PERFORMANCES |
Mark Your Calendars;
"Pensive Spring: A Portrait of Emily Dickinson" at Santa Sabina Chapel Music Series, Dominican University, San Rafael Sunday October 10, 2010 3 p.m.
"Pensive Spring: A Portrait of Emily Dickinson" presented by Berkeley Chamber Performances, Berkeley City Club. Tuesday October 19, 2010 8 p.m.
Kathryn Roszak’s Danse Lumiere Performs“The Star Dances,”
As Part Of
“The Cosmos At Yoshi’s,The Universe In A Bowl Of Tea,”
Special Program at Yoshi’s Jazz House, 510 Embarcadero West., Jack London Square, Oakland Saturday, April 24 At 2 P.M.
Kathryn Roszak’s Danse Lumiere performs an innovative program at Yoshi’s Jazz House in Oakland. “The Star Dances” on April 24th features Dance Lumiere performers dancing the stars and planets to music by Gustav Holst. Kathryn Roszak choreographs the program and astronomer Bethany Cobb acts as a guide to the stars and the universe in an interactive multi-media presentation. This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. The presentation includes an appearance by club founder Yoshi Akiba. The program is followed by a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Performance andTalk at 2 p.m. followed by the Tea Ceremony at 3 p.m.
Performance and Talk $10.00, Tea $10.00
Family members and Children $5.00 per event.
For Information or Reservations: 510 233 5550 - dlkdance.com - dance@sonic.net
Kathryn Roszak’s Danse Lumiere recently performed “The Star Dances” at the Herbst Thater in San Francisco and at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. The East Bay company specializes in collaborations linking the arts, environment, and humanity. The company has been presented by La MaMa E.T.C., New York, The Smithsonian Washington, D.C., The Copenhagen Cultural Festival, Denmark, The University of San Francisco, Yoshi’s Jazz House, Oakland, Dominican University, San Rafael, and The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Recent collaborations include creating choreography based on internationally acclaimed Oakland author Maxine Hong Kingston’s “The Fifth Book of Peace,” and the current collaboration with U.C. Berkeley scientists on “The Star Dances.”
"The Star Dances" - Saturday, December 12, 1 - 2 pm,
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, UC Berkeley
astronomer Bethany Cobb has partnered with choreographer Kathryn Roszak to develop a unique presentation, "The Star Dances," combining the science of astronomy with the art of dance. This performance will be presented at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on December 12, at 1pm. Kathryn Roszak's "Danse Lumiere" will dance to the music of Gustav Holst, while Dr. Cobb will guide the audience through the stars in a multi-media presentation. This performance has been designed for a general audience and particularly for families. This program is interactive --
so expect to get out of your seats and move with the Universe! Questions can be
directed to Bethany Cobb at bcobb@astro.berkeley.edu. This program is FREE with admission to the Hall.
Here is the LHS link:
http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/lhs.html?event_ID=25603&date=2009-12-12
The Fifth Book of Peace,"
Creating a Culture of Peace
*"The Fifth Book of Peace" is an innovative program created by Danse Lumiere Artistic Director Kathryn Roszak and inspired by Maxine Hong Kingston's book of the same name. The program features students from the LinesBallet/B.F.A. program at Dominican in a new dance-theater adaptation of Hong-Kingston's book addressing the social justice issues of war and violence, and creating a culture of peace. The program features a talk by Maxine Hong Kingston who demonstrates unique leadership with her approach to activism. As a lover of peace she
reaches out to war veterans and her work places emphasis on spiritual
and artistic ways of creating change. This project bears witness to
the
veterans' stories. As their stories are shared, the accurate
transcription
of what is in the heart creates community.
The Talk and Performance Features:
* Maxine Hong Kingston,
award-winning author and National Endowment of
the Humanities medalist.
* The war veterans, including Pulitzer Prize nominated Jimmy Janko.
* Kathryn Roszak/Danse Lumiere - performs internationally at La Mama ETC,
New York, Copenhagen Cultural Festival, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington D.C., and locally at the University of San Francisco and
The
Asian Art Museum.
* Students of LinesBallet/B.F.A. at Dominican Lines Ballet is an
internationally acclaimed dance company performing at the Joyce Theater,
New York, Spoleto Festival/USA, and Europe.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Fifth Book of Peace, is a dance theater piece based on the book of
the same name by National Book Award-winning, Bay Area author Maxine
Hong Kingston. A feature of our production is the inclusion of Viet Nam
veterans' stories both from Ms.Kingston's book and
now from the recently
published anthology that she has edited, Veterans of War, Veterans
of
Peace. These powerful, deeply personal stories help transform people's
hearts and minds in times of war.
Given the difficulties in resolving violent conflicts and in our world
today, we felt compelled to create this new piece, and now feel
compelled to complete it and bring it to it's mature expression. This
work examines social justice themes, and explores the concepts of
violence, of war, and of its effect upon the human psyche through the
artistic fusion of dance, literature, theater and music. The Fifth Book
of Peace gives voice to the under-served population of war veterans,
whose stories form compelling reasons for peace. Through this production
the veterans and other survivors of war will be heard and witnessed by
the audience-encouraging everyone to explore creating a culture of peace
within themselves and the world around them. The Fifth Book of Peace
also combines contemporary dance with martial arts. The cast includes
dancers and actors. There will be an original score. Kathryn Roszak,
artistic director and choreographer, is the adapter/writer. She has
extensive experience adapting works of literature for the stage. We are
fortunate that Durand Garcia, who has worked with veterans,
will serve
as the Fight Director, bringing his stage combat expertise to completion
of this piece.
In 2007, we continued an important part of our development process by
having our cast research and witness the veterans' stories, both with
Ms. Hong Kingston's and veterans' attendance at rehearsals, and by the
cast participating in veterans' writing workshops and other veterans'
events. We have found that there is intense interest in the veterans'
stories, especially now that so many soldiers are returning from Iraq with PTSD.
The effects of our performances are wide reaching. The very nature of
the project, bringing the often-unheard stories of the veterans' to
light, will serve both the veterans and general and arts-going audiences
alike. The performances will reach a very diverse population. Co-sponsor
Poetry Flash plans further outreach on the completed project in their
publication and on their website. In recognition of our collaboration
with Maxine Hong Kingston, we are confident that we will receive
far-reaching coverage in the local and national press. Venues under
discussion and negotiation for Fall 2008 include: Dance Mission, San
Francisco; Dominican University, San Rafael; Berkeley Repertory Theater,
Berkeley; and Berkeley City College Auditorium, Berkeley.