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The Longhouse at The Evergreen State College to host Native American Performance Artist James Luna

James Luna

Water, Movement, Fire and Voices with James Luna
Friday, April 25 at 8:00 pm
Place: The Longhouse at The Evergreen State College

Admission: Gen. Adm. $10; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Campus Parking: $2.00
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions or James Luna

Native American performance artist, James Luna, will present his newest piece, Water, Movement, Fire and Voices in The Longhouse at The Evergreen State College on Friday, April 25 at 8:00 pm. General admission tickets are $10 and $5 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833. The event is co-sponsored by Evergreen Expressions, the Evergreen Diversity Series and the Longhouse Cultural and Educational Center.

James Luna is Internationally-recognized for his installation and performance art. A Luiseño/Diegueno Indian and a resident of California’s La Jolla Reservation, Luna creates his work for "a community of Indian tribes." He has received wide acclaim for his deconstruction of stereotypes and notions of  Indian identity. His work confronts and challenges commonly-held stereotypes about Native Americans, museums, art, and life, and does it with irony, humor, sorrow, and a strong sense of story-telling in motion. Luna was selected by NMAI to participate in the 2005 Venice Biennale with the performance installation Emendatio. He has directed an experimental video concerned with Native conversation and the "coffeehouse" culture of the Beat generation, and has also been the subject of several films about his performances and ideas, including a segment of the 2005 PBS magazine series Race Is the Place. Luna's performances and work have been presented at the Hemispheric Institute's 2005 Encuentro "Performing 'Heritage'" in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Swiss Institute and the American Indian Community House in New York; National Gallery of Art in Ottawa; Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, New Hampshire; and San Diego Museum of Man. He is on the faculty of Palomar College and San Diego State University, and has lectured about art at Harvard University and other colleges.

Luna began his studies in painting, but it was when he discovered performance that his practice took shape. Luna's work has conceptual overtones, and he strives for minimal means in his multi-media and video installations. He has performed and exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums in the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. "Let's get this out front," Luna explains, "theater is not what I am, though there are any number of similarities. Installation is very broad and that's one of its strengths. I approach it as I approach a painting. I don't think about acting. I am not a trained actor. But that's not to say that I don't script or monologue. I do, but it comes out of the art." In Notes on My Art Work #674, Luna writes, "I am not a healer but can be considered a clown." And clowning has its own healing power; as Luna says, humor is "the first step in recovery."

Orissi Dance Troupe Rudrakshya from India to be presented by Evergreen Expressions

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Rudrakshya
Saturday, April 26 2008 8:00 p.m.
Place: The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $20; Seniors/Students $10
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Campus Parking: $2.00
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions

Fresh from their New York Lincoln Center performance, The Evergreen State College will present the Indian dance troupe Rudrakshya for a one night performance on Saturday, April 26 at 8 pm in the college’s Experimental Theater. General admission tickets are $20 and $10 for seniors and students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.

Founded in 2000 by Guru Sri Bichitrananda Swain, Rudrakshya is dedicated to the enhancement of the Odissi dance style with special emphasis on developing new and innovative choreography, Rudrakshya seeks to preserve the integrity of this art form by building upon the foundation reconstructed and developed by the forefathers of Odissi. Founder and choreographer Guru Sri Bichitrananda Swain has gained accolades for his innovative choreography and has emerged as one of the leading Gurus in the next generation of Odissi dance.

Odissi is a classical style of dance from India that traces its origins to the ritual dances performed in the temples of ancient India. It is characterized by extreme lyricism of the upper torso juxtaposed against fast, strong, rhythmic footwork. During British rule, it lost repute, only to be carefully reconstructed in the 20th Century.

For more information, please call Ratna Roy at (360) 867-6469 or e-mail her at royr@evergreen.edu or ratna-david@olywa.net. Please go to http://www.olywa.net/ratna-david for details of the program and photos from the February 2006 performance in Orissa, India.

On the web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/odissi/home.htm

http://rudrakshya2008.googlepages.com/



The Bacchae - A Communion Rite

The Bacchae

Evergreen Tackles Traditional Greek Tragedy with Euripides’ The Bacchae – A Celebration of Life
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, March 13, 14, & 15 – 7:30 pm
Place: The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $5; Seniors/Students $3
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Campus Parking: $2.00
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions

Evergreen Performing Arts will present the Greek tragedy, The Bacchae – A Communion Rite, by Euripides from a translation by Wole Syinka on Thurs, Fri. and Sat, March 13, 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm in the college’s Experimental Theater. General admission tickets are $5 and $3 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen Bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.

This complicated and mysterious play is presented by the Evergreen academic program “Me and My Shadow: Performing Arts in Society.” Truthful to Soyinka’s intention, this particular production will celebrate life, death and redemption through a continuous string of dancing, singing, chanting and acting. Directed and choreographed by faculty members, Rose Jang and Kabby Mitchell III., with the support and guidance of the COM technical staff, a talented and dedicated group of student actors, dancers, musicians and designers put together a show which aims to explore every performance element and possibility on stage and ultimately translate the holistic sensation of a ritual theatre. The Experimental Theatre of the Communication Building will be transformed into a natural scene occupied by hills, rocks, plants and ancient palace, giving itself to a suspended space of dream and myth where the truth and complexity of human emotions present themselves in music, dance and striking honesty. Explained John Robbins, Managing Director of Performing & Media Arts, “This is easily the biggest production we’ve tackled in years. It’s given our students in both the scene shop and the costume shop some real learning challenges.”

Euripides’ timeless play has re-emerged in this modern version as “a communal feast, a tumultuous celebration of life, and a robust ritual of the human and social psyche” through Wole Syinka’s poetic translation and adaptation. The joining of two literary and dramatic giants makes for an incredibly powerful piece of literature and theatrical experience. The Greek legends are pushed to a heightened sense of spiritual purity and intensity with the energy and imagination of African mythology; Dionysian worship is blended with passionate devotion to the Yoruba deity, Ogun. While Soyinka’s post-colonial concentration adds a strong layer of social and political consciousness to the mysticism of the original Greek play, the conflict between Dionysus and Pentheus remains a study of the perpetual struggle within every human psyche--between the public, controlled self and the private, hidden shadow.

