Dohee Lee (PURI Project)

passionately believes by practicing art we can commune with spirits to express and share our thoughts and ideas on vital issues such as identity, politics, nature and spirituality. Performer Dohee Lee is the founder of the groundbreaking PURI Project. In 2004 Born out of her desire to create a new art form. She studied Korean traditional dance and drumming music at the master level in Korea and she is also graduated from Tamalpa Institute in U.S.A. Since her arrival in the US, she has been a vital contributor to both the traditional and contemporary Arts landscape of the Bay area and beyond. She has performed in various ethnic dance festivals. she has worked on project with leader of Creative Arts scene, including Modern dance company Kunst-Stoff as a composer and performer, Shinichi Iova Koga’s Inkboat, Cellist Joan Jearnrenaud and saxophonist Larry Orhs and Scott Amendala. She also has collaborated on new work with Nanos Operetta, the Kronos Quartet and Choreographer/dancer Anna Halprin.

 

G Hoffman Soto

is a multi discipline performer who has been active in the movement world for over 40 years including a wide range of post modern dance, African and Brazilian Dance, Japanese Butoh and various movement disciplines. Additionally he has studied Martial Arts for 40 years including Tai Qi Ch’uan and Chinese Internal Arts, Capoiera, Aikido, and the Filipino Martial Arts.
Somatics and Movement Awareness has been an on going study and practice. Soto has been teaching in the field since 1969 and has taught throughout Europe, Lebanon, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. Soto has been associated with the San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop, which later became the Tamalpa Institute, since 1973. He has been associated with Anna Halprin for 37 years.

 

Iu-Hui Chua

75% dark chocolate with chili nibs.

Serving size: ½ bar. Total Fat: Yes. Ingredients: studying and performing with Anna Halprin, Ledoh, Dandelion Dancetheater, Plaza, Labayen Dance, Theaterworks. Simultaneously butoh, performance art, physical theater, sculpture and memory.

Warning: utilizes intense visual and emotional components to stir the emotions of witnesses. May cause dizziness. Audience participation may intensify this effect. It may take 4 weeks or longer before the full benefit of Chua’s performances take effect. Inform your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.

 

Claudia Cuentas

is a multi-instrumentalist, bilingual storyteller, youth educator and performing artist with Samavesha.  She studied at the National Music Conservatory of Lima, Peru, the Tamalpa Institute and the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).  She has performed in several projects with renowned Bay Area artists such as Anna Halprin, G Hoffman Soto, Barbara Borden, Lucia Comnes and Lulacruza.   Her musical approach is a somatic experience, where movement, sound and story are interconnected.  She currently works with immigrant women, children and families in San Francisco and East Bay communities using music, theater and drama therapy to teach diversity and wellness.

 

Rajendra Serber
has been focusing on making choreography for film. This year he was awarded the DANCE MOViES Commissions and is a resident at San Francisco Film Society’s FilmHouse. He was a 2008 recipient of the Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange award. He directed and performed in his own multimedia group, The RK Corral, which was supported by grants form the Zellerbach Family Fund, had residencies at The LAB and 848 Community Space, and was nominated for multiple Isadora Duncan Awards and Lester Horton Dance Awards. Currently Serber is working on the big screen version of The RK Corral’s space western GoodGuy/BadGuy.

Theresa Wong

is a local improviser and composer whose work encompasses music, theater and the visual arts. Her training in classical music and design fused during her fellowship at Fabrica Center in Treviso, Italy where she recognized the possibility of creative performance through encounters with Lawrence Weiner, Koichi Makigami and Alexander Balanescu. Wong seeks to find in each work, the opportunity for transformation for both the artist and receiver alike. Her current projects include: O Sleep, an improvised opera launched into progress at the Headlands Center for the Arts which explores the conundrum of sleep life, Call It Culture, a cello duo written for and performed with Joan Jeanrenaud and funded by a Subito Grant, which utilizes original extended techniques in a score merging composition and improvisation; and Disasters of War, inspired by Francisco Goya's etchings, a duo performed with Carla Kihlstedt for cello, violin and two voices.