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| Round I Photos Round II Photos Round III Photos Round IV Photos Round V Photos  Great Leap Presents:Collaboratory V: Leaps of Faith “Ten artists of different faiths boldly jump into the swirling waters of interfaith collaboration in this performance of personal stories, dance, poetry and song” LOS ANGELES –Great Leap presents Round V of Collaboratory, “Leaps of Faith,” a weekend of provocative collaborative performances by ten interfaith emerging artists on March 8-9, 2008 at the Japanese American National Museum’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Collaboratory is Great Leap’s ongoing mentorship initiative, designed to train emerging artists in cross-cultural collaborative performance as well as community-based leadership skills. Led by Project Director Dan Kwong and Co-Facilitators Young-Ae Park and Nobuko Miyamoto, COLLABORATORY V provides a sacred space for exploration and exchange on the subject of faith. Ten artists work together for 8 weeks; visiting various religious centers in Los Angeles, meeting with local mentors/elders/“wisdom-keepers”, experiencing master classes with guest teachers, and sharing their own personal stories of faith with each other. The project culminates in the creation & presentation of these work-in-progress performances. Participating artists are: George Abe, Aisha Cain, Saria Idana, Danielle Licht, Ameena Mirza, Shyamala Moorty, Waliya Perkins, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Monk Turner, and Carla Vega. Participants will use autobiographical material along with historical and contemporary sources to create stories, scenarios, spoken word/poetry, dance, music and/or multimedia, in a highly collaborative approach. Come witness their plunge into the deep as they question: How can multi-dimensional religious identities live side by side? How do we navigate religious conflicts with intelligence and compassion? How can we create progressive and respectful visions for the future? Great Leap Founder/Artistic Director Nobuko Miyamoto, who has created boundary-crossing performances for decades, conceived Collaboratory and believes, “Collaboratory artists are the future. They give us new eyes us to appreciate and negotiate the complex cultural maze we live in.” Great Leap is a pioneering Los Angeles-based multicultural performing arts organization that has used the arts to create social change since 1978. Its staff and artists have a long and successful history in developing cross-cultural collaboration and multi-disciplinary performance. Performances are Saturday, March 8th at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday, March 9th at 2pm at the National Center for Democracy’s Forum, located at 369 E. 1st Street, at the corner of Central Ave in the heart of downtown’s Little Tokyo. Suggested Donations for all performances are $10. Co-sponsors for Collaboratory V “Leaps of Faith” are the Japanese American National Museum, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Group, Three Cousins, Metivta, and Hyphen Magazine. Collaboratory V is supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Southern California Edison, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Japanese American Community Services, Cecilia Nakamura Fund and individual donors. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail luke@greatleap.org or call (213) 250-8800. Please visit our website at www.greatleap.org. WHAT: Great Leap presents Colaboratory V: Leaps of Faith “Collaboratory showcases emerging Interfaith artists” WHO : Project Director – Dan Kwong Co-Facilitators – Young-Ae Park & Nobuko Miyamoto Performers - George Abe, Aisha Cain, Saria Idana, Danielle Licht, Ameena Mirza, Shyamala Moorty, Waliya Perkins, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Monk Turner, and Carla Vega WHEN & WHERE Saturday, March 8, 2008 -- 2 & 7 PM Sunday, March 9, 2008 – 2 PM @ National Center for the Preservation of Democracy 369 E. 1st Street in Downtown Los Angeles Suggested Donation of $10, nobody will be turned away if you don’t have funds. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Kwong (Project Director) is a solo multimedia performance artist whose work combines autobiographical stories with cultural history, exploring the many facets of socialized identity. Touring since 1989, he has performed his solo work all across the U.S. and in Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, China and England. He has participated in international collaborations in Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Peoples Republic of China. Kwong also leads workshops nationally and internationally on autobiographical writing and performing. His book, “FROM INNER WORLDS TO OUTER SPACE: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong,” has been published by University of Michigan Press. Visit his website at: www.dankwong.com Young-Ae Park (Co-Facilitator) has been affiliated with Great Leap as a choreographer/ performer for over 20 years. She was a founding faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance Program at Arizona State University and Assistant Professor in the ASU Dance Department. She taught Performance Studies at UC Irvine and has been teaching movement technique for seniors and children at Senshin Buddist Temple since 2003. Currently she tours the L.A. Public Library system with her lecture/demonstration, "From Salpuri to Damong". Her work has been presented in many different forms - dance concerts; theatrical plays; performance art; musical theater; puppet theater; television and film. Nobuko Miyamoto (Co-Facilitator) is the Founder/Artistic Director of Great Leap. Nobuko is one of the early voices from the Asian American cultural movement. She, Chris Iijima and Charlie Chin created the first album of Asian American music in 1973, "A Grain of Sand." Nobuko founded Great Leap in 1978 to produce works on a larger scale, among them the musical theater productions "Chop Suey," "Joanne is My Middle Name," and the critically acclaimed "Talk Story" and "Talk Story II." Nobuko began her career in film and Broadway musicals, "West Side Story," "The King and I," and "Flower Drum Song." Nobuko has also worked on the other side of the camera when her song "Yuiyo" and choreography were in the film, "Karate Kid II." Nobuko continues touring nationally in her one-woman show, "A Grain of Sand," teaching theater and storytelling classes and workshops, and leads residencies at colleges and theaters throughout the country. Back to Home Page
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