The Maids by Jean Genet

The Maid

Friday, March 7, 8, 13 & 14 at 7:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Recital Hall (3/7) and Lecture Hall I (3/8,  3/13 & 3/14)
Admission: Gen. Adm. $4
Tickets: Available at the Door or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Campus Parking: $2.00
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions

Genet’s absurdist comedy, The Maids, will be presented by the Evergreen State College Performing and Media Arts program, Fashioning the Body, on Friday, March 7 at 7 pm in the college’s Recital Hall, and in Lecture Hall 1 on March 8, 14 & 15. General admission is $4 and tickets will be available on the evening of the performance or by calling 867-6833 to place a phone order.

In keeping with the theme of identity deconstruction, in this production the roles of the maids (Claire and Solange) will be played by two male-identified individuals. Since the characters of Claire and Solange play many different roles in their daily lives, none of which quite strike at the truth of their being, the visual dissonance of seeing men in female dress serves to underline the question of who these women are, and address the larger question of why and how human identity is constructed. Are we our gender, our circumstances, or our mode of dress? If not, how do we break free of those constraints? Jean Genet was a French playwright, poet and author. Born in 1910 and abandoned by his parents, he spent much of his adolescence and young adulthood in juvenile detention facilities and similar institutions for a succession of petty thefts. In 1948 he escaped life imprisonment when, at the behest of eminent French writers and artists such as Sartre, Gide and Cocteau, the president of the Republic granted him an official pardon.

The Maids is based on true events. In 1933, in the small town of Le Mans, France, two maids, Christine and Lea Papin, brutally murdered their mistress and her daughter with a pewter jug, a hammer and a carving knife. It is the only recorded case in modern criminal history in which the victim’s eyes were torn from the skull with nothing but the murderer’s bare hands. After the crime, the two sisters were found upstairs, naked in bed together. This single event, besides setting the whole of in an uproar, sparked the creative fancy of a number of French intellectuals who produced a large amount of literature based on their story. For his play, Genet took from the Papin sisters their relationship, their circumstances, and their madness. The Maids> is a black mass, a funeral, an illusion, and a dream. It is the story of two outcasts struggling to overcome their servile, sub-human identity in a world that refuses to acknowledge them otherwise.


Mosca and the Meaning of Life | Innovative Animation and Performance Art.

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Mosca and the Meaning of Life

Thurs, Jan 24, 2008, 7 pm
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: General $10; Seniors/Students $5
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833

Mosca and the Meaning of Life, a ground breaking multi-media work in which an animated character is taken off of the screen and integrated into a live performance, will be the centerpiece of an evening of animation and performance art presented by award winning animator, Christine Panushka and performance artist, Beto Araiza.

This new work by Panushka and Araiza grew out of an experiment in multidisciplinary collaboration commissioned by the Pasadena arts organization NewTown to create and expand the definition and form of their respective disciplines. It was originally presented at The Autry National Center, in Los Angeles, in October 2006. While animation has in the past been integrated into dance and music performances, Mosca presents multiple characters interacting with a live performer. Explained Araiza, “In essence, are we all nothing more than common flies searching for that little piece of metaphorical feces on which to live out of our millisecond of existence in this life? And like the common fly don’t we too devour and then regurgitate our belief systems over and over again desperately hoping to discover any small semblance of a greater truth? What is life? What is existence? What is truth?

Currently a Professor in the animation department at University of Southern California Christine Panushka's animated films have won numerous awards at festivals throughout the world. Prior to that, she was Associate Director of Experimental Animation at Cal Arts. Her most recent project, commissioned by Absolut Vodka, has brought 12 of the finest experimental animators in the world to over 750,000, via her Web Site, Absolut Panushka (http://www.absolutvodka.com). In addition to her many artistic accomplishments, she is a tireless crusader for arts education for young people.

In addition to Mosca & The Meaning of Life, Araiza will be performing several performance art pieces from previous shows, “HIVato”, “Holy Wars” and from a new work “Biting The Pillow”. Panushka will present several additional animations pieces and the evening will close with a Question and Answer period.



Lunar Spring Festival Concert to Celebrate the Year of the Rat.

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Lunar Spring Festival Concert to Celebrate the Year of the Rat

Thurs, Jan 24 - Feb, 9, 2008
The Evergreen State College & South Puget Sound Community College
Admission: varies
Information:  Individual Event Details Below

The Lunar Spring Festival, one of the most important festivals in Asia, will consist of three events scheduled over three weekends

The first event includes
The Seattle Chinese Orchestra with acclaimed musician Warren Chang, highlighting an afternoon of pan-Asian performers, the Huan Yin dance ensemble and the locally based Urvasi Dance Company performing classical Indian dance in the Orissi style. Audience members will witness many traditional performances including a Lion Dance, a Tibetan Dance, a Shadow play entitled The Mouse Wedding and a Dance of the Animals as well as a demonstration of Japanese calligraphy.
Co-sponsored by The Evergreen State College and South Puget Sound Community College.


  • Sat, Jan 26, 2008 – 2 pm 
  • Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College
  • Gen. Adm. $25; Seniors $20; Students $10
  • Tickets: (360) 596-5501 or (360) 867-6833 or online at the SPSCC website
  • Free Parking

Poetry for the Common Good, a free workshop conducted by acclaimed translator of Chinese poetry Red Pine at The Evergreen State College.

  • Sat, Feb 2, 4 pm
  • The Evergreen State College SEM II - E1105
  • Free Admission
  • Free Parking

Tai Ji Workshop conducted by Tai Ji master Chungliang Al Huang, sponsored as part of Evergreen’s Extended Education program on February 8-10. Tai Ji is a dynamic moving meditation that enhances health, wellness, and cultural connection. Chungliang Al Huang is one of the most talented transformational movement-meditation teachers working today. He is the author of Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain and other books.

  • Feb 8, 6:30-8 pm, February 9 and 10th, 10 am-4:30 pm 
  • The Evergreen State College Longhouse
  • Participants must register through Evergreen Extended Education (360) 867-5515 

For more information contact Hirsh Diamant (360) 867-6736 or Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651.

Evergreen Singers Present Selections from Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience as Holiday Concert

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Evergreen Singers Present Selections from Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride

Sunday, Dec. 9th at 7:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Recital Hall
Admission: Free
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651

The Evergreen Singers will present a concert of selections from Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride in the Recital Hall of The Evergreen State College on Sunday December 9th at 7 pm. Admission and parking are free.

The Evergreen Singers include students, faculty, and staff of The Evergreen State College. They are led by director Marla Beth Elliott and accompanist Stephanie Claire.

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, best known for The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore, created the most popular theatrical entertainments of the late Victorian era. Their comic operas have never been out of production since they were originally presented in the eighteen-seventies and eighties.

