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!

Dance IS Festival

Just a quick note that Ken James and Chris Black have a few new pieces they are showing in the Dance IS Festival at the Julia Morgan Theater on March 8th!

8pm. Don't miss it!

FTPG has met its match

As you know from your previous reading, the East Bay Community Fund gave us an $8,000 matching grant in September. Well, thanks to the generosity of all of you, we made our match!!! This means that 'Intersecting Stories' has the money to pay all the artists who are working on the project .

We will keep you posted as to how everything is going and how the piece is shaping up! stay tuned...

Upcoming performances in the Wrecking Ball performance at ODC Theater, Jan. 19th (the last before the theater is rebuilt) and in the Dance IS show on March 8th.

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.