alyssa lee, serah mead, susannah richter, sudhu tewari, dawn urista
what: group A 2006 works
cost: $10-$20
10.06.06 group A @ Illuminated Corridor: Mobility
visit: www.21grand.org, www.illuminatedcorridor.com/20061006.html
when: friday 10.06.06 @7:11-10pm
where: 25th st. between broadway + telegraph, oakland, ca
who: alyssa lee w/ sharon cheslow & Coterie Exchange
what: Sonic Triptych II" - a Sharon Cheslow & Coterie Exchange sound performance/event as part of Illuminated Corridor. random sets of 3 will perform throughout the evening, representing themselves through individual aesthetics. "Sonic Triptych II" participants include: erika anderson - voice, electronics; jorge boehringer - guitar; maryclare brzytwa - flute, electronics; ezra buchla - voice; michael carreira - gong; george chen - guitar; sharon cheslow - electronics, voice, guitar, flashlight; vice cooler - drums; sue costible - clarinet, voice; paul costuros - clarinet & fx; kristy geschwandtner - voice, drum; steve kim - electronics, turntable, recorder; alyssa lee - body, duct tape, plastic bags, flashlight; sam meister - electronics, light; steve touchton - guitar, sampler, voice; weasel walter - bass clarinet, triangle, woodblock
why: Illuminated Corridor: Mobility is presented in partnership with 21 grand and outsound.org as part of the Oakland Art Murmur. This Corridor seeks to illuminate our notions of physical, social and economic mobility in the burgeoning Northgate neighborhood: a place of art and manufacture teetering on the borders of Oakland's 10K Plan. Live music and performative projection from: Big City Orchestra, Admiral Ted Brinkley (semi-ret.) and Hugo Ball Room, Nicholas Chas, Sharon Cheslow and Coterie Exchange (Erika Anderson, Jorge Boehringer, Maryclare Brzytwa, Ezra Buchla, Michael Carreira, George Chen, Vice Cooler, Sue Costible, Paul Costuros, Kristy Geschwandtner, Steve Kim, Alyssa Lee, Sam Meister, Steve Touchton, Weasel Walter), Cinepimps (with Alfonso Alvarez, Laurie Amat, Keith Arnold, Lucio Menegon, Cynthia Weyukert et Alia) Jen Cohen and Guillermo Galindo, Daniel Popsicle, Lance Grabmiller, Veronica de Jesus and Regina Clarkinia, Franz Keller, Killer Banshee, miba, Mike Missiaen, Neshama Alma Band, NPR, Kathleen Quillian and Gilbert Guerrero with George Chen we eat dots (Cecilia Elguero, Bookworm, Drslone and Brian Rogers).
cost: free
09.15.06 + 09.16.06 group A @ The Body Electra presented by U Dance Electra Show
visit: www.udanceelectra.org,
www.ftloose.org/calendar.html
when: 09.15.06 + 09.16.06 @ 8 pm
where: shotwell studios, 3252 - 19th street, san francisco, ca
who: tiffany barbarash, cenk ergün, deborah hurley, alyssa lee, dawn urista
what: leo's momentary
cost: tba
09.01.06 group A @ the Philly Fringe Festival - Myth-Information Film Forum
visit:www.livearts-fringe.org, www.georgealley.com
when: 09.01.06 @ 11:00 pm
where: Lula Bar, 225 S. 12th street philadelphia, PA
who: featuring works from celebrated philadelphia local choreographers/companies George Alley/Alley Ink dance, Abby Zbikowksi, and Danielle Kinne as well as works submitted from around North America including: New York: Edward Bottger, Sasha Welsh of Limina Projects, Robbie Cook, Hawaii: Rory Davis and Michael Keeler, San Francisco: Alyssa Lee of Group A
Philadelphia: Philip Moore, Megan Mazarick Ottawa: Mikiki
what: alyssa lee of group A presents Dance 101, a low tech investigation of dance. this film explores how dance, as the choreographer sees it, has become a weapon against itself. DANCE 101 engages the viewer in a dialogue about fundamental aspects of dance and challenges the spectator to examine their personal aesthetics of what dance is and is not.
