{"id":5928,"date":"2016-03-17T06:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T06:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2016-03-17T06:52:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T06:52:12","slug":"press-release-3-13-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/2016\/press-release-3-13-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release 3-13-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 296px; padding-bottom: 0; display: inline !important; vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/21b69a51-3947-4b7d-b72b-cee2c846eacb.jpg\" width=\"296\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 533px; padding-bottom: 0; display: inline !important; vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/1797abb5-2cdb-4174-a216-46ef428788bf.jpg\" width=\"533\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do It Yourself Public Art Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco, CA \u2013 dance anywhere\u00ae is a simultaneous worldwide public art performance in which people from around the world, of all ages and artistic capacities will stop on Friday, March 18th, 2016 at Noon Pacific Time, 3pm NYC, 4pm Buenos Aires, 8pm Rome and Paris, 9pm Cairo, 10pm Moscow, 8am Auckland, (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2016clock\">world time clock)<\/a> and dance.<\/p>\n<p>This is a <strong>participatory, interactive, DIY public art project<\/strong>, <strong>we tell you when to dance &#8211; you choose where and with whom. The public is invited to participate<\/strong>. The magic happens because anyone, anywhere in the world can jump in and be a part of dance anywhere\u00ae &#8211; a combination public art and community activism.<\/p>\n<p>What if the world stopped to dance?<\/p>\n<p>and find common ground?<\/p>\n<p>March 18, 2016 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>beth fein invites you<\/p>\n<p>Noon San Francisco, 3 pm NYC, 8 PM Paris or Rome 9 pm Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>simultaneously around the globe<\/p>\n<p><em>if you are not making your own dance the following dancers will be participating:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>all contact info is for the press only not for publication except my email for the rsvp<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>beth fein + dancers<\/strong><br \/> beth fein is the creator and artist director of dance anywhere\u00ae<br \/> 13427 chalk hill rd<br \/> healdsburg ca 95448<br \/> dancers frances sedayo and josie alvite<br \/> Music: rachel durling<br \/> RSVP- 24 hours in advance: <a href=\"mailto:Nicole@dancceanywhere.org\">Nicole@dancceanywhere.org<\/a><br \/> Space is limited<br \/> 510 969-9224 (not for publication)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonja Hinrichsen<\/strong> takes the idea of dance anywhere\u00ae to another level and invites the public to dance with her at the Kala Art Institute (1060 Heinz Ave,Berkeley, CA, 3rd floor)creating a collaborative drawing project \u2026join Sonja in a collaborative drawing project based on abstract forms + shapes. We will use archival ink pens on a large piece of paper. This project is suited for adults + children age 7 + older. The project starts at noon, continuing until we fill up the entire canvas.<br \/> sonja@sonja-hinrichsen.com<br \/> (415) 230-9367<\/p>\n<p><strong>Axis Dance Company<\/strong><br \/> <strong>Berkeley Art Museum<\/strong><br \/> Crane Forum Space<br \/> 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720<br \/> contact: <a href=\"mailto:sgoodman@berkeley.edu\">sgoodman@berkeley.edu<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"mailto:robin@axisdance.org\">robin@axisdance.org<\/a><br \/> 510 642-8344<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonsheree Giles<\/strong><br \/> San Francisco Public Library<br \/> 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102<br \/> contact: <a href=\"mailto:sonsheree@gmail.com\">sonsheree@gmail.com<\/a> \/ (510) 798-4853<br \/> Michelle Jeffers: <a href=\"mailto:mjeffers@sfpl.org\">mjeffers@sfpl.org<\/a> \/ (415) 557-4282<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachana Reddy Agumamidi <\/strong><br \/> Kuchipudi dancer<br \/> (outside the) Palace of Fine Arts<br \/> 3301 Lyon St<br \/> San Francisco, CA 94123<br \/> rachana193@gmail.com<br \/> 562-472-4863<\/p>\n<p><strong>eric Kupers and Dandelion Dance Theatre<\/strong><br \/> Emeryville Sidewalks and Bridge<br \/> Hollis and Powell to the Emeryville Public Market Emeryville CA<br \/> Dancing with Bandelion members and friends of Mia Holtan.<br \/> <a href=\"mailto:eric.ray.kupers@gmail.com\">eric.ray.kupers@gmail.com<\/a><br \/> (415) 806-0013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Cheng \/ Peter &amp; Co<\/strong><br \/> Alex Zuckermann Path<br \/> Bay Bridge Trail Oakland CA 94607<br \/> <a href=\"mailto:peter@peterandco.org\">peter@peterandco.org<\/a><br \/> +1 (650) 393-3896<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Escuelita<\/strong><br \/> 1050 2nd Ave, Oakland, CA 94606<br \/> Oakland Unified School District<br \/> Margarita Garcia, margarita.garcia@<a href=\"http:\/\/ousd.org\/\">ousd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deborah Slater Dance Theater<\/strong><br \/> 3435 Cesar Chavez, #210<br \/> San Francisco, CA 94110<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/21b69a51-3947-4b7d-b72b-cee2c846eacb.jpg\" width=\"296\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the earliest ideas of dance anywhere\u00ae was to change perspectives through a creative moment where none of our differences mattered\u2026 imagining that if everyone stopped for a moment in time to dance\u2026maybe we could shift some thinking to be resourceful and open to different ideas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/82316abd-5054-4b2f-8c64-0da2d0afd702.