Rosanna Gamson/World Wide - Sugar Houses at ArtPower Program

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Dance /USA ArtPower presents

Rosanna Gamson/ World Wide Sugar Houses February 25–26, 2022 at 8 pm Mandeville Auditorium

Sugar Houses

by Rosanna Gamson with Mallory Fabian, Clementine Gamson Levy, Kearian Giertz, Emara NeyMour-Jackson, Brance Souza, and Terry Wayne, Jr. Original Music Tomasz Krzyżanowski Vocal Coach and Arrangements Fahad Siadat (with additional coaching from Dara Weinberg)

Special Thanks: Sponsors: Phyllis and Daniel Epstein The presentation of Sugar Houses by Rosanna Gamson/World Wide was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project was supported by a National Performance Network (NPN) Artist Engagement Fund, with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).

For more information, visit www.npnweb.org.

Rehearsal Director Kearian Giertz Sound Design Simon Greenberg Production Design Tony Shayne Costume Design Lilia Lopez Starry Night Creation Megan Fowler-Hurst Text by Rosanna Gamson and Brian Evenson, with additional text and lyrics from the performers, and adapted from historical sources, Anne Sexton, and the Brothers Grimm.

Dramaturge Mona Heinze Script consultant Brian Evenson Fight choreographers Robert Najarian and Kearian Giertz Stage Manager Paige O’Mara Company Manager Felicia St. Cyr

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“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed roasted baked or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.”

—from A Modest Proposal by Dr. Jonathan Swift “What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, it will fester from generation to generation.”

—Bruno Bettelheim Thank you to this adventurous audience, we applaud you! Thank you to Jordan Peimer and Team ArtPower at UC San Diego for presenting this work. We also thank REDCAT for all the faith and support over a long and difficult genesis interrupted by force majeure. SUGAR HOUSES is an ensemble-devised project that was created over several years. Thank you to the artists who contributed to its development: Paul Outlaw, Ricco Ross, Dion Pratt, Kayla Johnson, Kevin Zambrano, Mecca Romero, Nicholas Gilbert, Rosanna Tavarez, Rosalyn Bataille, and Eva Flores. Thank you to CalArts Dance for your support. And to Brance, Kearian, Mallory, Clementine, Simon, Paige, Emara and Terry, my hat is off to you!

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About the Company The mission of RGWW (Rosanna Gamson/World Wide) is to foster dialogue through the curation, production, performance and teaching of dance theater. Artistic Director, Rosanna Gamson, convenes skilled dancers, singers, actors, musicians and visual artists from eclectic backgrounds and diverse countries to create new collaborations.

Weaving our different skills, traditions and points of view into a single vision, we present sumptuous, entertaining and provocative dance theater that reflects the complexity of living in the world together. Since 1998 Rosanna Gamson/World Wide (RGWW) has created a multi-lingual, multimedia body of dance theater work rooted in the cultural multiplicity of Los Angeles and grounded in a humanist perspective.

About the Artists Since moving to Los Angeles, Rosanna Gamson has created eleven evening-length dance theater works as Founding Artistic Director of RGWW. Gamson's continuing investigation of improvisation and group-authored performance practices has developed into Gamson's game system GO, which she began teaching internationally in 2017. Gamson has served as dramaturg, mentor and consigliere to both young and established choreographers and directors, and actively supports the development of the Los Angeles dance community through her Terra Nova Choreographic Residency program. Gamson is on faculty teaching composition at CalArts at the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance where she serves as Interim Dean and Program Director of the M.F.A. in Choreography.

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Mallory Fabian, a Las Vegas native, received her B.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Mallory has performed for Gob Squad, RGWW, Zoe Scofield, Szalt, and many more. Mallory is the board president for Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, and Rehearsal Director for Invertigo Dance Theatre. In 2017, Mallory founded her dance company fabe inco. fabe has presented work at REDCAT, Highways Performance Space, Bootleg, Civic Center Studios, Mimoda, Lula Washington, The Rose Center Theatre, CalArts, and Diavolo, among others. Mallory has toured the U.S. and internationally, performing and teaching her own work along with co-teaching RGWW GO workshops. She had the absolute pleasure of setting new work at Cal State LA pre-pandemic and now that life is somewhat back she plans to reshape her company, focus on dancing, and enjoy being a student learning her body again. She is also currently an ambassador for Girls Are HaHa Funny and is excited to continue that collaboration. “I’m extremely gifted being able to work on Sugar Houses. Thank you RGWW for allowing me to tap into myself again after being in isolation for so long. It’s emotional. I’m forever grateful.” @malibuchoo Clementine Gamson Levy is an actor and movement enthusiast from Los Angeles. She is thrilled to be performing again and grateful to be here with you all tonight. Much love to the Troll Fam. Past credits include As the Globe Warms Webinar, Heather Woodbury; Drugs Can’t Buy, fabe; Daedulus’s Daughter, Carol Katz; Layla Means Night, RGWW. BFA Acting, SUNY Purchase.

