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2018 · Dance – site-specific / aerial

#ATLPublicCanvas (Atlanta Public Canvas)

Archive folder: Public Canvas: Atlanta

Amelia Rudolph and Melecio Estrella (BANDALOOP)

The Atlanta edition of BANDALOOP's #PublicCanvas, an evening-length, community-driven format combining vertical dance, local stories, music and spoken word. The Sept 2018 week-long residency with Georgia Tech Arts included rehearsals on the Biltmore Hotel facade, public discussions and meetings with local musicians and communities, as the start of a larger community-based Atlanta work.

Premiere
2018-09-26
Venue
Historic Biltmore Hotel exterior wall (Georgia Tech Office of the Arts residency)
Where
Atlanta, GA
Performances
Sept 26-30, 2018: rehearsals on the Biltmore facade, artist discussions and community engagement (e.g., Soul Food Cypher, Sept 24). Planned as a two-year program with full performances in spring 2020; the Atlanta follow-up became FIELD with Flux Projects (Oct 2021).
Credits
Music director/composer: Ben Juodvalkis. Artists on the debrief list: Melecio Estrella, Jessica Swanson, Derrick Lindsay, Becca Dean, Jessica McKee, Virginia Broyles, Courtney Moreno, Tassiana Willis, Basil Tsimoyianis, Mike Rogers, Maude, Krystal Harfert (company manager), Thomas Cavanagh (executive director), Amanda Moran. Presenter: Georgia Tech Office of the Arts (Esther Famojure, Stephanie Lee). Funding: NEFA National Dance Project, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Press

“featured composers Ben Juodvalkis and Gideon Freudmann, singer/spoken word artist Tassiana Willis”

Elsewhere

Research status: researched – partial. Details on this piece are still being confirmed — corrections are welcome.

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