Though Patience was one of their most popular productions at the time, it is not widely known now. Patience satirizes Aestheticism, a “lifestyle” movement that included clothing, visual art, literature, and interior design and rejected the values and styles of the dominant high Victorian culture.

In Patience, a cavalry regiment returns home to discover that their former fiancées have become Aesthetic and now spend all their time mooning after the pretentious poet Reginald Bunthorne, who in turn longs for the naïve milkmaid Patience. Gilbert’s bizarre combination of logic and emotion, and Sullivan’s grand and memorable melodies, take this story to a conclusion that leaves all but one character happily engaged to be married.

This costumed concert will include most of the music as well as selected dialogue from this wonderfully comic opera.


Evergreen to Present an Evening of Orissi Dance and Hindustani Music

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Myths, Legends and Epics 

Friday, Nov. 30 & Sat., Dec. 1 at 7:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $15; Facutlty/Staff - $12; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Parking: $2.00
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6651

The Evergreen Orissi Dance Ensemble will be joined by the ground-breaking Urvasi Dance Company and faculty member, Ratna Roy, along with Arijit Mahalanabis and his Gandharva Music Ensemble for an evening of Hindustani music and Orissi Dance at The Evergreen State College on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1 at 7:00 pm. in the college’s Experimental Theater. General admission tickets are $15 and $5 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen Bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.

Arijit Mahalanabis, an acclaimed Dhrupad singer, a powerful performer, and Visiting faculty at Evergreen, is collaborating with Sri Raman Iyer, a Carnatic musician, in a rare musical number for the first half of the evening performance. That will be followed by “Orissi Dance: Myths, Legends, and Epics.” This year the dances are focusing on abhinaya performances, storytelling and retelling of ancient myths through a subaltern lens, a lens of the dispossessed. The acclaimed Thali Naca, revived by Urvasi in Washington State, with rave reviews from India in 2006-07, will open the evening’s dance performance. That will be followed by “Batu,” a child’s dream bringing sculptures to life. The child will be played by 10-year old Sarvani Eloheimo, twice recipient of Washington State Arts Commission’s Folk Arts Apprentice Award. Five of the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, Matsya (Fish), Kurma (Turtle), Varaha (Wil Boar), Narasimha (Lion-Man), and Vamana (Dwarf) will be enacted by three female dancers and a male dancer who is Visiting Faculty teaching Yoga at Evergreen for the Performing Arts Lab Program. The pure pallavi (flowering) dance will be led by Evening and Weekend Studies faculty member, Jamie Lynn Colley. That will be followed by “Nava Durga,” nine forms of Goddess Durga, with Jamie as Durga and Marissa Betz-Zall as all of the asuras, including Mahisasura, representing the male ego. The final dance number will be the rare “Tara,” one of Guru Pankaj Charan Das’ famous Pancha Kanya dances, a feminist interpretation of an episode from the Ramayana, performed by the only performing dancer internationally that has had the blessing of receiving the gift from her guru, Dr. Ratna Roy.

Dr. Roy was trained in India in classical Orissi dance, initially in both the women’s (mahari) and the men’s (gotipua) traditions by Guru Govinda Chandra Pal and subsequently in the classical tradition that evolved from the "mahari" tradition, by Padmashri Guru Pankaj Charan Das, the guru or all gurus. She is one of the few remaining dancers who practice the women’s dances in classical Orissi style. It has now become her mission to teach and spread the unique dance style and tradition of her guru. Ratna Roy has received two Fulbrights, an American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Award, and the Arts International Award for her dance and has performed and conducted workshops internationally.


Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps

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Friday, Oct 19, 2007
8:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $10; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to order by phone
Parking: $2.00

Transgender performance artist Scott Turner Schofield will preview his new work, Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps on Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 pm in The Evergreen State College’s Experimental Theater. General admission tickets are $10 and $5 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.  A brief talk-back with the artist and a reception will follow the performance.

Scott Turner Schofield is a female-to-male transsexual with a transgender identity. In 2007, Schofield became the first openly trans artist to be commissioned by the National Performance Network for this forthcoming solo show.  This piece is the last installment of an autobiographical performance trilogy, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure solo work combining aerial acrobatics and multimedia storytelling for an unrepeatable evening of gender exploration. Literally: in just the way human beings unconsciously choose how we see gender based on our own cultural cues, audiences for this show choose Schofield's narrative path from female-to-male, choosing what stories they will hear, step-by-step.

Schofield began his performance art career working as a research assistant to Holly Hughes and Carmelita Tropicana at the WOW Cafe in New York City in 2000. Now a full-time performance artist, educator, writer, and producer, he has toured his acclaimed one-trannie shows, "Underground TRANSit" and "Debutante Balls" to colleges, theaters, and festivals far and wide, using performance to engage diverse audiences around the critical issues of our time: gender, race, class, sexuality, and difference. His storytelling and interactive lectures ease and enliven conversation with audiences working through the confusing social maze of identity, helping to build community out of common interests.

Lauded for his direct and accessible presentation, Schofield has been honored with several commissions for new work, and is the youngest recipient ever of a Tanne Foundation Award for Commitment to Artistic Excellence. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote, "A transgender, feminist performance artist with a national buzz going...funny, revealing, whip-smart and poetic." Since 2006, Schofield has received 3 Community Fund Grants from the National Performance Network to raise community awareness of gender and sexuality through art in Seattle, San Antonio, and Miami, FL.

LEARN MORE > Video Clips:
Scott Turner Schofield: Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Sneak Peek: Virtual Turner

Alonzo the Incredible

Alonzo the Incredible

Saturday, Oct 20, 2007
2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Friends of the Library Present Alonzo the Incredible
Admission: Gen. Adm. $20; Students/Children $10
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to order by phone

Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833.

Evergreen faculty Emeritus, Alan Nasser, performs as the renowned Alonzo the Incredible in this Friends of the Library fundraiser, performing feats of amazing prestidigitation!

Expect to be amazed! Alonzo’s shows involve individual audience members and the group as a whole to make his miracles happen. You will not be treated to the same old song and dance show that folks have seen a hundred times before. Many of Alonzo’s effects are original and will take you by surprise

Obo Addy & Okropong – Traditional music and dance of Ghana return to Evergreen

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Friday, Oct 26, 2007
8:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $20; Seniors/Students $10
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to order by phone
Parking: $2.00
Information: (360) 867-6833

The Evergreen State College will once again host master Ghanaian drummer Obo Addy and his music and dance ensemble, Okropong, as part of the Evergreen Expressions visiting artist program on Friday, October 26 at 8 pm in the college’s Experimental Theater. General admission tickets are $20 and $10 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen Bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.   

