by Frances Phillips | Aug 22, 2013
Collaborating with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), performing artist Paul Flores developed the stage play PLACAS, portraying a contemporary Central American narrative on stage. The piece was directed by Michael John Garcés and starred Ric Salinas of...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 15, 2013
Collaborating with faculty at the University of California, Philip Kan Gotanda developed a new play,I Dream of Chang and Eng, based on the lives of the original Siamese twins. Gotanda created the work through a residency in the Department of Theater, Dance, and...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 12, 2013
Performance artist, singer, and filmmaker Julie Queen collaborated with Thick Description and other artists to create and produce Ten Dollar Destiny, a multi-media song cycle based on Queen’s research into psychics, fortune tellers, and psychiatry. The piece...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 18, 2013
Choreographer Amara Tabor-Smith and her company, Deep Waters Dance Theater, collaborated with director Ellen Sebastian Chang, visual artist Lauren Elder, and CounterPULSE to create Our Daily Bread, an interactive dance/video/text/meal collage that celebrated food,...
by Frances Phillips | Jul 12, 2013
Composer and musician Paul Dresher collaborated with Berkeley Symphony, led by music director Joana Carneiro, on a new work featuring one of Dresher’s large-scale invented instruments–the Quadrachord. “Concerto for Quadrachord & Orchestra” was...
