Previous Arts Events at CRS in 2007

Saturday, July 12, 2008 — save the date!

We invite you to join us in celebrating the 4th anniversary of our opening (most likely the final anniversary in this space) with what is shaping up to be a terrific line-up of professional programs, presentations and performances:

SCHEDULE (Sat., July 12)
4 PM Crazy Sexy Cancer
5:30 – 6 PM Discussion with Ms. Kasaki
6 PM Action Theatre Demonstration
6:30 PM Dance Performance
7–10 PM Catered Reception

TICKETS
Film screening, Performances & Reception
Only 8 tickets left!
$30 individuals, $40 families — general admission

Reception only (no advance ticket required)
$20 individuals, $30 families

Tickets may be purchased in person at CRS, online or over the phone with a credit card, or through the mail by personal check made out to "CRS."

We kick off the program with a screening of the documentary "Crazy Sexy Cancer." "Hip and humorous, intimate and empowering, this cutting-edge documentary shatters old stigmas with the force of spirit, redefining what it means to truly live – not just for those struggling with cancer, but for anyone who needs a personal revolution." Following the screening we’ll lead a discussion about the connections between physical and spiritual healing.

Next, we'll introduce you to several of our professional artists-in-residence: physical theatre improvisation artists Heather Harpham and Cassie Terman and choreographer and dancer Akiko Furukawa. These artists possess a heightened awareness of their deepest impulses as well as the creativity to transform and integrate those impulses into an aesthetic framework art and the honesty and guts to share the result as art.


Our celebration wouldn't be complete without nourishment for the body as well. The most healthy, life-sustaining food we know of in New York is lovingly prepared at Caravan of Dreams. Alkaline, organic, kosher, vegan, live or cooked, the food from Caravan is divine. Their chef is the first in New York to embrace the dietary principles of Dr. Robert Young's phMiracle, which also plays an important role in "Crazy Sexy Cancer" and in the healing journeys of many people. We think you will find that these foods you will be learning about can be delicious, too!

Opening Reception & Open Studio Workshop for Children:

Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Exhibition Closes August 17, 2008

CRS presents a diverse group exhibition of works by prominent women artists from the CRS community featuring puppetry, gouache, ceramic, rice paper collage, oil painting, watercolor, and tapestry.

Reiko Fujisawa

Akane Ito

Akiko Kato

Emi Koda

Beverly Mastropolo

Misha McGlown

Erin Orr

Lake Simons

Junko Yamada

Friday – Saturday, June 20–21, 2008 at 8 PM
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents

An Evening of Dance & Physical Theatre Improvisation by

Nina Wise with Annie Kunjappy

In Leap Year, award-winning SF artist Nina Wise and long-time collaborator Annie Kunjappy attempt to ride the surging crest of the precarious present, fueled and beleaguered by memories of the past, seduced and inspired by the imagination of the future. In this work, narrative emerges from a robust physicality. It's dance, it's word jazz. It is accessible, exciting, unpredictable, and miraculously relevant to the issues of the moment. Leap Year will feature both solo and duet work.

"You leave a Nina Wise performance uplifted, as if you've seen something fresh, moving and above all deeply human." — Ashland Tribune

"Simply being in the same room with this consummate improviser for a couple of hours is to watch the unknown unfold before your eyes. .. I was deeply moved and entertained ... Wise distilled something of the complexity of living in today's world into something bizarre, brave and beautiful." — SF Weekly

"Annie Kunjappy is freaking marvelous..." — The Well Nourished Moon, San Francisco

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $15


Thursday – Saturday, June 5–14, 2008 at 8 PM
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents

An Evening of Contemporary Dance & Butoh
Inspired by Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Created by Christine Coleman
Company SoGoNo

Combining contemporary dance and Butoh, Stop Motion (her signature style), sign language & clowning, Christine Coleman's (sogono.org) new evening length work Gobstopper Influence takes an imaginative look at beauty, darkness, machines and their malfunctions, human flaws, and creatures of knowledge, refracted through the prism of her favorite childhood movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $15

Conversations with Barthelme:

A Festival of Adaptions of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme

CALL FOR DIRECTORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS!

Sharpen and showcase your directing chops by applying for the Director's Lab at CRS. This inaugural lab will explore the work of National Book Award winner Donald Barthelme, master of the absurdist short story. “Donald Barthelme is the father of postmodern fiction and funny as all hell.” — Jessamyn West, Donald Barthelme's barthelmismo.

CRS will select six artists to adapt and direct one short story from Barthelme’s famed collection 60 Stories. The six works will be presented as an evening program on Friday and Saturday nights from August 8–23, 2008 in the CRS Studio Theatre. Applications are being accepted through June 9, 2008. See details below.

Each participating director will be given a stipend of $150 and limited rehearsal space as available. Ancillary events such as discussions of Barthelme's work with literary figures and post-performance Q&As will serve to raise awareness of Barthelme and generate additional attention for the festival as a whole.