This will be the third time the popular Portland musician and teacher has returned to Olympia with his African performing arts group. Okropong, meaning "eagle" in Obo Addy’s native Ga language, performs traditional Ghanaian dance and music chosen from the various ethnic cultures in Ghana, including Ga, Ewe, Ashanti, Dagomba and Dagarti. Using a variety of hand and stick drums, talking drums, bells and shakers, the musicians build layers of driving rhythms while the dancers, clad in colorful West African garments, engage in an energetic physical "conversation" with the drummers. At the end of each concert, both musicians and dancers engage the audience in a spirited call and response, celebrating that shared experience with them through song and dance.

Obo Addy, one of the key originators of the seminal musical movement now known as "Worldbeat," is a prominent member of the first generation of African musicians to bring their traditional and popular music to Europe and America. Obo Addy, the son of a Wonche medicine man in Ghana West Africa, was designated a "master drummer" at the age of six. Surrounded by his enormous family (his father had 55 children by 10 wives) and thoroughly immersed in the core musical traditions of his people, Addy embodied the skills and deep values of Ga music as few could.

Obo Addy currently teaches music at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He travels throughout the country conducting teaching residencies and performing both solo and with his performing groups.  His numerous recordings include two recent works entitled "Let me Play My Drums" and "Okropong." Obo's newest recordings, Wonche Bi and Afieye Okropong, were released on the Alula label.

In 1996 Obo Addy was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment for the Arts. This is the highest honor a traditional artist can receive in this country. Obo is the first African born artist to ever receive the award. 

LEARN MORE > Audio Clip: Gome
On the Web: Obo Addy & Okropong

Evergreen to Host Annual Orissi Dance Festival
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Olympia's Annual Orissi Dance Festival
May 11 & 12 at 8 pm.
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Gen. Adm. $12; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Parking: $1.25 Fri. only
Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions

"Olympia's Annual Orissi Dance Festival," sponsored by Evergreen Performing Arts & The Evergreen Orissi Dance Ensemble and featuring the Urvasi Dance Company, with 19 dancers, will be held at the Experimental Theatre, Communications Building, The Evergreen State College, on May 11& 12, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 general and $5 students and seniors. Tickets are available at Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia, and the COM Building Box Office from 12 - 3 pm Monday thru Friday or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.

The performance will open with Hindustani Classical Music by the Gandharva Music Ensemble, led by Extended Education faculty member, Arijit Mahalanabis. The orchestra consists of Arijit Mahalabis
(vocalist), Brandon McIntosh (Sarod), Nirmal Rout (Pakhawaj/Mardala), Mausam (Harmonium), Ravi Ramamurthy (Violin), and Satyajit Limaye (Flute/Tabla).

Olympia's own Orissi Ensemble has continued to make strides. In November at the Second International Odissi (variant in spelling) in New Delhi, Ratna Roy's choreography was featured as the work of one of the foremost choreographers of the second generation. In December, alumni and students of Evergreen participated at the Gutu Pankaj Charan Das Festival in Bhubaneswar and at the Third International Odissi Festival, an extravaganza, again in Bhubaneswar. The performances received rave reviews on Orissa's tv and on national tv as well as in the press. As a
result, the Government of Orissa featured Urvasi Dance Company (now comprising of students, alumni, and community members) at the National Kharavela Festival in Orissa.

Some of the recent reviews from India: "the defining moments of the second day were the solo performances by artistes from the USA and Canada, who with their fluid movements and perfect coordination recreated the magic of legendary Odissi exponent Guru Pankaj Charan Das' style of dancing. But the one presentation that truly complemented the festival theme of 'Origin and Beyond' was that of a 15 -year-old budding Canada-based dancer Shibani Mohapatra. A student of Urvasi Dance Company (USA), Shibani effortlessly recreated the magic of the 'thali and diya' dance, a signature style of Guru Pankaj Charan Das that has long disappeared from the Odissi scene in India." (The New Indian Express, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, December 28, 2006).

"Impressive Thali dance by US girl: As the 15-year-old US-based non-resident Oriya girl Shibani Mohapatra performed the Thali dance of Puri. . . in the ongoing international Odissi dance festival here on Wednesday, she reminded everyone of an extinct tradition that the people of Orissa have forgotten. This unique arts practice is not only being revived in the US by veteran Odissi danseuse Ratna Roy, disciple of the 'guru of gurus' late Pankaj Charan Das but also it is gradually gaining
appreciation from the audience there. Shibani is one of the few disciples of Ratna who is trained in this difficult dance style." (The Hindu, Bhubaneswar, December 28, 2006).

"Performing with involvement leaves an impression, and U.S.-based Scheherazaad Cooper's 'Naba Durga' was able to make an impact. 'Naba Durga' was an expressional piece, choreographed by Pankaj Charan Das." (The Hindu, Hyderabad, December 28, 2006).

Finally, the review from the National Kharavela Festival (translated from Oriya): "Today we were privileged to see a unique presentation to the rhythm of bells at the Kharavela Festival stage, filling the space, to the rhythm of percussion, danced foreign dancers. In the art of Odissi dance, the American dancers were no less than anyone [here]. The American dancers of Urvasi Dance Company presented the Odissi dance, 'Gativilas.' Under the direction of Indian danseuse Dr. Ratna Roy, five American dancers presented the gaits. . . through gestures [they] left the audience entranced and amazed." (Girija, Sambad, January 31, 2007). Of the "Gativilas Pallavi," a correspondent from Dharitri, an Oriya daily writes, "Under the direction of Dr. Ratna Roy, Urvasi Dance Company presented an authentic dance in its purity, 'the Gativilas Pallavi.' (Bhubaneswar, December 28, 2006).

Recognized internationally, the troupe has come into its own. It has been invited to perform in India again on behalf of the Government of Orissa. It has also been recognized as one six foremost Odissi dance companies in the world, and as one with the largest number of soloists. Olympia has much to be proud of.

To this dance ensemble, we add a music ensemble in this forthcoming production.

For more information, please call (360) 867-6833 or Ratna Roy at (360) 867-6469 or e-mail her at royr@evergreen.edu or ratna-david@olywa.net . Please go to http//www.olywa.net/ratna-david for details of the program.

