ANIDA YOEU ESGUERRA

SUNDAY JUNE 10
Links Hall @ 8pm
3435 N. Sheffield Ave
Chicago, IL 60657

We’re the opening act for Erica Mott’s inPrint Project
Opening Acts:
“Say That!” performed by Anida Yoeu Ali & Cristal Sabbagh
“The Monk Who Licked Me” by Erin O’Brien

The inPrint Project brings together revolutionary artists and activists pushing the boundaries of traditional definitions of 'art' and 'community' and exploring the potential of these intersections. Nine artists present work in three evenings curated by Chicago-based performance artist, Erica Mott. Each evening includes opening performances by guest artists and a full length performance of inPrint, Mott's latest interdisciplinary work exploring the incipient trend of female trafficking worldwide. inPrint addresses complex themes of power, capitalism and the disposability of the female body with beautiful and stark images created by three powerful dancers, sculptural costumes, and video.

Say That! created by Anida Yoeu Ali and Cristal Sabbagh is a cathartic Butoh-inspired experiment in which sexual stereotypes of women are embodied, confronted, and ultimately subverted. Improvisational movement and gesture also work in tandem with these memories, myths and emotions. (20 minute performance)

The Monk Who Licked Me is a modern day odyssey into the heart, mind, and body of a young woman on a spiritual quest. The story is a clever and poignant exploration of transnational identity and the effects of U.S. militarism from the U.S. war in Vietnam to the SARS scare to the current day U.S. war in Iraq. Through a compelling and often hilarious narrative, Erin O'Brien covers issues such as love, sexual violence against women, and globalization by interweaving her personal experiences and reactions with the realities of the aftermath of war and U.S. cultural imperialism

Links Hall is on the corner of the three-way intersection of Sheffield, Clark and Newport, two blocks south of Wrigley Field. El: Red Line to Addison, Bus: #22 Clark, #152 Addison. Parking is extremely limited.

Tickets are $12 (general)
$10 (students/low income)
More information/reservations: 773-281-0824.
Reservations are strongly recommended
http://www.linkshall.org/

Presents
“Living Memory/Living Absence”
Performed, Written & Created by Anida Yoeu Ali
and
“Guns & Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know”
Written & Performed by Hanalei Ramos

@ the Abingdon Theater
312 W. 36th Street
(between 8th and 9th Aves)
NEW YORK CITY

3 shows only!!!!
Saturday June 16 and Sunday June 17 @ 8pm
special matinee Sunday June 17th @ 3pm

For Tickets and More Info go to:
http://www.naatf.org

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!! at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/5993
or to contact a sales representative, call 212.352.0255 or 866-811-4111
Tickets only $20/discounts for groups!!

Living Memory/Living Absence is an experimental movement theater piece conceived, written and performed by Anida Yoeu Ali.

Living Memory/Living Absence is an exploration of memory and exile, and the pain of these experiences within the bodies of genocide survivors. In this interdisciplinary piece Anida performs poetry with movement inspired by Butoh set against a video backdrop of the sites and sounds of her memories of Cambodia. Anida’s performance traces her poetic fears of returning to her birth country after 25 years of absence. The joy she feels immersed in ancient Khmer traditions clashes with the irreversible legacy of a genocide that lingers in the streets. Anida Yoeu Ali is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artist who believes in pushing artistic and political boundaries. She creates art that mixes the visual, spoken and written into performed investigations of hybrid identities. Anida’s work is haunting, both in its beauty and its rawness – a sensitive exploration of both aesthetics and of the interface where these two extremes meet, the area of conflict where so many original and creative possibilities are hatched. After watching her work, audience members have declared, “you are left feeling like the parent who has conceived a child, held him or her for a few hours, only to have the child ripped away from you, to be left only holding memories of what was mixed with curiosity in what could have been.”

For more information visit http://www.atomicshogun.com

Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know is the new work written and performed by Hanalei Ramos.

In her first multi-media solo show, Hanalei has staged a series of performance pieces based on the experiences of several women who consider themselves victims and survivors of abusive relationships with family, lovers, and friends. By staging portraits of some of the most intimate moments of any woman's life, Guns and Tampons challenges our assigned definitions of womanhood and violence and how it is warped by cultural expectations, societal conditioning, and the more subtle forms of violation experienced by women. The work features a myriad of characters assembled across generations and circumstance. Guns and Tampons touches on the found stories of a high school senior's found diary entries, the lost interviews of an undocumented college student, a couple caught in the cyclical dance of violence, the language of assault, and the many people who are yearning to understand how they function while maneuvering through love. Guns and Tampons questions what it means to be a survivor and victim of violence, and exposes their muddled boundaries. However, the work serves as a hopeful narrative threaded by themes of shared isolation, patterns of love, and the chances we take toward the secret hope of self-understanding. Ultimately, the patchwork testimony of several individuals transforms itself as the story of all women, and becomes a compelling glimpse into a world of survival and strength.

