Luna Dance & Creativity presents our 8th celebratory marathon of choreography, 30 Points of View: a peek into dance-making. A free, open-studio event, 30 Points of View features 30 local choreographers, each with 30 minutes to share their creative process rehearsing, improvising, or making a dance while engaging with audience in Luna’s studio. Dance lovers, individuals curious about the creative process, school groups, families and community members are invited to drop in all day, at any time to see artists in action. 30 Points of View celebrates the intersection between artists and audience, and we encourage all ages to watch, ask questions, interact and respond, increasing the potential for lively and expressive artistic exchange.
This year it’s a 3-day extravaganza! Come to one or each of the days!
Tuesday, March 18, 10-6:30pm (break from 1-3:30pm)
Thursday, March 20, 10-6pm (break from 1-4pm)
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30-7:30pm
Luna Dance & Creativity
931 Ashby Ave, Berkeley (entrance on Potter Street)
FREE
Meet the Choreographers
more to be added soon!
bio coming soon
Megan Nicely is an artist/scholar whose research involves choreographic experimentation through the medium of the body. She combines performance theory with physical practice in release-based dance, Japanese butoh, and somatics. Nicely is Associate Professor at University of San Francisco, author of Experimental Dance and the Somatics of Language (2023), and director of Megan Nicely/Dance.
Deborah Slater, director/choreographer, is Artistic Director of DSDT, a multi-media dance company, creating physical, visual talking dance & dedicated to work exploring social issues, science & art through original dance, text & music. DSDT is the recipient of many grants, awards and commissions including Izzies and MAP, Rainin and Wattis grants. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.
With an affinity for dynamic places and partners, Megan Lowe Dances creates perspective shifting dance productions in the San Francisco Bay Area, situated on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land. Directed by a choreographer of Chinese and Irish descent, MLD explores complex identities and experiences by tackling unusual physical situations and inventing compelling solutions, opening up the imagination to what is possible. Photo by RJ Muna, Megan Lowe and Shira Yaziv in “Just a Shadow” by Megan Lowe Dances.
Since 1996, Alisa’s artistic career has included being a dance artist & educator, choreographer , filmmaker, audio describer and professional learning leader. Alisa spent significant time working with AXIS Dance Company and Luna Dance & Creativity. She continues to teach dance and is a dance credential supervisor at CSUEB. Alisa believes dance belongs to everyone and tries to convey that through her work. Photo by Walter Holden.
Vangie King and Nicole Stone met in 2002 at the Deborah Hay Solo Commissioning Project. A 2-week immersion using Deborah’s scores to create their own solos. Since then they have continued meeting to investigate improvisation. Vangie became part of Bay Area Dance in 1978 and Nicole in 2002. Photo by Phillip Stone.
NAKA Dance Theater creates experimental performance works using dance, storytelling, multimedia installations and site-specific environments. NAKA builds partnerships with communities, engages people’s histories and folklore and expresses experiences through accessible performances that challenge the viewer to think critically about social justice issues. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.
VERA!/Vera Hannush is an Armenian American drag king and dancer. They explore the reclamation of cultural dance through queer/trans chosen families. They are currently working on the next iteration of their Armenian dance and drag performance work to continue delving into and queering their cultural heritage. Photo by Kleos Captured Photography.
ChingChi is very proud of herself that at 64, she’s still dancing vigorously and making dances. ChingChi also enjoys teaching dance. She loves sharing the joy of dancing and connecting with people of all ages. You can find her teaching at Berkeley Public Library and Shawl Anderson Dance Center. Photo by Doug Kaye.
Emma Quan Dewey is a Bay Area-raised dancer, choreographer, and educator putting down roots in Huichiun (Oakland). Emma’s work grounds itself in dance as an imaginative, world-building act / as a ritual to move through the intimate ways identity, power structures, and history play out at the level of the body / as an offering to be in relationship with land, ancestors, and spirits. Photo by Justin Ebrahimi.
Andrew Merrell (he/they/she) is a California Queer Dance Artist. They hold a BA from CSU Long Beach and a MFA from Saint Mary’s College. They currently teach at the ladder as well as at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center. They present work around the Bay Area under the moniker Slack Dance. Photo by Stephen Texeria.
Mary Armentrout is an experimental choreographer working primarily with repetition and duration to problematize aspects of intentionality and presence. She calls her site-specific genre-mixing works performance installations; recent awards include an Isadora Duncan Dance Award and an EMPAC commission. Also: dance, composition, and Feldenkrais teacher, co-curator of the Milkbar.