Mini Residency: WaterSaw, Sonsherée Giles & Megan Lowe: The Sounds Inside w/ Special Guest Unwoman (2 SHOWS)

Through a mini artistic residency with the Red Poppy Art House, artists WaterSaw, Sonsherée Giles, and Megan Lowe present The Sounds Inside, a site-specific dance and sound score exploring what is going on within a space, our bodies, and our minds. Creating layers of sound through loopers, WaterSaw uses their instruments in both conventional and experiential ways, giving way to an array of textures and sounds ranging from sparse, to rhythmic, to ethereal, to driving. The strong relationship between Giles and Lowe is supported by full trust in each other, both physically and artistically, which allows for new discoveries through proficient movement generation, risk-taking, tackling unusual physical situations, and coming up with compelling solutions. Opening the two shows is special guest Unwoman, who sets the tone with the sweet sounds of her cello and voice, ranging adeptly from rage to sentimentality.
 
FEATURING:
WaterSaw
Nicole Laby – vocals, percussion (The Sounds Inside facilitator)
Michael Tornatore – drums
Mark Fassett – upright bass
Mia Pixley – cello

Dancers
Sonsherée Giles
Megan Lowe (The Sounds Inside facilitator)

Special Guest
Unwoman – vocals, cello
 
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
WaterSaw is a group of musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. They are inspired to write music for modern dance choreography, film scores, or in conjunction with other art forms. Creating layers of sound through loopers, their music utilizes a modern minimalism approach. The rumination of textures, rhythms, or root chords creates a simple foundation from which to build melodic and rhythmic transformations. WaterSaw strives to incite feelings and memories so that the audience becomes an extension of the music. The group has received an Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music/Sound/Text.

Sonsherée Giles is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, costume designer, and founder of the collaborative art project This Sweet Nothing. She enjoys making dances based on the observation of animals, landscapes, art history, and daily life experiences. Giles has an MFA in performance/choreography from Mills College, and from 2005-2015, she was a performing/teaching artist with AXIS Dance Company. She has taught contemporary dance in public school systems, institutions, dance festivals, and universities. Giles has received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Ensemble and a Homer Avila Award for Excellence in Integrated Dance.

Megan Lowe is a performance artist, dancer, singer, teacher, and administrator. She has performed with Flyaway Productions, Lizz Roman & Dancers, Scott Wells & Dancers, Nancy Karp + Dancers, Epiphany Productions, Dance Brigade, and more. Lowe continues to create her own dances, as well as collaborative works with Sonsherée Giles. She teaches for Bandaloop, Flyaway, Joe Goode Performance Group, for contact improvisation gatherings, and for her alma mater Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) at UC Berkeley.

Unwoman, also known as Erica Mulkey, is a San Francisco-based solo cellist and singer-songwriter. Her sets feature stand-up electric cello with live looping. In 2015, she received two Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Awards for best solo musician and best album. Unwoman has performed with Amanda Palmer, Voltaire, Abney Park, Rasputina, Stripmall Architecture, and Vernian Process, among many others. She is active on Patreon and has run over a dozen successful kickstarter campaigns.

 
Time: (First Show) Doors 6:30PM / Show 6:45-8:00PM
(Second Show) Doors 8:30PM / Show 8:45-10:00PM
Admission: $20 online / $25 door. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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