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"The images the dancers created, while never absolutely explicit, evoked a world of moving torments and fragile triumphs. The technically adept dancers offered us a pile of rolling, squirming bodies, then those same bodies spinning in a tight circle of light. It was strangely chilling. I found myself holding my breath. This is the kind of dance that evokes powerful associations in the mind of the audience, each person creating a different story from the visual feast.
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-Terry Baum, San Francisco Bay Times (November 17, 2005)
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Project Artaud Theater
450 Florida Steet, San Francisco
March 23-26, 2006
Thursday-Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Buy Tickets Online thru TicketWeb
ODC Theater Box Office
415-863-9834
3153 17th Street @ Shotwell
Box office hours: Weds-Sat 2-5pm
visa/mastercard accepted
Panel Discussion Saturday, March 25th
Gallery Hours
Tue-Fri, 12pm-6pm, FREE
Unsing the Song Collaborative Artists
Marc Ream, Melanie Demore, Shakiri, Imani Harrington, Jon Wallen, Hilary Springfield, Cari Campbell, Patti Boss, Cindra Feuer
ABD Dancers
Alyah Baker, Javier Cordoba, Amy DaSilva, Jessica Damon, Claudia Hubiak, Karen Lentz, Frances Sedayao, Amara Tabor-Smith, Kirstin E. Williams
Speaking the Unspeakable Gallery Curators
Anne-christine d’Adesky
Gabo Wilson
Gallery Artists
Kristine Mays, Susan Garcia-Lorca, Stephanie Anne Johnson
WORLD and the Priority Africa Network
Exhibit Description
We are proposing a museum exhibition project on the subject of Rwandan women’s experience of the historic 1994 genocide that highlights the historic use of rape linked to HIV as a weapon of war. This multimedia exhibition will consist of firsthand videotaped and photographic testimonies from Rwanda rape survivors, including those now living with AIDS. This exhibit will be the beginning of a larger archival project to document this event and provide a platform for women today to discuss its impact on their lives and on Rwanda’s recovery. This exhibit has been created in response to rape survivors’ desire to testify about their experiences and to educate future generations in Rwanda and the world about gender-based violence and its links to the epidemic of HIV both in and outside of Rwanda. The project has a important education and prevention message for the world: Never Again. It will also make connections to the ongoing use of rape in ongoing civil wars in Sudan, northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This project is supported in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Zellerbach Family Fund.
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