XO: eXquisite Orientation (2017)
XO: eXquisite Orientation
Joe Goode Annex
San Francisco, CA
September 2017
Choreography by Randee Paufve
Dancers: Crystaldawn Bell, Anna Greenberg, Rogelio Lopez, Andrew Merrell, Juliana Monin, Randee Paufve, Karla Quintero, Nol Simonse, Nadhi Thekkek, Mechelle Tunstall
Collaborating Choreographer Dream Dressed As A Husband duet : Nol Simonse
Performance Coach/Dramaturg: Beth Harris
Lighting: Kaveri Seth
Costumes: Rogelio Lopez
Set: Lauren Elder
Composer: Peter Whitehead
Video Documentation: Lauren Robertson Productions
XO: eXquisite Orientation is an evening of dance woven from archetypal imagery, the powerful vocabularies of the collaborating artists, and the need to tap into narratives inside and outside ourselves in order to move through the current times. Stories of flawed humanity, rife with love, grief, failure and transformation weave in between epics of archetypes and gods, celestial beings and other worlds. XO is an evening of dances by tender men - Princes and Lovers, and powerful women - Queens, Witches, Mothers, Warriors. XO is a cauldron of gorgeous power, upending and mending; a mythical series of dances to help us navigate the new world order.
Support for XO comes from a NEW Program grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, a Zellerbach Family Community Arts Grant, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Dancers’ Group CA$H grant program and individual donors.
photo: Kaveri Seth dancer: Nadhi Thekkek
dancer: Nadhi Thekkek
photo: Kaveri Seth dancers: Randee Paufve, Nol Simonse, Crystaldawn Bell, Rogelio Lopez, Juliana Monin, Karla Quintero, Nadhi Thekkek, Anna Greenberg, Mechelle Tunstall, Andrew Merrell
photo: Kaveri Seth dancer: Nadhi Thekkek