Maria Tallchief
Tall Chief

May 8, 2007
7:00 pm
Evergreen Expressions Presents "Sneak Preview" of upcoming PBS Documentary Maria Tallchief by Sandra and Yasu Osawa
Admission: Gen. Adm. $10; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Parking: $1.25

Information: Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833. For directions or more details go to http://www.evergreen.edu/expressions

America's first Prima Ballerina, Maria Tallchief, is the
subject of a soon to be aired PBS documentary by Sandra and Yasu Osawa that will be previewed on Tuesday, April 8 at 7 pm in The Evergreen State College's Recital Hall. The screening, by the award winning filmmakers, is part of this year's Evergreen Expressions program. General Admission tickets are $10 and $5 for Seniors and Students on sale at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, open from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833. A brief talk-back with the filmmakers and a reception will follow the screening.

This documentary is the third in a trilogy of films that highlights contemporary American Indian themes, issues and people by the Seattle based Upstream Productions. In this film, Ms. Tallchief tells her own story accompanied by dance clips, interviews with colleagues and historians and archival photos. Explained Sandra Osawa, "There are no contemporary stories about Native American women on PBS, the myriad of other television stations or on the big screen. For us, as American Indian women, Pocahontas is as good as it gets. This documentary aims to change the perpetual image of Indian women from one of 'beast of burden' or 'romantic princess' to one which will highlight a truly inspirational life-one filled with integrity and passion for the arts."

Osawa's film explains that in the late 1940's, Tallchief ushered in a new prototype of the ballerina that was distinctly American, in a ballet world that was dominated by the Russians, the French and the English. All that changed in 1948 when Ms. Tallchief took the stage to capture the critical NY audience in a new ballet called Orpheus. Author Francis Mason, who is featured in the film exclaimed, "Maria Tallchief lit a fire under classical ballet that is still burning."


My Name is Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie

April 27 & 28 at 8 pm
April 28 & 29 at 2 pm
Experimental Theater, Communications Building Admission: General $30; Seniors/Students $20
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Bldg. Box Office daily: 12-3 pm or 360-867-6651 to order by phone
Parking: $1.25 Friday
Information: (360) 867-6833.
The Evergreen State College to Present Seattle Repertory Company's Production of My Name is Rachel Corrie
The story of Rachel Corrie comes full circle when The Evergreen State College presents the Seattle Repertory Company's production of My Name is Rachel Corrie in the college's Experimental Theater, April 27 & 28 at 8 pm and April 28 & 29 at 2 pm as part of the Evergreen Expressions Visiting Artist program. Tickets are $30 General Admission and $20 for Seniors and Students. They will go on sale at noon on April 2 at Rainy Day Records, The Evergreen College bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, open from 12 to 3 pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 876-6651. A special preview performance will also be presented free of charge to Evergreen students.

The play, taken from Rachel Corrie's own writings, was edited for the stage by director Alan Rickman, best known for his roles in the Harry Potter series of films and New York stage productions of Les Liasons Dangereuses and Private Lives, and Katharine Viner, Features Editor of The Guardian newspaper in London. The production opened at London's Royal Court Theater to critical acclaim in 2005. Most recently the production was scheduled to open last March at the New York Theatre Workshop. But six weeks before opening night, the theater announced it was indefinitely postponing production of the play. They cited the current political climate as the reason for the cancellation. The production was later moved to New York's Mineta Lane Theatre where it completed an 11 week run.

The Seattle production, directed by Braden Abraham and starring Marya Sea Kaminski in the title role, will play until April 22 when it will then move to Olympia. Explained Performing and Media Arts Manager and producer of Evergreen Expressions, John Robbins, "We are very excited about bringing this professional production to Olympia but also presenting it where Rachel's story began. In many ways she represents the quintessential Evergreen student, passionate and committed to the issues and concerns of the world that affect their lives."

Rachel Corrie went to the Gaza Strip in January of 2003 to aid Palestinians whose homes were being destroyed in the conflict with Israel and to find a sense of truth and understanding in a very complex situation. She was killed by an Israeli defense force bulldozer trying to prevent a Palestinian home from being destroyed.


Theater Nohgaku | Crazy Jane

Crazy Jane PosterApril 6, 2007
8:00 pm
Minnaert Center of the Arts - South Puget Sound Community College
Admission: $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students, Evergreen students admitted free with proper ID
Tickets: online at www.spscc.ctc.edu/CFA, or call 360.596.5501
Parking: free
Information: 360.596.5501.

Theater Nohgaku presents a new play, Crazy Jane by David Crandall
with special guest musicians from Japan.

Also featuring Theatre of Yugen in Shimizu, a Kyogen comedy.

Co-sponored by Evergreen Expressions and South Puget Sound Community College Artists & Lecture Series

Redemption
Redemption

Friday & Saturday, March 16 & 17, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Experimental Theater, Communications Building
Admission: General $10; Student/Senior $8
Tickets:Available at Rainy Day Records, online at BuyOlympia.com, The Evergreen Bookstore and the Communciaitons Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm
Information:(360) 867-6833

A Butoh dance recital combining current students and alumnae.


SOS: Performances

Poster

Wed., Thurs., Fri., & Saturday, March 7-10, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Experimental Theater, Communications Building
Admission: Free
Information:(360) 867-6833

Music, dance, drama, and animation. A concoction of the above disciplines thrown together and re-organized in a raging torrent of creativity, cascading into a waterfall of artistic possibilities.


Lunar Spring Festival

Tai Ji Workshop
Seattle Chinese Orchestra
Community Forum

The Evergreen State College and South Puget Sound Community College to Co-Sponsor Seattle Chinese Orchestra as Part of Annual Spring Festival

The Seattle Chinese Orchestra, led by acclaimed conductor Warren Chang with award winning musician Buyun Zhao, will highlight a three-day Spring Festival of events co-sponsored by The Evergreen State College and South Puget Sound Community College on March 9 to 11.

The concert, to be held at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College on Saturday, March 10 at 2 pm, will feature a Lion Dance and calligraphy with Chungliang Al Huang. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for seniors. Students with ID are admitted free. Advance tickets are available at Rainy Day Records, online at BuyOlympia.com, at the Evergreen Bookstore or by calling (360) 867-6833 for credit card phone orders.

The Spring Festival, one of the most important festivals in Asia, will begin on March 9 when internationally acclaimed master Chungliang Al Huang will lead a Tai Ji movement workshop at 10 am. in Library 4300 at Evergreen. Tickets for the Friday all-day workshop are $40 ($30 students and seniors) and are available at the same outlets. Tai Ji is a dynamic moving meditation that enhances health, wellness, and cultural connection. Chungliang is one of the most talented transformational movement-meditation teachers working today. He is the author of "Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain"and other books. Beginners and advanced students are welcome to participate. Virtuoso musician Stuart Dempster, Faculty Emeritus from UW, will provide musical accompaniment at the workshop.

