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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, B 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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