Women of Color Workshop 2/2005

Women of Color! You’re dynamic, amazing, and you need to speak! Need a fun, safe, and nurturing environment to “hatch” your unique performance voice?

Visible Performance Lines is a ten-week performance art workshop dedicated to reckless experimentation across the lines of artistic mediums, genres and styles. We’ll play with dance movement, theater, ritual, symbolism, text, puppetry, storytelling, site-specific work and visual art to unearth your own unique performance voice. We’ll locate the stories buried deep within our flesh, histories, daily lives and find the stories we share as women of color. The workshops will culminate in an informal public community showing.

Faciliated by Kristina Wong. Guest Instructors include Shyamala Moorty (modern dance), Paul Zaloom (puppetry), Uyen Huynh (storytelling) and others.

WHERE: Mid Valley Family YMCA in the Main Studio
6901 Lennox Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91405-4093

WHEN: Saturdays 2-5pm, March 5th- May 7th
Final Presentation the weekend of May 14th.

COST: $35 covers the entire 10 weeks of workshops and final performance. (Limited scholarships available, call to ask.)

Artist Bios:
Facilitator: Kristina Wong
Kristina Wong is a nationally presented performance artist, writer, filmmaker, actor and educator. Her work has been awarded with the the PEN USA Emerging Voices Fellowship, a Durfee ARC grant, the Visual Communications “Armed with a Camera” Fellowship, and an LA City AIR grant. She’s received development commissions from the Mark Taper Forum ATW and the TeAda New Works Festival. She is published in the Harper Collins' “Yell-oh Girls Anthology,” Northeastern University Press' “Catching A Wave” anthology and “Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV.” More about her at www.kristinawong.com

Guest Artists:
Uyen Huynh: Member of Club O’ Noodles (Vietnamese American Theater Ensemble) since establishment 1993. Performed and co-wrote "Laughter From the Children of War", "Missing Miss Saigon", "Stories From the Nail Salon". Directed short video, "Scent of Green Cucumber". Participant of Rad Asians Workshop Series and performance 2001 and 2002. Collaborated with TEADA Core Artist Summer 2003.Current Artistic Director of Club O’ Noodles. Created, produced, and directed "Ghost Stories" 2002 and "Love Stories" 2003 10-week workshop series and performance.

Shyamala Moorty: holds an MFA in dance from UCLA‚s Department of World Arts and Cultures and is trained in ballet, Bharata Natyam (disciple of Malathi Iyengar and Medha Yodh), modern and post-modern dance, Indian folk dances, theater and visual art. She recently co-founded the Post Natyam Collective and has performed her work in venues across the U.S., as well as in Canada and Germany. Her interdisciplinary solo show, “RISE,” was acclaimed as a “tour de force” by the LA Times and is featured on the Artist Roster of TeAda Productions. As a performer, Shyamala was a soloist and principal dancer with the Aman International Music and Dance Ensemble from 1997 to 2003 and she has been a member of Malathi Iyengar’s Rangoli Dance Company since 1994. As an educator, Shyamala has contributed to the design and implementation of the AMAN Creative World Dance Curriculum, she has taught “Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Performance” at UCLA's World Arts and Cultures Department and is currently sharing her craft with students at Cal Poly Pomona.

Paul Zaloom: Called “one of the most original and talented political satirists working in the theater” by The New York Times, performance artist and puppeteer Paul Zaloom has written, designed and performed 11 solo spectacles, including Fruit of Zaloom, Velvetville. and his latest, Mighty Nice. He’s performed his work on nine tours to Europe and in 42 of the states, including shows at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Walker Arts Center, and King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut. He has been awarded four National Endowment for the Arts grants as well as an OBIE, a BESSIE, an American Theater Wing design award, an L.A. Weekly Theater Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Since 1992, Zaloom has also appeared on TV’s Emmy winning Beakman’s World and the stage’s Beakman Live! as Beakman, the wacked-out, weirdo scientist who answers viewers’ questions about science, nature, and various bodily functions.

