2019 · Dance – stage work
the body remembers (Berkeley Dance Project 2019)
Archive folder: Berkeley Dance Project 2019
Directed by Joe Goode; choreographers Joe Goode (with students), Rulan Tangen, Latanya d. Tigner, Cherie Hill, Katie O'Connor · UC Berkeley – Theater, Dance & Performance Studies
UC Berkeley's 2019 Berkeley Dance Project, marking 50 years of dance at Berkeley and directed by Joe Goode. Ben Juodvalkis composed and designed sound for works by Joe Goode ('the undefended heart'), Rulan Tangen and Latanya d. Tigner.
- Premiere
- 2019-02-21
- Venue
- Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley
- Where
- Berkeley, CA
- Performances
- February 21 - March 2, 2019. Joe Goode later reused 'The Undefended Heart' music and song ('Strawberry Ice Cream') for Joe Goode Performance Group work (Dec 2019-Feb 2020).
- Credits
- Pieces: 'the undefended heart' (Joe Goode with Madeline Aragon, Brandon Davis, Bruna Gill, Aldair Rivera; spoken word and song); 'Groundworks Huichin: from Strawberry Creek to Shell Mounds' (Rulan Tangen); 'Fiercely Unbothered' (Latanya d. Tigner, honoring Ruth Beckford); piece drawing on Jamaican Maroon heritage (Cherie Hill); 'Spilt Milk' (Katie O'Connor). Music/sound design for the Goode, Tangen and Tigner pieces: Ben Juodvalkis. Lighting: Jack Carpenter. Production manager: Wil Leggett. Stage manager: Randall Belyea. Sound: Eugene Palmer.
Press
“Integrating intense breaths as part of the music and earthly costumes to set the organic mood”
“A dance can be value based, can teach the world something, and maybe even bring the audience into some insight about their own interior landscape.”
Elsewhere
- Berkeley Dance Project showcases empowering physical movement in 'The Body Remembers' — The Daily Californian, 2019-02-26
- Expansive 'Berkeley Dance Project' marks 50th anniversary of UC Berkeley's dance program — UC Berkeley TDPS, 2019-01-21
- Past Productions — UC Berkeley TDPS