Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!
1. Phyllis Magee, founder & CEO, Luxe Laundromat, A Wash Houze Christmas, Dec. 22, 10 AM to 2 PM @ Poppy's Bubble Wash, 7851 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, 94605 https://www.facebook.com/Luxelaundromat
2. Brother Mxolisi T. Sowell: For more than 50 years, an advocate and activist for our broadest, deepest study of our Black/African/African American History, Heritage, Cultural and Spiritual Traditions -- (as our honorable ancestor Carter G. Woodson advised), and the utilization of the information, wisdom, awakening and empowerment embodied within them as foundation for the greatest good of our people; ultimately for the greatest good of all humanity. He is one of the founding members of the Wo’se Community of the Sacred African Way in Oakland, CA (Dec. 1980), an African-centered spiritual community which has operated an exceptionally successful independent school (Pre-K through 8th grade) since 1985 -- Ile Omode. Mxolisi is one who is “eager to share and be supportive of this kind of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) by and with my people whenever and wherever that spirit arises."
3. Ms. Adrian Williams, director, founder and CEO, Village Connect, joins us to talk about Kwanzaa programming in San Francisco, Dec. 26, 2018-Jan. 1, 2019.
4. Amara Tabor-Smith describes her experimental dance theater work as Afro Futurist Conjure Art. Her dance making practice, utilizes Yoruba spiritual ritual to address issues of social and environmental justice, community, identity and belonging. A San Francisco native and Oakland resident, she is the artistic director of Deep Waters Dance Theater (DWDT)and was the co-artistic director of Headmistress, an ongoing performing collaboration with movement artist Sherwood Chen. Her work has been performed in Brazil, The Republic of the Congo, Judson Church/Movement Research, NYC and many venues throughout the San Francisco/Bay Area and United States. Amara has performed in the works of dance and theater artists such as Ed Mock, Joanna Haigood, Pearl Ubungen, Julie Tolentino, Ronald K. Brown, Faustin Linyekula, Ana Deveare Smith, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and she is the former associate artistic director and dancer with Urban Bush Women. Residencies and awards include The Headlands Center for the Arts artist in residence, CHIME Mentorship Exchange grant, CounterPULSE artist in residence,Sacatar Residency Fellowship in Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil; Green Choreographers exchange at Dance Exchange in Maryland, and she was an artist in residency at ODC Theater from 2013-2015. She is a 2018 USA Artist Fellow, is a 2017 recipient of the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center fellowship, and is a 2016 recipient of the Creative Capital Grantwith Ellen Sebastian Chang. Other grants and awards include The Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Creative Work Fund, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Theatre Bay Area/CA$H, and The East Bay Community Foundation, MAP Fund, Richard Monroe Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation and the Akonadi Foundation. Amara received her MFA in dance through Hollins University and The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany, is a continuing appointed lecturer of dance in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley and is anartist in residence at Stanford University.http://www.deepwatersdance.com
Kathleen Hermesdorf is an international dance artist, educator and producer based in San Francisco. She directs ALTERNATIVA, with musician Albert Mathias. Hermesdorf has been dancing in the Bay Area since 1991 and teaches, performs, improvises, creates and curates around the world. Her work has been presented in the Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dakar and elsewhere, in commission for universities, companies and independent dancers, and in collaboration with art partners worldwide. She was a member of Bebe Miller Company, Contraband/Sara Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, and co-director of Hermesdorf & Wells Dance Company with Scott Wells and Collusion with Stephanie Maher. She is the co-director of PORCH summer school at Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen, Germany and WILD (West Cork Contemporary Dance Festival) in Ballydehob, Ireland. Hermesdorf brings over 20 years of experience from the field, studio and stage to her work and holds a BFA and an MFA in Dance Performance and Pedagogy.