A free Community Forum will conclude the Festival on Sunday, March 11 at 2 pm in the Evergreen Longhouse. The Forum will bring together world renown scholars and masters in conversation about Identity, Gender and Self Cultivation in Daosit, Buddhist, Confucian, and Islamic traditions. The panelists will include East West Center directors of University of Hawaii Dr. Roger Ames and Peter Herschock, Master Chungliang Al Huang, and Professor of University of Arkansas Dr Mohja Kahf.

Contact Hirsh Diamant (360) 867-6736 or Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833 for more information.


Taiji



Event: Tai Ji Workshop
Date: Friday, March 9, 2007
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Library 4300 - The Evergreen State College
Admission: Gen. Adm. $40; Seniors/Students $30
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Campus Parking : $1.25
Information: Contact Hirsh Diamant (360) 867-6736 or Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833 for details.




Chinese Orchestra



Event: Seattle Chinese Orchestra
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts - South Puget Sound Community College
Admission: Gen. Adm. $20; Seniors $10; Students - Free
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Information: Contact Hirsh Diamant (360) 867-6736 or Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833 for details.

Comm Forum



Event: Community Forum
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Evergreen Longhouse - The Evergreen State College
Admission: Free
Information: Contact Hirsh Diamant (360) 867-6736 or Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833 for details.


Seattle's Total Experience Gospel Choir to Perform at Evergreen State College

Gospel Choir

Saturday, March 3, 2007
7:30 pm
The Evergreen State College Recital Hall
Admission: Gen. Adm. $10; Seniors/Students $5
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, online at BuyOlympia.com, at the Evergreen College Bookstore or the Communication Box Office. Credit card phone orders can be placed by calling the college's Box Office at (360) 867-6833. I
nformation: (360) 867-6651 Organized in 1973 at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Seattle, this nationally and internationally famed choir has grown to 108 members ages 6 to 65. Their travels have taken them to 38 states, 4 continents and 22 countries. Their recognition has garnered them 150 awards and the opportunity to work with other music luminaries such as Qunicy Jones, Ray Charles, the Hawkins Family, the Morman Tabernacle Choir, Michael Bolton, the Judds and Peter Seeger to name a few. The have also been a featured group for seven seasons of Langston Hughes's play Black Nativity at Seattle's Intiman Theater.

Founder and Director, Pastor Patrinell  "Pat" Wright brings a substantial musical resume to the Choir not just as conductor but as a singer as well. She released her first solo CD I'm so Glad! A Spiritual Reunion of Drums & Voice in 2005. She has also been honored with the Washington State Governor's Ethnic Heritage Award for helping preserve Black Gospel music in the State of Washington and the first Living Legend Award from the Seattle Center.


Irish Music Masters to Meet at Evergreen for Expressions Concert

Masters of Irish Music

Friday, March 2, 2007
8:00 pm
Experimental Theater, Communications Building
Admission: Gen. Adm. $20; Seniors $ 10; Students/w ID - Free
Tickets: Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, or call 867-6833 to place phone orders
Information:(360) 867-6651

American-born fiddler Randal Bays has been playing Irish fiddle for nearly 30 years. His recordings and concerts have earned him recognition on both sides of the Atlantic. His recent album "House to House" was picked by the Irish Times as one of the Top Five Traditional Recordings of 2005.

Catherine McEvoy is one of the leading flute players in Irish music today. From 1984-1988 Catherine was a member of & "Macalla," the first all female traditional group. Catherine has released two excellent recordings of traditional flute music, her self-titled "Catherine McEvoy" (1998) and her latest CD with her brother, fiddler John McEvoy, "The Kilmore Fancy" (2004).

Stated Don Meade of the Irish Voice, "Patrick Ourceau, a Frenchman now living in New York City, is among the most accomplished members of traditional Irish music's Foreign Legion. A fiddler of rare talent and sophistication, his music has all the hallmarks of great Irish fiddling - beautiful tone, pulsing rhythmic lift, deft bow work and crisply executed ornamentation.

Born in Drimnagh, Dublin in 1948, James Keane took up the button accordion at age six, drawing his primary inspiration from his mother, father and uncles (musicians all) and the rich cultural legacy of their home counties of Longford and Clare. While still in his early teens, James co-founded the Castle Ceili Band and won the All-Ireland ceili band competition in 1965. He went on to earn four All-Ireland titles as a soloist on the accordion He plays in the group Fingal, with Randal Bays and Daithi Sproule

A fourth-generation Clare concertina player, Gearóid ƠhAllmhuráin spent many years under the tutelage of Paddy Murphy, Clare's master concertina player. In 1996, Gearoid released the critically acclaimed "Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond", firmly establishing himself as one of the finest concertina players in Irish music. Gearoid is Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Missouri-St Louis.

During his years in Portland, Oregon, Dublin native Aidan Brennan became one of the most sought-after Irish guitarists in the United States, performing with players like Paddy O'Brien, Brian Dunning, Randal Bays, and Martin Hayes.


Genesis: The Mary Shelley Story
Mary Shelley Poster

Friday & Saturday, Feb. 23 & 24, 2007
7:00 pm
Experimental Theater, Communications Building
Presented by: SOS Performance, Theater & Dance
Admission: Free
Information: (360) 867-6833

How did it happen that a young woman, nineteen year old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, came to write the classic horror story FRANKENSTEIN? In Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play, Mary and the two men who became literature's most Romantic Poets - Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord George Byron, find themselves seduced by each other, alchemy and their imaginations. Join us for a night of gothic romance and mystery; thunder and lightning; and discover not only the "genesis" of Frankenstein, but of the Vampire as well!


Fine Times at Our House
Fine Times poster

Friday, Feb. 9, 2007
8:00 pm
Recital Hall, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Expresssions
Admission: $10 General, $5 Seniors & Students Tickets: Rainy Day Records, the Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Bldg. Box Office 12-3:00 pm, Mon-Fri
Information: (360) 867-6833

Old-time music, storytelling and artwork. Featuring Joe McHugh.




The Evergreen Singers Present "Shepherds, Wanderers and Hillbillies"
shepard, wanders, and hillbillies poster

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, 4pm
One performance Only

The Evergreen State College Recital Hall
Admission: Free

The Evergreen Singers, Evergreen's community choir, present songs you haven't heard a million times as their Holiday presentation. There will be a reception following the concert.