Also check out the festival’s lineup which includes work from my peers and mentors including: Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Robert Karimi, Denise Uyehara, Jude Narita , Ill-literacy, Kristina Wong, D’Lo, Regie Cabico, Makoto Hirano.

About the Festival:
The First National Asian American Theater Festival is hosted in New York City from June 11 - 24, 2007, over 25 of the hottest, cutting-edge Asian American theater companies and performing artists will converge upon several venues in the Big Apple.

Spearheaded by Ma-Yi Theater Company, NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, the festival celebrates the vitally important contributions Asian American artists make to the cultural landscape of the nation.

The festival will foster greater understanding of the growing influence Asian Americans have on the social and cultural identity of America. The works presented will inspire appreciation for the unique, yet universal stories of our communities.

Don’t miss out on this historic event-in-the-making!
http://www.naatf.org

MONDAY JULY 30
OYE- LISTEN! features:
Say That! performance by Cristal Sabbagh, Anida Yoeu Ali, Keiko Johnson, Andrea Wukitsch
also the evening includes performances by Gesel Mason/Toni Asante Lightfoot and Francis Allende-Pellot

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Residents’ Dinning Hall
800 S. Halsted St,
Chicago, IL 60607
7pm-8:30pm
FREE!!!
Reservations are recommended. Call Jane Addams Hull-House at 312.413.5353
This event is FREE. Light refreshment will be provided at the event.

Say That! created by Anida Yoeu Ali and Cristal Sabbagh is a cathartic Butoh-inspired experiment in which sexual stereotypes of women are embodied, confronted, and ultimately subverted. Improvisational movement and gesture also work in tandem with these memories, myths and emotions. (30 minute performance)

Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum collaborate in
OYE- LISTEN!
a new performance series
Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum join forces to showcase new works by emerging, Chicago-based performing artists. Curated by Teatro Luna’s Co-Artistic Directors/Co-Founders Coya Paz, Tanya Saracho, and Managing Director Carol Ng, this unique series, named OYE- LISTEN!, features 2 to 3 artists or performance groups each month, followed by a half-hour post-show discussion at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This collaboration between Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum aims to provide women artists of color a space to share personal stories and reflect on contemporary social issues facing their community.

OYE- LISTEN! will be an opportunity for both professional and practicing performing artists who show extraordinary talent to share and exchange their work. By remaining true to the lives and experiences of women of color, this series creates bridges among Chicago ethnic communities.

AUGUST 22 & 23

In homage to the Futurists of the 1930s, I am part of this awesome line up of performance artists who will be experimenting with food & art at the innovative restaurant Moto! my piece will be a collaborative with Cristal Sabbagh and will be sure to be tantalizing to the taste buds!

The Futurists were a revolutionary group ofartist that embraced technology, speed,a nd interdisciplinary performance. – WE ARE DOWN WITH THAT!!!

The Futurists also espoused chaos, war, and misogyny – WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT DOWN WITH THAT!!! We counter with unity, peace, and due respect for all people.

In 1932, the amazing Futurist Cookbook was published.
75 years later, we pay homage with a 21st Century Futurist Dinner Party at America’s most progressive restaurant: MOTO.

Experience the future of gastronomy, accompanied by a spectrum of multi-sensory art and performance.

Food by Chef Homaro Cantu, Pastry Chef Ben Roche, and the Moto team.
$125 per person
*includes 8 course meal, wine progression, tax, tip, and live artistic performances by Anida Yoeu Ali, Caitlin Berrigan, Sam Lewis, Clover Morell, Dave Rempis, Cristal Sabbagh, and Dan Schwarzlose.