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"504\" align=\"middle\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">letter press invitation to dance anywhere\u00ae created by beth fein<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are no prerequisites to participate in this public art performance and it is totally free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/129845674?color=ff9933&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/129845674\">dance anywhere\u00ae &#8211; Simultaneous Worldwide Dance<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/danceanywhere\">dance anywhere\u00ae<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2005, thousands of people on 7 continents, 66 countries and 714 cities from all background and abilities have stopped and danced with the world for dance anywhere\u00ae.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 533px; border: 0px none; height: auto; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/2b58ac93-b643-4078-9811-3aaf1c5fe6e5.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"582\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">preparing the preparing invitations to send out\u2026 photo: cianna valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\">Now with the public discourse so charged, discordant, obstructive, frightened and vitriolic\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"numbered edition letter press invitation to dance anywhere\u00ae 2016\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/cbb53f0d-2764-4a96-b26d-a762387a4220.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"668\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">numbered edition letter press invitation to dance anywhere\u00ae 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>not only am I asking<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwhat if the world stopped to dance?\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/6c058565-f7f0-4cbd-bee7-92093dc3e20d.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"504\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">operating instructions for dance anywhere\u00ae<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But also:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we find any common ground?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have created a numbered edition letterpress invitation to dance anywhere\u00ae that I am sending to what I see as political opposites:<\/p>\n<p>President Obama &#8211; Mitch McConnell<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/6daa8c5f-9754-497d-bd3e-49362ae33d71.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"295\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">invitations to President Obama and Senator McConnell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis \u2013 Donald Trump<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/f290da30-3243-4f9e-a8ee-6f867362d4da.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"295\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">invitations to Pope Francis and Donald Trump<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Michelle Obama \u2013 Fox News<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/138c786823f504b5e7ca39462\/images\/6ce7c7f5-9da5-4fe9-832f-4147ce0958cd.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"295\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">invitations to Michelle Obama and Roger Ailes head of Fox News<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please send me <em>your suggestions<\/em> of others to invite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can art change the public discourse?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s rock the world on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/login\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\">March 18th<\/a> and find out!<\/p>\n<p>twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danceanywhere\" target=\"_blank\">bethfein@danceanywhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bethfein@danceanywhere.org\" target=\"_blank\">bethfein@danceanywhere.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>numbered edition letter press printed by beth fein, cianna valley and al hugon with assistance from nicole gervacio<\/p>\n<p>printed at kala art institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release 3-13-16 for dance anywhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":5811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[948,79,949],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5939,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions\/5939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}