SOS Music and Theater presents "The Myopia: An Epic Burlesque of Tragic Proportion & Maldetto"

the myopia poster

Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, 7pm
One performance Only

The Evergreen State College COM 117
Admission: Free
Campus Parking: $1.25
Information: (360) 867-6833

SOS Music and Theater presents a staged reading of "Bloody Poetry"
Bloody Poetry Poster

Wednesday, Nov. 29th, 2006, 7 pm
One performance Only
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Admission: Free

Contains some explicit or objectionable language.

SOS Music and Theater presents a staged reading of Bloody Poetry, a play by Howard Brenton. It tells the story of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairemont, Lord Byron and his companion Dr. Polidori in exile in Switzerland and Italy: upper-class revolutionaries on the run, living out their utopian ideas of free love and communal creativity away from the trappings of conventional society.

SOS Music and Theater presents works in progress "Songs, Dances, and other Oddities"
SOS Music and Theater Poster

 

Nov. 28, 30 and Dec. 1, 7 pm
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
 Admission: Free

Contains some explicit or objectionable language.

SOS Music and Theater presents works in progress.

SOS Music and Theatre present "The Dawn of Breakfeast"
SOS Music and Theater "breakfast" poster

Dec. 1, 8 pm
The Evergreen State College Recital Hall
Admission: Free.

Contains some explicit or objectionable language.

SOS Music and Theater presents a sketch comedy showcase.

Seattle Shakespeare Company - The Winters Tale

Winters Tale Poster

Special Student Preview - Wednesday, Oct 18 - 2 pm
Admission: $10 (Student ID Required) available at The Evergreen Bookstore or the Communication Building

Oct 19, 20, 21 - 7:30 p.m.
Oct 21 - 2:00 p.m.
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
 Admission: $25 General admission, $15 Students
Tickets: BuyOlympia.com, Rainy Day Records and The Evergreen Bookstore, Box Office now open 12-3 Mon-Fri. & accepting Mastercard/Visa, checks and exact change. Parking: $1.25
Information: (360) 867-6833

Audio Jumpstart


Famed "Voice of Hollywood," Marni Nixon, to Offer Master Class to Evergreen Students
Marni


Master Class
Oct 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SPCC
 Registration: The registration fee for participants is $40 and for observers is $10. The deadline is Oct. 5 Students may register as a participant or as an observer by contacting John Robbins, Performing & Media Arts Manger, for a application form or a member of the Performing Arts faculty. Information: (360) 867-6651

Concert
Friday Oct. 27 - 7:30 p.m.
Main Theater of the Minnaert Center for the Performing Arts at SPSCC with a book and CD signing to follow afterward.
 Tickets: Tickets for this performance are $20 general admission and $15 for seniors. Tickets are available at SPSCC's box office website, http://www.spscc.ctc.edu/CFA/events.html

The Evergreen State College, St. Martin's University and South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) are proud to announce that Marni Nixon, the voice of Natalie Woods in West Side Story , Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady and countless other film stars will conduct a Master Class on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 9 am to 4 pm at SPSCC. Evergreen Students may register as a participant or as an observer by contacting John Robbins, Performing Media Arts Manger, for a application form or a member of the Performing Arts faculty. The registration fee for participants is $40 and for observers is $10. The deadline is Oct. 5

Ms. Nixon will also perform a concert on Friday, Oct 27, at 7:30 pm in the Main Theater of the Minnaert Center for the Performing Arts at SPSCC with a book and CD signing to follow afterward. Tickets for this performance are $20 general admission and $15 for seniors. Tickets are available at SPSCC&'s box office website, http://www.spscc.ctc.edu/CFA/events.html

A limited number of free tickets are available for Evergreen students. Please contact John Robbins at (360) 867-6651 or robbinsj@evergreen.edu to place you name on this list.

Dr. Ratna Roy to Dance at Evergreen State College Fundraiser
Orissi Batik

August 18, 2006, Friday at 8:00 pm
 Recital Hall
 Admission: $10 general admission, $5 students with valid I.D, staff, and seniors.
Tickets: BuyOlympia.com, Rainy Day Records and The Evergreen Bookstore, or at the box office one hour before show.
Parking: $1.25
Information: Ratna Roy at (360) 867-6469 or e-mail or ratna-david@olywa.net.
More Information: February 2006 in Orissa, India, Academic Web Page



Dr. Ratna Roy, a member of the dance faculty at Evergreen, will take the stage in a rare performance of Orissi dance as a fundraiser to provide scholarships for deserving students to travel to India next year.


Hole in the Sky
Hole in the Sky

September 7-9, 11, 13-16, 8:00 pm
September 10 & 17, 2:00 pm Main Stage, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound Community College
 Admission: $10 general admission, $5 students with valid I.D, staff, and seniors.
Tickets: www.spscc.ctc.edu/CFA/, or (360) 596-5501. Tickets also available at the door up to two hours prior to show.
Information: (360) 596-5501

Playwright Reed McColm presents the audience with a window into The World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, where separate lives are woven together into one dramatic web of reality. This Emmy award- winning writer provides an overwhelming glimpse into the irrational specter of 9/11, offering a sweeping theatrical experience as well as a mode of emotional catharsis.

The play is a community endeavor between students and staff of South Puget Sound Community College and The Evergreen State College (as actors and technical support), and local musician Derek Johnson (for the soundtrack).

All proceeds from the fifth anniversary performance on September 11 will go to local Thurston County Fire Departments (donations in lieu of ticket sales at the door).


Glenn Yarbrough
Glenny Arbrough

September 12, 2006, Tuesday
 3:00 pm matinee and 7:00 pm
 The Evergreen State College
Recital Hall
Admission: Matinee - $30, 7:00 pm - $35
Tickets: BuyOlympia.com and The Evergreen Bookstore
Parking: $1.25
Information: (360) 876-6833

Folk artist Glenn Yarbrough visits The Evergreen State College Recital Hall for 2 shows. Accompanying Glenn is probably one of the best bands to play with him - a combination of some former band members and NW artists like jazz musician Douglas Barnett and guitarist Michael Powers. You won't want to miss the amazing Rob Pearsall and Gary Ballard on guitar, banjo, piano, drums and dobro. It promises to be a lively performance - unforgettable and befitting a true legend in folk music.

