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2018–2019 · Dance – stage work

Still Standing

Joe Goode · Joe Goode Performance Group

An immersive, site-specific dance-theater work staged throughout the Haas-Lilienthal House, an 1886 Victorian that survived the 1906 earthquake. It explores resilience, repair and reinvention through movement, spoken stories and song. Masked audience members followed different routes through the house.

Premiere
2018-07-12
Venue
Haas-Lilienthal House (with San Francisco Heritage)
Where
San Francisco, CA
Performances
Run July 12–Aug 5, 2018. The CV also lists 2019, likely for the 'Still Standing' CD, recorded Feb–Apr 2019 (album art finalized Apr 2019).
Credits
Creator/director: Joe Goode. Original music: Ben Juodvalkis, with collaborating musicians Tassiana Willis, Lila Blue and Shawna Virago. Company dancers: Marit Brook-Kothlow, Damara Ganley, Molly Katzman, James Graham, Patricia West. Guest performers: Brendan Barthel, Janine Trinidad, Cookie Harrist, Wailana Simcock, Gabriel Christian, El Beh, Caroline Alexander, Pamela Shoebottom, Jan-Matthew Sevilla. CD production staff: Adriana Marcial, Melissa Lewis; sleeve design by Kevin (surname not given).

Press

“Music tends to play a significant role in any JGPG production, and it did here as well – songs, instrumentals, sound and vocalizations.”

“lofty original music by, Ben Juodvalkis—in collaboration with Lila Blue, Shawna Virago, and Tassiana Willis.”

“Still Standing features original music by musician/composer Ben Juodvalkis, in addition to a number of other musical collaborators”

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