why: choreography as a weapon on film; nine artists, seven films working with motion. work that is desperate, cosmic, petty, transgressive, transient, transsexual and teetering on the brink of destruction. featuring works from around the globe; come enter the Myth-information videodrome; you may not return the same shape
cost: free
08.08.06 group A @ live cinema nights
visit:www.livecinemanights.org
when: 08.08.06 @ 11:15 pm
where: club glo - 396 south first street, san jose, ca 95113. tel: 408.995.6414
who: tiffany barbarash, tara fagan, jez lee, alyssa lee + dawn urista
what: group A presents Absence/Presence - a collaborative multimedia
work by mark bartscher, cenk ergün, + alyssa lee
why: during ISEA 2006, live cinema nights presents some of the most avant-garde live video artists from the Bay Area and around the world in a three-night program of sound and moving image fusing electronica with live experimental video
cost: $20 online, $25 at the door
07.18.06 group A @ WestWave Dance Festival, program #4
visit: www.westwavedancefestival.org
when: 07.18.06 @ 8 pm
where: theater artuad, 450 florida street, sf, ca 94110
who: tiffany barbarash, bethany clemen, tara fagan, holly furgason, deborah hurley, jez lee, alyssa lee, natalie rael, + dawn urista
what: group A world premieres Absence/Presence - a collaborative multimedia work by mark bartscher, cenk ergün, + alyssa lee
why: 15th annual WestWave Dance Festival presented by WestWavedanceFestival.2006
cost: $20 general admission, $18 students and seniors - 415.863.9834 for more information
04.30.06 group A @ 24 Views
visit: www.odctheater.org
when: 04.30.06 @ 7:00 pm
where: odc theater, 3153 17th st @ shotwell st, sf, ca 94110
who: tiffany barbarash + dawn urista
what: leo's duet
why: national dance week
cost: FREE
04.23.06 group A @ union square
visit: www.frp.org/unionsquare.asp, www.unionsquarepark.us/
when: 04.23.06, 2-4 pm
where: outdoor performance at union square stage (between powell street + stockton street), san francisco, ca
who: tiffany barbarash, tara fagan, alyssa lee, jez lee,
jarred mcadams, susannah richter, dawn urista + amanda wilmot
what: various group A choreography from 2001 to present - featuring new + old works! presented by MJM Management Group and the San Francisco Parks Trust
why: national dance week
cost: donation only
04.22.06 group A @ earth day celebration
visit: www.ci.berkeley.ca.us, www.hesternet.net
when: 04.22.06 @ 11:45 am
where: mlk civic center park, allston st + mlk jr. way, berkeley, ca
who: tiffany barbarash, tara fagan, jez lee, jarred mcadams, susannah richter, amanda wilmot
what: Round, Round - with a new composition by Bill Wolter
why: earth day celebration
cost: FREE
03.17.06 + 03.18.06 group A @ raw & uncut
visit: www.ftloose.org
when: 03.17.06 + 03.18.06 @ 8pm
where: Shotwell Studios - 3252A 19th street sf, ca 94110 (between Folsom & South Van Ness), 415.289.2000
who: jez lee, sudhu tewari, + dawn urista
what: solo (PREMIERE!) - collaboration with installation artist sudhu tewari, featuring a new electronic composition by cenk ergün
why: raw & uncut, two evenings of dance performance
cost: $10-20
02.04.06 group A @ the Renaud-Wilson Dance Festival - "Activist Choreography: Dance as a Vehicle for Social Change"
visit:www.dandeliondancetheater.org/perform.htm#rw
when: 02.04.06 @ 7:30 pm
where: CSU East Bay campus (formerly CSU Hayward), mainstage theater, hayward, ca 94542
who: tiffany barbarash, jez lee, melissa crago + dawn urista
what: tabi, tabi
why: the CSU Hayward department of Theatre and Dance presents the
second annual Renaud-Wilson Dance Festival. this year's festival,
named in honor of Laura Renaud-Wilson (an inspiring bay area dance
advocate and the guiding light for CSU East Bay's dance program for
over 20 years) will focus on "Activist Choreography: Dance as a Vehicle
for Social Change." we envision the festival as an opportunity for
university, college and high school dance departments throughout
northern california to come together in a non-competitive yet vigorous
and passionate environment for learning, performing, sharing,
networking and celebrating our diverse dance community. it includes
master dance and dance/theater classes, student performances, and
faculty/guest artist performances (including works in the theater and
site-specific).