Glenn's website: www.glennyarbrough.com


Rudrakshya Dance Troup from India | Odissi Dance Recital
Odissi Dance


Friday, July 14 , 2006
8:00 pm
Evergreeen, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: $10 Adults, $5 Seniors, $5 Students
Tickets: Evergreen Bookstore, Rainy Day Records (downtown), BuyOlympia.com
Parking: $1.25
Information: Call (360) 867-6651

The 15-member Rudrakshya Dance Troupe from India now on tour in the United States will perform a Odissi Dance Recital.



Media Works Installations - 3 days of Multi-Channel Presentations
Installations


June 9, 2006 - The Private World
Noon - 9 p.m.
Com 209

June 14, 2006 - Coastal Memory
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Com 408

June 14-15, 2006 - Fleeting
1st Floor Com

Presented by: Mediaworks
Parking: $1.25
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

The Private World is an interactive multimedia and scenic installation by Jeremy Stutes.

The work blends live elements with prerecorded video, and explores the subject of pederasty via reenactment.

The presentation highlights the role that privacy plays in these complex encounters, and the forces that inhibit many people from comprehending the full range and scope of pederasty.

Mediaworks in the Evergreen Academic Catalog

SOS Music Presents: An Eclectic Aural Evening
sos music event


June 10, 2006, Sat
8:00 pm
Recital Hall, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: Free - Donations accepted for SAFEPLACE
Parking: $1.25
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

Music and performances with acoustic and electronic instruments.

SOS Music in the Evergreen Academic Catalog

Mediaworks - Final Screenng
Poster Final

June 14 & June 15, 2006, Wed - Thu
7:00 pm
Recital Hall, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: Free - Parking $ 1.25

Presentations of student works.

Mediaworks in the Evergreen Academic Catalog

Machinal
Machinal


May 25-27 & June 1-3 8:00 PM
Experimental Theater, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts
Admission: Free
Parking: $1.25
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

An expressionist tragedy and dark comedy of a woman's isolation from society turned into murder.

Yellow - a Butoh Performance
butoh performance poster


June 3, Sat
8:30 PM
Seminar II Building,
(Outdoors - rain or shine)
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: Free
Parking: Free
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

Performance of Butoh

My Own True Love
My Own True Love Poster


June 4, 2006, Sun
2:00 pm
Experimental Theater, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: Free
Parking: Free
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

Student Originated Studies (SOS)
Concert of music by Kurt Weill, performed by Elizabeth Ripley.


Circus of Phobias - Straight from the Ass
Machinal


May 30-31, Tue Wed
7:30 PM
COM 209,
Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Performing & Media Arts Admission: Free
Parking: $1.25
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

A performance of Experimental Puppetry and Buffoonery.

The Three Penny Opera | The Nonsense Company
Three Penny

Friday & Saturday, Apr 29 & Sunday, Apr 30, 2006 8:00 PM
Experimental Theater, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: The Evergreen State College and Evergreen Expressions Admission: $10 general, $5 seniors, free for current students
Tickets: Rainy Day Records (downtown), The Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com and the Evergreen Box Office (One hour prior to show).
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

The Evergreen State College and Evergreen Expressions are pleased to present The Nonsense Company performing a new translation of the Brecht and Weill revolutionary musical theater piece The Three Penny Opera.

The Nonsense Company performs contemporary music and theater by emerging and established composers, focusing on new work dealing with text, scored movement, politics, and history.

Nonsense Company on the Web

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The Flowering of Orissi in the Pacific Northwest
Orissi Poster

Friday & Saturday, Apr 21 & 22, 2006 8:00 PM
Experimental Theater, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: The Evergreen Orissi Dance Ensemble & Evergreen Performing and Media Arts
Admission: $10 general, $5 student/senior
Tickets: Evergreen Box Office (One hour prior to show)
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

"The Flowering of Orissi," sponsored by The Evergreen Orissi Dance Ensemble and featuring the Urvasi Dance Company, with 25 dancers and four musicians and led by Evergreen professor Dr. Ratna Roy.

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An Evening with Nina Shorina | Russian Animator, Director, Actress
Nina Shorina Poster

Monday, April 17, 2006
7:00 PM
Recital Hall, Communications Bldg.
Presented by: Evergreen Expressions, Visiting Artists
Admission: Free
Tickets: Evergreen Box Office (One hour prior to show)
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

Russian Animator, Director and Actress Nina Shorina will present four of her short films, Door, Dream, Poodle and Alter Ego, with a discussion following each. In addition a reception will be held during the intermission.

Born in Moscow, Shorina was a popular child actress who studied first acting and then film making at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). She began working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1976 and directed several children's films including "Poodle." Just prior to perestroika Soyuzmultfilm's administration approved "Door," a script ostensibly about a boy repairing a door, believing it would also be a film for children. However, the film Shorina delivered in 1986 was for a grown up audience, the first of a trilogy that would explore the Soviet person's reaction to the dramatic political changes sweeping in the Soviet Union. The film won several awards, including the Grand Prize at the Oberhausen (Germany) Festival of Documentary and Short Films.

The film Dream (1988), a critique of nostalgia infused with views of the Soviet Union, was an Official Selection of the Sorrento (Italy) Film Festival. Alter Ego (1989), a study of the relationship of art to everyday life via self portraiture, won first prize at the Ryazan (USSR) Animated Film Club of USSR and was based on a short story written by Shorina.

Jane Pilling of the British Film Institute described Nina Shorina as "one of the only woman animators in the former Soviet Union to have created a substantial body of work that ranks her along the established (male) names in Soviet animation."

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An Evening with Tony Buba, Filmmaker
Tony Buba

Thursday, March 2, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Recital Hall, Communications Bldg.
Presented By: Evergreen Expressions, Visiting Artists
Admission: Free
Tickets: Evergreen Box Office (One hour prior to show)
Information: Call (360) 876-6833

Tony will talk about his work and career and will screen two films: Voices from a Steeltown (1983) a documentary short about the decline of a once thriving steel town, Braddock Pa., and No Pets (1994), a story about work and love and animals, the end of an age, mythical or real, when a job was a job, love was true, and everybody had a dog.

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Truth: Moments of Peace

When: April 15, 16 and 17, 2004, 8 p.m.
Where: Experimental Theater, Communications Building
Presented By: Evergreen Performing and Media Arts, Dance, Creativity and Culture
Cost of Admission: $10 general, $5 student/senior

Creative interpretations stemming from the teachings of faculty Dr. Ratna Roy and Dr. Mukti Khanna will be represented in this performance which transcends time and cultural borders. Oppression and non-violence themes are portrayed through dance, poetry, masks, media and puppetry. Dances dramas inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., womens movements, domestic violence, child labor, eco-feminism, come alive through Orissi movements and fusion dance.