Repertoire Archive
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Arty Party: Magma (Excerpt)
January 2024. Presented by Post:ballet at The Midway, SF. Supported by the Phyllis C Wattis Foundation and Seven and Chance Giving Fund.
Produced by Post:ballet and Robin Dekkers
DJ set by dj.ari.b
Performers and Collaborators Crystaldawn Bell, Isaac Bates-Vinueza, Charmaine Butcher, Colin Frederick, Babatunji Johnson, Caitlin Hicks, Emily Hansel, Madison Lindgren, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison
Costume Design and Makeup: Mia J Chong. Costume Construction: David Calhoun. Scenic Design: Shana ParkeHarrison
Video Editing: Moscelyne ParkeHarrison Text: Moscelyne ParkeHarrison
still be here
April 2023. Presented by Post:ballet and Berkeley Ballet Theater with Kronos Performing Arts Association at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum Theater.
Creative Director: Robin Dekkers
Co-Creative Directors: Mia J. Chong and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison
Costume Designer: Aine Dorman, Costume Collaborator: Janethia Dorman
Lighting Designer: David Robertson, Associate Lighting Designer: Thomas Bowersox , Sound Designer: Brian Mohr, Production Manager: Kathy Rose
The performance features live music performed by Kronos Quartet, and ensembles from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and youth musicians from Oakland Youth Orchestra, Crowden Music Center, and Oakland School for the arts. The work also features remix works from the collaboration between Kronos Performing Arts Association and Sunset Youth Services.
Each musical score is accompanied by the diverse choreography of Mia J. Chong, Emily Hansel, Babatunji Johnson, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Dani Rowe, Ihsan Rustem, Keon Saghari, and Chuck Wilt. still be here integrates Post:ballet company dancers and the studio company of Berkeley Ballet Theater.
Check out our Instagram for interviews with the creatives of still be here and behind the scenes videos of the process.
Watch the still be here trailer.
Through and Through
June 2022. Presented by Metro Film and Arts Foundation as a part of Breaking Down Walls at the Cowell Theater.
Choreographed by Mia J Chong with Crystaldawn Bell, Robin Dekkers, Colin Frederick, Emily Hansel, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.
Featuring composer/multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Võ.
Costume and scenic design by Jamielyn Duggan.
Lighting design by Jim French.
say i am you
March 2022 World Premiere: Presented by Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Curated by Sean Carson.
September 2022 say i am you was performed at Salesforce Tower Park.
October 2022 say i am you was performed at Heron Arts.
Choreographed by Moscelyne ParkeHarrison with contributions from Post:ballet dance artists Crystaldawn Bell, Charmaine Butcher , Colin Frederick, Benjamin Warner, Caitlin Hicks, Babatunji Johnson, Emily Hansel, Jenna Marie.
Season 14 cast: Charmaine Butcher , Colin Frederick, Zaria Jackson, Benjamin Warner, Caitlin Hicks, Babatunji Johnson, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Landes Dixon, Chase Buntrock, Emily Hansel.
Costume Design Aine Dorman of undercurvedesigns with Janethia Dorman.
Text by Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, spoken by Charmaine Butcher.
To access the private ‘say i am you’ page please email us at info@postballet.org.
Watch the say i am you performance trailer here.
Lyra
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October 2021. Presented by SF Performances at San Francisco War Memorial's Taube Atrium.
Post:ballet and The Living Earth Show co-produce 'Lyra' Directed by Vanessa Thiessen, Benjamin Tarquin, and Robin Dekkers Music by Samuel Adams
Performed by The Living Earth Show and Post:ballet
Choreography by Vanessa Thiessen. Cinematography/editing by Benjamin Tarquin. Costume design by Christian Squires
CAST Atropos: Emily Hansel, Clotho: Travis Andrews, Lachesis: Andy Meyerson, Eurydice: Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Orpheus: Babatunji Johnson
Gods and Goddesses: Charmaine Butcher, Mia J. Chong, Cora Cliburn, Caitlin Hicks, Colleen Loverde, Jenna Marie, Anthony Pucci, Christian Squires,
Cerberus: Mia Chong, Colleen Loverde, Anthony Pucci
Hades: Cora Cliburn Persephone: Landes Dixon, Underworld Beings: Charmaine Butcher, Mia J. Chong, Caitlin Hicks, Colleen Loverde, Jenna Marie, Anthony Pucci, Christian Squires
Rightfully Ours
Presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco in 2020.
Coproduced by Berkeley Ballet Theater, the official school of Post:ballet, with San Francisco Girls Chorus.
Featuring guest artists from P:B, The Living Earth Show, and Amaranth Quartet, the evening-length work features over 40 choristers, 30 dancers, 6 musicians, 7 choreographers, and 8 composers.
Incandescent Body
Presented at Heron Arts, San Francisco in 2019.
Collaborative program with singer/songwriter Star Amerasu, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen with Robin Dekkers and significant contributions from dance artists Babatunji, James Bowen, Lani Dickinson, Landes Dixon, and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.
Costume Design by Christian Squires with Shibari Rope Art by Simön Malvaez and Lighting Design by Daniel Weiermann.
Lavender Country
Presented at Z Space Theater, San Francisco in 2017.
An evening length work created with Patrick Haggerty and his seven piece band, choreography by Vanessa Thiessen, costume design by Christian Squires, direction by Robin Dekkers, and lighting design by David Robertson.
Do Be
Presented at Z Space Theater, San Francisco in 2016 Summer 2016.
A Evening-length co-production with The Living Earth Show, featuring original scores by Chris Cerrone, Jacob Cooper, Nicole Lizée, Anna Meredith, and Jonathan Pfeffer
Costume/scenic design by Christian Squires; lighting design by Jim French; and culinary design by Brenden Darby.
Six Pack
Presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco in 2016
A program of six short works featuring Pitch Pause Please, with composer Samuel Adams and percussionist Andy Meyerson.
Do Be: Family, the fourth installment of the company’s ‘Do Be’ collaboration with The Living Earth Show set to an original score by Nicole Lizée.
Reason does not know (originally created for Kansas City Ballet), Yours is Mine (first created on Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi), ourevolution, and Flutter.
Five High
Presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco in 2015
The performance features ourevolution with illustrations by Enrique Quintero, animation by Yas Opisso and Stephen Goldblatt,
lighting by David Roberstson, and costumes by Christian Squires and Susan Roemer.
Also on the program was Mine is Yours and field the present shifts.
Four Plays
Presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco in 2014
Featuring the world premiere of Robin Dekkers’ field the present shifts, with Bay Area architects Robert Gilson and Catherine Caldwell, composer Matthew Pierce,
costume designer Christine Darch, technical designer Ian Winters, and lighting designer David Robertson.
Also on the program was Sixes and Seven, When in Doubt, and Colouring.
