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2020; video 2021; 2022 · Dance – site-specific / aerial

These Lines Are Living

Archive folder: These Lines Are Living (Headlands)

Melecio Estrella and Andrew Ward (Fog Beast)

A Headlands Center for the Arts commission of place-based, multi-generational dances about shorelines, climate change and community. It combined live music, song, science, a beach walk and a shared meal. The March 2020 public shows were cancelled because of COVID-19, and the material later grew into Low Tide and the Shoreline performances.

Premiere
2020-03-07
Venue
Headlands Center for the Arts (Project Space and Rodeo Beach)
Where
Sausalito (Marin Headlands), CA
Performances
Public shows planned for March 7-8, 2020 were cancelled by Headlands on about 2020-03-06 because of COVID-19; the final run-throughs were filmed by Lindsay Gauthier. Process showings at the Headlands exhibition opening, about Jan 2020, after a Dec 2019 residency week. Headlands x Fog Beast benefit-auction film shot at Headlands April 24-26, 2021 and broadcast June 2, 2021 from the David Ireland House, 500 Capp St, SF (folder 'Headlands Video 2021'). Material continued as Low Tide (ChoreoFest, Aug 14, 2021) and the Alameda 'These Lines Are Living' / Shoreline performance at Animate Dance Festival (April 9, 2022). Restaged in part for the Headlands 40th-anniversary Open House, Oct 16, 2022.
Credits
Directors: Melecio Estrella, Andrew Ward. Music/sound: Ben Juodvalkis. Science advisor: Dr. Andrew (Andy) Jones. Performers/creators: Becca Dean, Katie Faulkner, Damara Ganley, Melissa Lewis, Jesse Sachs, Wailana Simcock, Janine Trinidad, Patricia West, with youth artists (Shawl-Anderson Youth Ensemble). Production/stage management: Krystal Harfert. Visual artist: Sofia Nikolaidou. Film: Lindsay Gauthier; aerial footage: Aleksey Bochkovsky. Headlands program director: Sean Uyehara. 2021 film: producer Brittany Ficken (Headlands), editor Noah Gavrich.

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