Monthly Live Arts and Community Dialogue

It’s All Happening at the Eth-Noh-Tec Studio

Featured Performers:

Eth-Noh-Tec

Asian American Kinetic Story Theater – Ancient Metaphor / Modern Messages

Iyabo Kwayana

African American Vocalist- eclectic, moving and emotionally inspired music

Janet Koike and Bean of Maze Daiko

Mixing rhythms, voice and instruments to create cross-cultural stories

Coke Tani Nakamoto

Narrative dance – personal, comical, mystical, words move and body speaks.

Karina Howell

Writer and storyteller Karina Howell shares humorous tales of her adventures and misadventures as a spiritual seeker and world traveler.

WHERE?

Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 21st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
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WHEN?
Saturday, May 23
7pm Show

Admission
$5-$15 sliding scale

Reserve Now!
contact@ethnohtec.org

(415) 282-8705

WHERE?:
Eth-Noh-Tec Studio
977 South Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 2st & 20th Streets
close to 24th Street BART
map »

WHEN?:
Saturday, Apr. 25 – 7pm Show

Admission:
$5-$15 (sliding scale)

Reserve Now! 415-282-8705

WHO? WOW!

Eth-Noh-Tec: Kinetic Story Theater: Asian American Storytelling – moving myths with modern messages.

Na Leo Nahenahe: Hawaiian Acapella Choir, with sweet island sounds to soothe the soul and remember the Aina, spirit of the Land.  A joyful noise for week of Earth Day!

Barbara Jane Reyes & Oscar Bermeo- Poetic Pair: The City Is More Than Text- exploring San Francisco and New York City through inter-poetic dialogue.

Pearl Ubungen: Urban Dancer: Filipina American Contemporary dance performance

Leon Sun: Author/painter/ poet offers little snippets of insight and wisdom that grow out of day-to-day life with “Nikki” his Siberian husky.

David Yun: Filmmaker has shown his works internationally in festivals from New York to Madrid, Sydney top Seoul.

COME TO THE SALON! SONGWRITING – POETRY – STORYTELLERS – FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY – MUSIC – DANCE – AND MORE! There’s no other Arts event like this in town: performances,  discussions afterward, communities of creativity in conversation… this is cultural activism.

STORYTELLING WITH BHARATANATYAM On our fourth day in India we took a workshop in the storytelling dance theater style of Bharatanatyam with Master Teacher Uma Ramesh.  Southern classical dance is well known for the full body approach to storytelling, from the shape of body posturing, the intricate hand mudras gestures, to the use of facial gestures expressed as “The Nine Emotions“, this form for centuries has depicted the stories of Hindu culture.

DANCING WITH STORYTELLING Above you can see our storytellers (Alton Chung, Nancy Wang, Simona Miller, Geri Isara and Jeff Byers) exploring this artform. It was so great to see our storytellers taking on the instructions and expanding their storytelling with new PHYSICAL approaches to their performances.  they are working on a famous tale found in India (as a Panchantantra story) and the world over, “The Talkative Turtle”.