cost: www.dandeliondancetheater.org/perform.htm#rw
01.20.06 + 01.21.06 group A @ The Underserved II, 'POP!' @ odc theater
visit: www.odctheater.org
when: 01.20.06 + 01.21.06 @ 8pm
where: odc theater, 3153 17th st @ shotwell st, sf, ca 94110
who: tiffany barbarash, jez lee, melissa crago + dawn urista
what: tabi, tabi
why: odc's concert of 5 minute dances set to pop music - group A performs to turkish pop!
cost: $12
12.21.05 group A @ From the Darkness, Solace
visit: www.acousmatic.com
when: 12.21.05, Winter Solstice, @ 7pm-11pm
where: the oakland columbarium chapel of the chimes, 4499 piedmont avenue, oakland
who: mark bartscher, cenk ergun, jez lee, + alyssa lee
what: improvisation
why: fundraiser for the lifemark group grief center of alameda county
cost: donations of $10-$20
note: flashlights encouraged
9.23.05 group A performance
when: 09.23.05 @ 8pm
where: la solea, 19th street between
mission + capp (next to little baobab), san francisco
who: melissa anast, bethany clemen,
dawn urista + alyssa lee wilmot
what: IMPROV
why: benefit concert for asako takami
cost: donations at the door
09.24.05 group A @ THE BOAT SHOW presented
by Whisper Culture
visit: www.whisperculture.com
when: 09.24.05 @ 8pm
where: on the blue and gold fleet ferry,
departing from pier 39, san francisco, CA
who: group A (performances by dawn
urista + bethany clemen), visual art by nathalie roland + julia shirar,
music by THE MALL, phase chancellor + blevin blectum, video by kendra
juul + kristin miltner, installation by miba, + dance music by DJ ryan
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what: Premiere! PRODUCT 2.protopacks
why: Whisper Culture presents THE BOAT
SHOW - the first annual experimental boat show
cost: $20 presale online or $25 at
PIER 39/41, a portion of the proceeds to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims
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10.1.05 group A performance
when: 10.01.05 @ 3pm
where: mills college, haas pavilion,
studio one
who: dawn urista + alyssa lee wilmot
what: CA
why: celebration of the arts
cost: free
10.2.05 group A performance
visit: http://www.temescalartscenter.org
when: 10.02.05 @ 8pm
where: Temescal Arts, 511 48th st btwn
shattuck/telegraph, oakland
who: bethany clemen, dawn urista, +
alyssa lee wilmot
what: Trio For Video
why: Temescal First Sunday Salon
cost: $10-12
07.20.05 group A @ ODC as part of
Summerfest/dance
visit: www.summerfestdance.org
or
www.odcdance.org
when: 07.20.05 @ 8pm
where: ODC theater 3153 17th street
@ shotwell st.
sf, ca 94110
who: dawn urista + alyssa lee wilmot
what: CA
why: Summerfest/dance presents...the
14th annual West Wave Dance Festival: The Best Dance around the Bay
- Special All Dance/No Tech performance opportunity for Bay Area Choreographers
curated by Keith Hennessy
cost: tba
07.24.05 group A@ union square, sf, CA
when: 07.24.05 @ 2-4pm
where: outdoor performance at union square (between powell street + stockton street), sf, ca
who: melissa anast, bethany clemen, amy dumars, jezebel kuono ono lee, jarred mcadams, sudhu tewari, dawn urista, alyssa lee wilmot, + local hip hop dancers
what: various group A choreography from 2001 to present + hip hop choreography
why: union square new performance series, Jewels in the Square, sponsored by The San Francisco Parks Trust
cost: donations only
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Manifesto Reconsidered: Having Second Thoughts premiered at union square, july 2005!
this collaborative work, created by alyssa lee wilmot and jarred mcadams, is a reworking of the original version, called Manifesto (for Jarred). both versions of this piece require large amounts of memorization and accuracy (due to the accumulative structure of the dance), which performer jarred mcadams masters with ease!
group A premiered Trio for Video in april 2005 at the bohemia bar, sf!