Limited seating so reserve your space today!!!
To reserve, contact Dan Schwarzlose: dschwarzlose@motorestaurant.com
**please note this 8 course meal is actually valued at $300!!!

http://www.motorestaurant.com

TUESDAY OCT 2

Collaborative with Sherry Antonini
part of “Tuesdays on the Terrace”
5:30pm @MCA
220 E. Chicago AvePerformance
(Chicago, IL)
FREE!!! on the MCA Terrace

**more details TBA, but this will probably be a sneak preview of our collaboration “Here Lies Truth”

TUESDAY NOV 13
Site Unseen 2007@Chicago Cultural Center
collaborative performance of “Here Lies Truth”
6-9pm (FREE!)
Chicago Cultural Center (GAR Memorial Hall)
77 E. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL

Here Lies Truth
collaborative performance by Sherry Antonini, Cristal Sabbagh, Anida Yoeu Ali, Brendan
Byrnes, Eli Sabbagh, and Alycia Scott

A new site specific collaboration which explores issues of truth through an interplay of text, movement, sound/music, costume and lighting. The project will point to, and creatively convey, questions concerning the nature of truth that are timeless and, perhaps, especially compelling during this particular moment in history in terms of world events and politics. What are the possible consequences of speaking one’s mind in an effort to convey what is understood to be true? How does one version of the truth play against another? How and why is one voice more believable or convincing? How does our being drawn to one or another version affect our personal memories or, even, the collective memory of an entire town? City? Country?

This piece will be developed specifically for performance in the Cultural Center’s GAR Memorial Hall.
Within this space, we are drawn to the idea of our “truth” spilling out, even as the “truth” that can be seen of the outside informs our experience.

SITE UNSEEN is a one-day exhibition of live and media art sponsored by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Other participating artists include Edra Soto, Robert Metrick, Marlena Novak & Jay Yim, Claire Ashley, Isil Egrikavuk, Sara Schnadt, Elizabeth Czekner & Clover Morell, Amanda Guitierrez, Deva Eveland

for more info:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=159855271

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	Calendar of Upcoming Shows SUNDAY JUNE 10 Links Hall @ 8pm 3435 N. Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL 60657 We’re the opening act for Erica Mott’s inPrint Project Opening Acts: “Say That!” performed by Anida Yoeu Ali & Cristal Sabbagh “The Monk Who Licked Me” by Erin O’Brien The inPrint Project brings together revolutionary artists and activists pushing the boundaries of traditional definitions of 'art' and 'community' and exploring the potential of these intersections. Nine artists present work in three evenings curated by Chicago-based performance artist, Erica Mott. Each evening includes opening performances by guest artists and a full length performance of inPrint, Mott's latest interdisciplinary work exploring the incipient trend of female trafficking worldwide. inPrint addresses complex themes of power, capitalism and the disposability of the female body with beautiful and stark images created by three powerful dancers, sculptural costumes, and video. *Say That! created by Anida Yoeu Ali and Cristal Sabbagh is a cathartic Butoh-inspired experiment in which sexual stereotypes of women are embodied, confronted, and ultimately subverted. Improvisational movement and gesture also work in tandem with these memories, myths and emotions. (20 minute performance) The Monk Who Licked Me* is a modern day odyssey into the heart, mind, and body of a young woman on a spiritual quest. The story is a clever and poignant exploration of transnational identity and the effects of U.S. militarism from the U.S. war in Vietnam to the SARS scare to the current day U.S. war in Iraq. Through a compelling and often hilarious narrative, Erin O'Brien covers issues such as love, sexual violence against women, and globalization by interweaving her personal experiences and reactions with the realities of the aftermath of war and U.S. cultural imperialism Links Hall is on the corner of the three-way intersection of Sheffield, Clark and Newport, two blocks south of Wrigley Field. El: Red Line to Addison, Bus: #22 Clark, #152 Addison. Parking is extremely limited. Tickets are $12 (general) $10 (students/low income) More information/reservations: 773-281-0824. Reservations are strongly recommended http://www.linkshall.org/ JUNE 16 & 17 National Asian American Theater Festival Presents “Living Memory/Living Absence” Performed, Written & Created by Anida Yoeu Ali and “Guns & Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know” Written & Performed by Hanalei Ramos @ the Abingdon Theater 312 W. 36th Street (between 8th and 9th Aves) NEW YORK CITY 3 shows only!!!! Saturday June 16 and Sunday June 17 @ 8pm special matinee Sunday June 17th @ 3pm For Tickets and More Info go to: http://www.naatf.org GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!! at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/5993 or to contact a sales representative, call 212.352.0255 or 866-811-4111 Tickets only $20/discounts for groups!! *Living Memory/Living Absence is an experimental movement theater piece conceived, written and performed by Anida Yoeu Ali. Living Memory/Living Absence is an exploration of memory and exile, and the pain of these experiences within the bodies of genocide survivors. In this interdisciplinary piece Anida performs poetry with movement inspired by Butoh set against a video backdrop of the sites and sounds of her memories of Cambodia. