presented
THIS LAND OAKLAND – “Bringing the Outside In”
A collection of five multi-media dance pieces inspired by Oakland landscapes.
Featuring live music by gina Breedlove and Melanie DeMore.
May 22
2016
Laney Theater, Oakland CA
“A paean to the beauty landscapes of Oakland”
“exuberant and visceral choreography”
— SF Chronicle/ SF Gate
For Sarah Bush Dance Project’s 2016 season, Artistic Director, Sarah Bush brought together Bay Area dancers, musicians and poetry to generate art in an intimate exchange with different outdoor landscapes in Oakland. Their season culminates at Laney College’s Odell Johnson Theater where Bush and company will use a collage of dance, video, recorded sound, poetry, and live music to take the audience on an experiential tour of these 5 unique environments. These artists invite the audience to join them in looking at our complex and varied relationships to land in the hopes of reinvigorating our desire to explore and care for it. Come together to celebrate the beauty of this place we call home, this land, Oakland.
Bringing the Outside In
Celebrating Outdoor Oakland.
A collection of five multi-media dance pieces inspired by Oakland landscapes:
• “Recreate” (Lake Merritt)
• “Reshape” (West Oakland & Redwood Regional)
• “Reach” (Cascade at Joaquin Miller Park)
• “Recompose” (Sibley Volcanic & Leona Canyon preserves)
• “Recall” (Martin Luther King Jr Shoreline)
Choreographed by Sarah Bush.
Performed by: Audrey Borst, Nicole Casado, Chelsea Hill, Rose Huey, Esther Steele, Nina Wu and Sarah Bush.
Featuring live music by gina Breedlove and Melanie DeMore.
May 22, 2016
Sunday, 8pm
Odell Johnson Theater
Laney College
900 Fallon Street
Oakland CA 94607
“Against these spectacular, constantly shifting backdrops, infiltrated by ambient sounds and intentional music, the drama of Bush’s highly charged movement is meant to renew our sense of self, our sense of place and community.”
– The Huffington Post
This Land videos.
This Land Oakland press:
This project is supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.
SBDP receives generous support from The Blum Family Foundation.
Additional support from The Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Clorox Company Foundation, and many individual donors.
Special thanks to Oakland Parks and Rec, East Bay Regional Park District, New Style Motherlode Studio, The Embarcadero YMCA, SAFEhouse Arts, SF Bay Times, Betty’s List, and Dance Brigade.
Photo credit: Lisa Harding. Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under CC BY SA.
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