Trio for Video features projected video by kristin miltner and electronic music by cenk ergün. performed by dancers jez lee, dawn urista, + alyssa lee wilmot. to view photos from the premiere of trio for video --> click here!
group A premiered new work in philadelphia in february 2005!
in february 2005 group A presented a new duet with philly based choreographer george alley. this collaborative work, titled Lionel Richie, included an electronic music score by cenk ergün. to view the promotional postcard for the event --> click here!
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::REVIEWS/GROUP A IN THE NEWS::
group A reviewed by allan ullrich in voice of dance!
to read the article click here
group A highlighed in san francisco's chronicle Fall Arts Preview Dance by Rachel Howard!
group A: Brainy, ambitious choreographer Alyssa Lee maintains a long roster of multimedia collaborators. This young company's fall season mixes light installations, Turkish pop, experimental electronic music and formalist-minded dancing. Nov. 3-4, CounterPulse, 1310 Mission St., San Francisco. (415) 435-7552
read more here
group a in voice of dance article
see what voice of dance has to say about group a here
see what the critics are saying about the premiere of tabi tabi!
Pop goes the dancing
ODC Theater's "Underserved II: Pop!" sizzles and fizzles
By Rita Felciano
"Alyssa Lee's fine Tabi Tabi, to Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises's song of the same name, was the evening's most politically inspired
work..."
read the entire review of tabi tabi and odc's "underserved II:
pop!" festival here
cenk ergün featured in article!
a recent article about electronic music in turkey features group A artistic director cenk ergün! --> read more
new review!
read the review of Lionel Ritchie as posted on Voice of Dance by writer ken schneck in february 2005! --> read more
sudhu tewari featured in the san francisco chronicle
read the 02.25.05 san francisco chronicle article about group A member sudhu tewari! --> read moreA
group a performs @ THE BOAT SHOW
see the article in the sf weekly
05.06.05 guest appearance on KPFA radio (94.1 FM)
TO HEAR THE SHOW --> click here
when: 05.06.05 12:01 AM (friday morning)
where: 94.1 FM, KPFA radio
who: kenneth atchley, cenk ergün, kattt sammon, + alyssa lee wilmot
what: sampler for 05.06.05 + 05.07.05 show @ berkeley art center
why: guest appearance on barbara golden's "Crack 'O' Dawn"
artistic director cenk ergün mentioned in new york's time out magazine! --> check it out!
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::GROUP A RESIDENCIES::
group A residency @ the college of san mateo
group A @ The College of San Mateo in may 2006 as the resident guest artists of the Dance department!
when: 5/5- 5/6/06 @ 8pm
where: The College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA, Theatre
who: Alyssa Lee, Cenk Ergün, + Mark Bartscher
what: Absence/Presence - featuring College of San Mateo students
why: guest artist residency
cost: tickets at the door
visit:
www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/theatre/home.htm
group A residency @ the college of wooster
group A was the resident guest artist of the Dance-Theatre department in april 2006!
this residency featured:
- lectures by group A on collaboration + methods of choreography
- master classes by group A
- a 3 day performance featuring The College of Wooster students + group A
when: 4/1-4/8/06
where: The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
who: Alyssa Lee, Cenk Ergün, + Mark Bartscher
what: group A performed CA (2001), + Absence/Presence - a new collaboration with music by Cenk Ergün + video by Mark Bartscher - featuring College of Wooster students
why: guest artist residency:
visit: www.wooster.edu/news/0506/SpringDanceConcert.php
group A residency @ the college of wooster article
read about the group a residency @ wooster here
