I am excited to announce that I was invited to perform a new conceptual calligraphy art performance at San Francisco’s contemporary art fair ArtPadSF on the night of Saturday, May 19th from 7:30pm. Big thanks and love to Mike Cuffe, founder / editor in chief of Warholian.com.
The new piece is titled “UNIBIRTH” – Unibirth is a live performance art project which is conceptualized, directed and performed by Aoi Yamaguchi, in collaboration with Argentinian contemporary composer Sebastian Plano, contemporary dancers Celine Alwyn and Emmaly Wiederholt. Inspired by unifying concepts of “universe” and “birth”, Unibirth celebrates the reincarnation of lives that exist in nature and signifies the infinite cycle of the universe, incorporating the physical movement of calligraphy, contemporary dance, sounds and visuals. The dancer represents the spirit of humanity – the music, representing the earth’s ensemble, and the poetry, written on the bodies and garments by the artist, awaken the spirit from long hibernation. Blessed in the brush strokes and divine sounds, the newborn spirit will be sublimed into the nature’s resonance.
ARTISTS:
Sebastian Plano (Cellist / Contemporary Composer)
Born in Argentina of a musical family, Sebastian Plano is a classically trained contemporary composer and multi-instrumentalist. He started cello lessons at age 7 and left home at 17 to study abroad, eventually landing in San Francisco. Extensive travel from an early age instilled in him a deep appreciation for living with and learning from people of different cultures around the world. Despite his strong classical background, Sebastian’s music derives from a mixture of forms and genres, carefully combining diverse stylistic elements into thoughtful arrangements that bear the stamp of a single, unifying vision.
Celine Alwyn (Contemporary Dancer)
A native of San Francisco, Céline Alwyn has been performing, teaching, and creating both nationally and internationally professionally for the last 9 years. While in New York, she trained at the Ailey School, received her Pilates certification from the Kane School, and performed on Broadway in Bombay Dreams as an original cast member. In the United Kingdom, she completed an MA in Contemporary Dance at the London Contemporary Dance School, danced in works by Stephen Petronio, Garry Stewart, David Massingham, and Rui Horta, and toured with Bare Bones, a Birmingham-based dance company. Before returning to San Francisco, she toured internationally with Cirque Du Soleil’s Dralion, playing the character role of ‘Oceane’. Most recently, Céline has enjoyed working with local choreographers Katie Faulkner/Little Seismic Dance Company, Rachael Lincoln, & Amelia Rudolph. Together with the company of ‘Incognita: Revisited’, she won an ‘Izzie’ in 2012 for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Company Performance’. Céline is a dedicated dance educator and choreographer and is currently teaching creative movement, improvisation, and contemporary dance to students of all ages in schools and studios all over the Bay Area.
Emmaly Wiederholt (Contemporary Dancer)
Emmaly Wiederholt is originally from Albuquerque, NM and graduated from the University of Utah with a BFA in ballet and a BS in political science. She is an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and currently dances with Malinda LaVelle’s Project Thrust. She has previously danced with Vabang Dance Company, AXIS Dance Company in David Dorfman’s choreography, Christine Cali, Alyce Finwall Dance Theater, and Katie Faulkner’s Little Seismic Dance Company. Emmaly also writes about dance, and contributes to the SF Examiner, the SF Bay Guardian, and In Dance. Emmaly is the founder, author, and editor of stanceondance.com.
_
Little by little, my vision is coming together. I am so fortunate to be able to work and collaborate with such a gifted talents with inspiring spirits, and have amazing support.
See you at the show!