ALTERNATIVA, directed by dancer Kathleen Hermesdorf with musician Albert Mathias, is an apparatus for deeply integrated contemporary dance and music via collaboration, creation, improvisation, performance, production, curation and education. Active in San Francisco since 1998, the organization supports the creative work of the directors, known for radical dance classes, performance projects and musical endeavors delving into the corporeality and ineffability of human conditions, behaviors and other curiosities. Activities, including the annual FRESH Festival, ongoing classes and workshops in the Bay Area, residencies at universities, festivals and studios worldwide and PORCH/Ponderosa in Germany, engage an extensive population of artists, audiences and participants. ALTERNATIVA is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group and has received support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William + Flora Hewlett Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Dancers’ Group’s Matching Grant and CA$H Grant, CHIME/MJDC, the San Francisco Arts Commission,The Suitcase Fund and many generous individuals. www.la-alternativa.us
1. Phyllis Magee, founder & CEO, Luxe Laundromat, A Wash Houze Christmas, Dec. 22, 10 AM to 2 PM @ Poppy's Bubble Wash, 7851 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, 94605 https://www.facebook.com/Luxelaundromat
2. Brother Mxolisi T. Sowell: For more than 50 years, an advocate and activist for our broadest, deepest study of our Black/African/African American History, Heritage, Cultural and Spiritual Traditions -- (as our honorable ancestor Carter G. Woodson advised), and the utilization of the information, wisdom, awakening and empowerment embodied within them as foundation for the greatest good of our people; ultimately for the greatest good of all humanity. He is one of the founding members of the Wo’se Community of the Sacred African Way in Oakland, CA (Dec. 1980), an African-centered spiritual community which has operated an exceptionally successful independent school (Pre-K through 8th grade) since 1985 -- Ile Omode. Mxolisi is one who is “eager to share and be supportive of this kind of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) by and with my people whenever and wherever that spirit arises."
3. Ms. Adrian Williams, director, founder and CEO, Village Connect, joins us to talk about Kwanzaa programming in San Francisco, Dec. 26, 2018-Jan. 1, 2019.
4. Amara Tabor-Smith describes her experimental dance theater work as Afro Futurist Conjure Art. Her dance making practice, utilizes Yoruba spiritual ritual to address issues of social and environmental justice, community, identity and belonging. A San Francisco native and Oakland resident, she is the artistic director of Deep Waters Dance Theater (DWDT)and was the co-artistic director of Headmistress, an ongoing performing collaboration with movement artist Sherwood Chen. Her work has been performed in Brazil, The Republic of the Congo, Judson Church/Movement Research, NYC and many venues throughout the San Francisco/Bay Area and United States. Amara has performed in the works of dance and theater artists such as Ed Mock, Joanna Haigood, Pearl Ubungen, Julie Tolentino, Ronald K. Brown, Faustin Linyekula, Ana Deveare Smith, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and she is the former associate artistic director and dancer with Urban Bush Women. Residencies and awards include The Headlands Center for the Arts artist in residence, CHIME Mentorship Exchange grant, CounterPULSE artist in residence,Sacatar Residency Fellowship in Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil; Green Choreographers exchange at Dance Exchange in Maryland, and she was an artist in residency at ODC Theater from 2013-2015. She is a 2018 USA Artist Fellow, is a 2017 recipient of the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center fellowship, and is a 2016 recipient of the Creative Capital Grantwith Ellen Sebastian Chang. Other grants and awards include The Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Creative Work Fund, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Theatre Bay Area/CA$H, and The East Bay Community Foundation, MAP Fund, Richard Monroe Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation and the Akonadi Foundation. Amara received her MFA in dance through Hollins University and The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany, is a continuing appointed lecturer of dance in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley and is anartist in residence at Stanford University.http://www.deepwatersdance.com
Kathleen Hermesdorf is an international dance artist, educator and producer based in San Francisco. She directs ALTERNATIVA, with musician Albert Mathias. Hermesdorf has been dancing in the Bay Area since 1991 and teaches, performs, improvises, creates and curates around the world. Her work has been presented in the Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dakar and elsewhere, in commission for universities, companies and independent dancers, and in collaboration with art partners worldwide. She was a member of Bebe Miller Company, Contraband/Sara Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, and co-director of Hermesdorf & Wells Dance Company with Scott Wells and Collusion with Stephanie Maher. She is the co-director of PORCH summer school at Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen, Germany and WILD (West Cork Contemporary Dance Festival) in Ballydehob, Ireland. Hermesdorf brings over 20 years of experience from the field, studio and stage to her work and holds a BFA and an MFA in Dance Performance and Pedagogy.
ALTERNATIVA, directed by dancer Kathleen Hermesdorf with musician Albert Mathias, is an apparatus for deeply integrated contemporary dance and music via collaboration, creation, improvisation, performance, production, curation and education. Active in San Francisco since 1998, the organization supports the creative work of the directors, known for radical dance classes, performance projects and musical endeavors delving into the corporeality and ineffability of human conditions, behaviors and other curiosities. Activities, including the annual FRESH Festival, ongoing classes and workshops in the Bay Area, residencies at universities, festivals and studios worldwide and PORCH/Ponderosa in Germany, engage an extensive population of artists, audiences and participants. ALTERNATIVA is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group and has received support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, William + Flora Hewlett Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Dancers’ Group’s Matching Grant and CA$H Grant, CHIME/MJDC, the San Francisco Arts Commission,The Suitcase Fund and many generous individuals. www.la-alternativa.us
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