On this opening night, the MilkBar will host a program curated by Daria Kaufman of Subterranean Arthouse, meanwhile TAC will be represented in a Uhaul-installation parked outside. The performing artists on Thursday's program are bay area choreographers Amy Lewis with Sonsheree Giles and Janet Das, and Alma Esperanza Cunningham. Amy, Sonsheree, and Janet will be performing to the Bach Cello Suites.
The Uhaul will feature "TAC Salutes Frank Moore" - an audio installation to honor the life and work of legendary performance artist Frank Moore, who produced work at TAC for over 10 years.
Biographies: Janet Das has been dancing professionally for over ten years. She was a member of AXIS Dance Company from 2008-2011 and currently dances for Katie Faulkner's little seismic dance company and other independent choreographers.
Sonsheree Giles is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, costume designer and the Associate Director of AXIS Dance Company. Sonsheree has received an Isadora Duncan Award for ensemble performance of To Color Me Different choreographed by Alex Ketley and a Homer Avila Award for Excellence in the field of Physically Integrated Dance.
Amy Lewis has been presenting choreography in the Bay Area since 2005, after completing an MFA -Mills College and BA in Theater -UCLA. Her work has been supported by Women's Work, West Wave Dance Festival, ODC's Pilot Program, Dumbo Dance Festival, Meridian Gallery, and The Garage. www.pushproductions.org
Alma Esperanza Cunningham started as a solo performer. While in New York she performed her own choreography at Dixon Place, University Settlement, Movement Research at Judson Church, and DTW (Fresh Tracks). In 2001, she formed Alma Esperanza Cunningham Movement (AECM) in San Francisco. AECM has been presented in New York, Austin-Texas and has been presented by many festivals and theaters in the Bay Area. She is also received a Bay Guardian GOLDIE award in 2004.
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