New News from Fellow Travelers

What is going on? why are we not writing?

Big news is going on.

Cynthia is working on a new piece to be performed in Madison Wisconsin in early march with the Li Chiao Ping Dance Company.

Ken is working on two things which were meant to coincide, but now will be separate.

Cunning & Guile are doing a wedding! Liz and Bret asked for it, and we are doing in on March 20th! Congratulations to Liz and Bret and perhaps this is a new era in the Adventures of Cunning & Guile.

Ken is also working on his new piece, still. Offering many apologies for the long wait, but the piece is finally in the final stages. That said, there is still a bit of a wait.

We were looking at spaces for March, and did not find appropriate spaces so that time will be our scouting trip. We were this close... but the piece demands a very specific space because of the video and installation components. Much of the choreography is done - and I must say - it is super fun to do and we hope the same to watch.

The video, music and lighting are all being worked on as we speak.

So again, sorry for the wait but it will be worth the wait. Hang on, we will be in touch.

the 109th Bead

Oops.  I've been a bad blogger Bad Blogger!  On the other hand, you didn't write either.  

In December, Cynthia was is in San Francisco performing her '109th Bead' premiere at the Chime main headquarters (Margeret Jenkins space).  Things went swimmingly.  It was very nice to be home again, we haven't quite moved in our minds yet to our new space in the midwest.  

Since then, we have put a piece onto the Li Chiao Ping Dance company called 'Unmoored' (see previous comment) and Cynthia will be again performing her '109th Bead'.  If you happen to live anywhere near Madison WI, come to the Overture Center on March 5,6, and 7th, come see the show!

 In other news Leo is no longer a baby. Gonna be 2 soon.

West Wave Festival 2008

Hey everyone, we are performing wednesday the 20th and Friday the 22nd at 7 pm at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. See us on the main stage doing... stuff and things! Kimm E Ward and Andrea Weber are coming out of FTPG hibernation for this! Shawn Oda is back and we are introducing Fiona McCann to the FTPG world.

We will be featuring one of Lawrence Labianca's brilliant sculptures also.

Come out and see a whole pile of what the Bay Area has to offer and, of course, Fellow Travelers!

Info: dancersgroup.org
tickets: ybca.org

FTPG updating things

Hello Campers!

It has been a while, but we are still plugging away at the dance thing. In fact, things are going very well. Lets talk about Leo. He walks, he runs, he goes camping in the Sierras! Very proud we are.

Ken received a CA$H for the creation and performance of more body installations - so keep an eye out in the streets. For those who haven't seen them, body installations are labor related (and often nature related). They tend to be simple, and are created to try to get people to see their world a bit differently. In order to see them you have to be in the right place at the right time. They are unannounced and could happen any time.

Ken and Cynthia are co-creating a piece in the West Wave Festival at the Yerba Buena Center in August. August 20 and 22 to be exact. 7 pm. If you come to the 22nd there are rumors of a reception afterwards.

Cynthia and Deborah Slater are still working on the 109th Bead. Douglas Rosenberg will be shooting new footage sometime in the next few months.

Ken and Matthew Antaky have been brainstorming heavily for a new installation trio that can go anywhere. There is much talk of animating the lights onto video projectors.

May news

Hello Campers,

Cynthia's debut of the 109th bead in the Second Sundays series went great, with Leo managing his first performance with grace and aplomb and more than a little bit of foot bouncing.

Following that program, Cynthia flew to Madison Wisconsin with Deborah Slater to work on the video sections of that piece with Douglas Rosenberg.

On top of that, Cynthia is working on her piece for Li Chiao Ping's women's series.

April news

Hello everyone,

We have a few upcoming events for you to look out for:

First Cynthia will be a part of the Second Sundays performance at CounterPulse on Mothers Day (that's May 11th if you don't love your mama). She will be showing part of her new piece 'The Hundred and Ninth Bead'. All new. Go and see it and you can be part of the question and answer period afterwards!

Cynthia and Ken will also be performing in the West Wave Festival this summer at Theater Artaud in August. We will post more on that as it gets closer.

Also for those of you who missed the Dance IS Festival, you can catch Burrow/Pond/Coop on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQis-wjv8sU.

Take care all - more news soon!

Cynthia Gets A Chime!

Cynthia and Deborah Slater are one of five pairs of dance artists who were selected to receive the coveted Chime (Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange) Awards. These awards were established to formalize the exchange and feedback mechanisms between established and emerging California choreographers. The awards supports the artists with grants and studio space (up to 500 hours!) for a year.

Deborah Slater will be working with Cynthia to push forward in her work and reexamine her modes of working.

This is exciting, folks!


In other news, we are more than half way to reaching our fundraising goal for the East Bay Community Foundation matching grant we received earlier this fall. We still need about $3000 so please consider donating to support artist fees for a new innovative work coming out in 2008! More information about Intersecting Stories and how to donate can be found on the website at www.ftpg.org.

Fellow Travelers Performance Group artistic directors Ken James and Cynthia Adams are announcing the newest fellow travelers: Leo Sergio. 8 months old, fiesty, and a great jumper, Leo Sergio James is officially the youngest of the fellow travelers group.