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Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:00
pm
Sunday, May 16, 2004 3:00 pm
SomArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan & 8th St, San Francisco, CA
Tickets $13 Advance / $15 at Door
Silent Auction to celebrate the opening
of our new show!
Saturday May 15th, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Greater Than The Sum Of Our Parts,
a concert of original works rooted in Asian and Pacific
Islander dance, music and storytelling traditions featuring
LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander artists.
Kularts and Purple Moon Dance Project
in association with Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center's
United Satets of Asian America Fesitval present:
Sayaw sa Mutya by Alleluia Panis
Dance Theatre
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts by Purple Moon Dance Project
A new work rooted in teachings on
implermanence and cutting through illusion, sculptural movement,
intimate imagery and physical stillness... Experience an
interior exploration through the terrain of transition,
loss, attachment and sympathetic joy.
Artists include Jill Emiko Togawa,
Arisika Razak, Alleluia Panis, Renee Arakaki, Mia Bautista,
Erin Bolick, Herna Cruz, Lisa Juachon, Patricia Ong, Charity
Ramillo, Fides Enriquez, Helen Serafino, Fredeswinda Z.
Santos, Nerinna Valera.
Ticket: $13 Advance / $15 at Door.
Please call Box Office 415.824.4126 for Tickets.
Advance ticket sales available at www.apiculturalcenter.org
Produced in association with the Asian
Pacific Islander Cultural Center as apart of the 7th United
States of Asian America Festival, the Alleluia Panis Dance
Theater (APDT) performs Sayaw Sa Mutya. In Pilipino Sayaw
translates to dance and Mutya means the ultimate manifestation
of woman. It is believed that the ancient Tagalog
people beseeched the guardian spirit of Laguna de Ba-I (Lake
of the Woman) to create a river to transport the dead to
sea, in order to reach everlasting peace and that river
spirit appears as at the beautiful Mutya, when the moon
is full.
 This
evening of performance is shared with Jill Togawa’s
Purple Moon Dance Project. performing, Greater Than the
Sum of Our Parts. This new work is rooted in teachings on
impermanence and cutting through illusion. Sculptural movement
and intimate imagery shape this exploration through the
terrain of transition, loss and attachment. Purple Moon
Dance Project was founded by Jill Togawa to realize the
creative vision of integrating non-western and western dance
forms and aesthetics through multi-disciplinary collaborations;
while consistently exploring the continuum of intimacy for
women. Their mission is to develop a greater appreciation
and visibility for American cultural diversity, especially
for lesbians and women of color, and to contribute healing,
positive social change and peace in our society through
the medium of dance. In addition to performances, Purple
Moon Dance Project also conducts workshops for women and
girls without formal dance training and for community-based
organizations serving lesbians and women of color.
This performance is a production of
the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center ‘s (APICC)
7th Annual United States of Asian America Festival. Founded
in 1996, APICC’s mission is to support and nurture
the artistic endeavors of the San Francisco Bay Area Asian
Pacific Islander community. The United States of Asian America
Arts Festival runs April 29–June 12, 2004 at SomArts
Cultural Center. The festival is supported in part by the
Consortium of Cultural Centers and the San Francisco Arts
Commission, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax
Fund, San Francisco Arts Commission — Cultural Equity
Grants Program, SomArts Cultural Center, and the Zellerbach
Family Foundation.
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