Jill Togawa and Purple Moon Dance Project present
“When Dreams Are Interrupted - SF”
dancers:
Sharon Sato, Ruth Ichinaga, Arisika Razak, Michelle Fletcher
musicians:
Laura Inserra, Claudia Cuentas
Sunday May 3, 2009 at 2 p.m.
at the historic Julia Morgan-designed Japanese YWCA building
at 1830 Sutter in SF’s Japantown.
When Dreams Are Interrupted invites us to witness the profound imprint of the forced removal and mass evacuation of Japanese communities in 1942. The work-in-progress weaves personal stories, dance, visual art and live music. Collaborators are choreographer Jill Togawa, visual artist Ellen Bepp, musicians Claudia Cuentas and Laura Inserra and dancers Michelle Fletcher, Ruth Ichinaga, Arisika Razak and Sharon Sato. (more info available on our website www.purplemoondance.org)
Following the performance is “Re-imagining Pieces of Japantowns: A Community Talk” considering the intersection of art, community history and memory, and a reception.
Suggested $15 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)
reserved seating.
For more information, volunteer, donor and sponsorship opportunities, please call 415-552-1105, email: project@purplemoondance.org or visit our web site: www.purplemoondance.org.
Please forward widely!
Community support is provided by Asian Improv aRts, APIQWTC (Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community), Berkeley Methodist United Church, Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), Japantown Task Force, Kimochi, Inc., Nihonmachi Little Friends and Preserving California’s Japantowns, a project of the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council.
About us
Purple Moon Dance Project explores the continuum of intimacy between women and illuminates less visible and unheard stories from our communities through the integration of non-western and western dance forms and aesthetics, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Our mission is to contribute to transformation, peace and healing in society through the medium of dance.
Purple Moon Dance Project is funded in part by: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, California Arts Council, California Council for the Humanities, East Bay Community Foundation East Bay Fund for Artists, Grants for the Arts (GFTA)/SF Hotel Tax Fund, Horizons Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission and The California Endowment.
26 7th St., 6th fl.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-552-1105 p 415-864-6703 fax
Photo credit: Theresa Thadani
