Photo by Alexander Reneff-Olsen
Friday, June 5, 2020 @ 7:00pm
LIVE ON SFGC’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director, SFGC
Robert Dekkers, Artistic Director, Berkeley Ballet Theater
The Living Earth Show
Amaranth Quartet
Post:Ballet
Guest Choreographers: Alexis Borth, Raymond Ejiofor, Danielle Rowe, Vanessa Thiessen, Chuck Wilt, Ky Woodward-Sollesnes
Premiered in February 2020 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Rightfully Ours, is a bold new fully-staged choral music and dance co-production featuring 30 dancers from Berkeley Ballet Theater and 40 singers of SFGC’s Premier Ensemble.
Inspired by the Centennial of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and in remembrance of the legacy of those who fought for social and political equity, the work features choreographed choral works by six living composers including world premiere performances of two new works by women composers, Angélica Negrón and Aviya Kopelman, commissioned and co-commissioned with the Israel Institute, respectively.
PROGRAM
Herring Run by Carla Kihlstedt / Choreography by Robert Dekkers Vanessa Thiessen
Panda Chant II by Meredith Monk / Choreography by Danielle Rowe
Clapping Music by Steve Reich / Choreography by Raymond Ejiofor
Wanting Memories by Ysaye Barnwell / Choreography by Robert Dekkers and Vanessa Thiessen with contributions from the dancers
The Womanly Song of God by Libby Larsen / Choreography by Alexis Borth
Belong Not by Aviya Kopelman / Choreography by Chuck Wilt
Music of Spheres by Sahba Aminikia / Choreography by Ky Woodward-Sollesnes
I Shouldn’t Be Up Here by Angelica Negron / Choreography by Vanessa Thiessen
The premiere of Rightfully Ours was made possible, in part, by generous support from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.