Kearian Giertz is a LA-based performance artist, choreographer, singer, and dancer. After completing their undergrad in dance and choreography at CalArts in 2016, they have collaborated vocally and choreographically with Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, Acts of Matter, and Helios Dance Theater. Their choreographic work and art direction has been featured in music videos by PVRIS, Ryuji Imaichi, and Lisa Remar. In their own work they aim to reveal the complexities of inhabiting a body that exist between binaries.

Simon Greenberg was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and migrated south to earn his B.F.A. in Dance: Choreography and Performance from California Institute of the Arts. Since his move to southern California he's had the pleasure of working with Colin Connor, Rosanna Gamson, Douglas Nielsen, Julie Bour, No)one. Art House, Maxine Doyle, and Diavolo. His movement background consists heavily of martial arts and team sports, as well as having studied varying styles of dance and acrobatics under Katie Maltsberger in El Cerrito, California. Simon also has a passion for music and technology, which he is fortunate enough to be able to incorporate into his role in this show. He has toured as a sound designer and engineer for Diavolo: Architecture in Motion, composed pieces for varying movement works, and has been working in production in Las Vegas. He is extremely grateful and excited to continue working with Rosanna Gamson and the cast to put up SUGAR HOUSES in Los Angeles, and to continue exploring sonic landscapes with RGWW. Emara NeyMour-Jackson is a dancer, singer, actress, filmmaker, and curator. Specifically, in dance, she has trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, musical theater, femme heels, and other uncoventional improvisation and experimental forms. Emara received her B.F.A. in dance from California Institute of the Arts (Class of 2020) and has worked and collaborated with choreographers such as Nina Flagg, Spenser Theberge, Marissa Osata, Micaela Taylor, Chris Emile, Amy Garner and Calarts Alumni Kevin Zambrano. Emara has Dance

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also worked with artists such as Solange Knowles, Moses Sumney, KFlay, Raveena, Aluna and Child. She thanks her mother, Dorrian, for her endless support and push to pursue her dreams.

Originally from the Bay Area, Paige O’Mara received her B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography from California Institute of the Arts in 2019 where she also discovered a passion for production. Since then, Paige has been the company manager for RGWW where she has worn many hats. Paige thrives in fast-paced, creative, and pressure-filled environments and is always looking for new experiences to learn and grow in the field. Paige is excited to have the opportunity to stage manage Sugar Houses and work with such talented artists!

Felicia St. Cyr was born and raised in Houston, Texas. While in Houston, she danced with Hope Stone Dance Company, and graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She then graduated with a B.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, also spending a semester abroad at the London Contemporary Dance School.

St. Cyr has choreographed for a variety of shows at Calarts, REDCAT, LiveArtsLA, and Highways Performance Space, as well as had her solo work “I just thought-well there’s this place” tour nationally in the UK late 2017/early 2018. Prior to the pandemic, she premiered her first evening length work, we are every1 + afraid at LiveArts LA, partook in choreographic residencies with both Rosanna Gamson/World Wide Terra Nova and Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company’s Choreography Lab, as well as, collaborated with Maya Gingery for Santa Monica Beach Dances and with the Wayward Artist’s Company in Anaheim, CA. Along with being Company Manager of RGWW, St. Cyr is proudly an ambassador at local performance space, Stomping Ground LA. Cheers to the future y’all!

Terry Wayne, Jr. is an LA-based artist originally from Houston Texas. He recently graduated from the California Institute the Arts with his M.F.A. in Acting. During his studies, he was blessed with opportunities to perform in many different cities, as well as internationally. Terry’s performing experiences range from acting, dancing, and singing to Hip Hop music. Terry wishes to use his God-given abilities to tell stories that can help guide people as they make their way through life; he would like to feed the world with as much as he can in the time that he has.

Brance William Jones- Souza is a Los Angeles-based dancer and began his professional performing career in musical theatre, focusing primarily on the acting and singing.

Discovering his passion for dance, he moved to San Francisco to train at Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet before auditioning for colleges to further his training. He started his formal training at California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 2015 with a B.F.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance. Upon graduating, Brance immediately began to dance professionally as a freelancer. He is an original company member of LA-based companies B. Dunn Movement (Brigette Dunn-Korpela) and fabe. (Mallory Fabian). Recent credits include: National Tour of Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer (McCoy Rigby Arts/Dana Salimando) RENT (Cabrillo Stage/Dustin Leonard and Brance William Jones-Souza) Drugs Can’t Buy (fabe./Mallory Fabian) Twerkout (@lalamilan) F**K Politics (Blender TV/Nancey Dobbs Owen) Ear to Earth (B. Dunn Movement/Brigette Dunn Korpela) Damn Yankees (Cabrillo Music Theatre/John Todd), Nutcracker (Pasadena Dance Theatre/

Cynthia Young ), and You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (Charissa Barton/ Rev. Shawn Amos). Sugar Houses is Brance’s first performance with Rosanna Gameson Worldwide and couldn’t be more ecstatic.

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