Questions? Email



	WANTED: Women of Color with stories to tell! Women of Color! You’re dynamic, amazing, and you need to speak! Need a fun, safe, and nurturing environment to “hatch” your unique performance voice? Visible Performance Lines is a ten-week performance art workshop dedicated to reckless experimentation across the lines of artistic mediums, genres and styles. We’ll play with dance movement, theater, ritual, symbolism, text, puppetry, storytelling, site-specific work and visual art to unearth your own unique performance voice. We’ll locate the stories buried deep within our flesh, histories, daily lives and find the stories we share as women of color. The workshops will culminate in an informal public community showing. Faciliated by Kristina Wong. Guest Instructors include Shyamala Moorty (modern dance), Paul Zaloom (puppetry), Uyen Huynh (storytelling) and others. No performance experience is required, only being open to the workshop process. Participants must commit to the entire workshop process and the final showing. WHERE: Mid Valley Family YMCA in the Main Studio 6901 Lennox Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91405-4093 WHEN: Saturdays 2-5pm, March 5th- May 7th Final Presentation the weekend of May 14th. WHO: Open to all Women of Color. COST: $35 covers the entire 10 weeks of workshops and final performance. (Limited scholarships available, call to ask.) QUESTIONS OR TO REGISTER: Call Kristina at 310-826-8828 Limited Spaces available. Artist Bios: Facilitator: Kristina Wong Kristina Wong is a nationally presented performance artist, writer, filmmaker, actor and educator. Her work has been awarded with the the PEN USA Emerging Voices Fellowship, a Durfee ARC grant, the Visual Communications “Armed with a Camera” Fellowship, and an LA City AIR grant. She’s received development commissions from the Mark Taper Forum ATW and the TeAda New Works Festival. She is published in the Harper Collins' “Yell-oh Girls Anthology,” Northeastern University Press' “Catching A Wave” anthology and “Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV.” More about her at www.kristinawong.com Guest Artists: Uyen Huynh: Member of Club O’ Noodles (Vietnamese American Theater Ensemble) since establishment 1993. Performed and co-wrote "Laughter From the Children of War", "Missing Miss Saigon", "Stories From the Nail Salon". Directed short video, "Scent of Green Cucumber". Participant of Rad Asians Workshop Series and performance 2001 and 2002. Collaborated with TEADA Core Artist Summer 2003.Current Artistic Director of Club O’ Noodles. Created, produced, and directed "Ghost Stories" 2002 and "Love Stories" 2003 10-week workshop series and performance. Shyamala Moorty: holds an MFA in dance from UCLA‚s Department of World Arts and Cultures and is trained in ballet, Bharata Natyam (disciple of Malathi Iyengar and Medha Yodh), modern and post-modern dance, Indian folk dances, theater and visual art. She recently co-founded the Post Natyam Collective and has performed her work in venues across the U.S., as well as in Canada and Germany. Her interdisciplinary solo show, “RISE,” was acclaimed as a “tour de force” by the LA Times and is featured on the Artist Roster of TeAda Productions. As a performer, Shyamala was a soloist and principal dancer with the Aman International Music and Dance Ensemble from 1997 to 2003 and she has been a member of Malathi Iyengar’s Rangoli Dance Company since 1994. As an educator, Shyamala has contributed to the design and implementation of the AMAN Creative World Dance Curriculum, she has taught “Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Performance” at UCLA's World Arts and Cultures Department and is currently sharing her craft with students at Cal Poly Pomona. Paul Zaloom: Called “one of the most original and talented political satirists working in the theater” by The New York Times, performance artist and puppeteer Paul Zaloom has written, designed and performed 11 solo spectacles, including Fruit of Zaloom, Velvetville. and his latest, Mighty Nice. He’s performed his work on nine tours to Europe and in 42 of the states, including shows at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Walker Arts Center, and King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut. He has been awarded four National Endowment for the Arts grants as well as an OBIE, a BESSIE, an American Theater Wing design award, an L.A. Weekly Theater Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Since 1992, Zaloom has also appeared on TV’s Emmy winning Beakman’s World and the stage’s Beakman Live! as Beakman, the wacked-out, weirdo scientist who answers viewers’ questions about science, nature, and various bodily functions. Home \| News \| Calendar \| Directory \| Library \| Plays Copyright 2005, Roger W. Tang Questions? Email

WANTED: Women of Color with stories to tell!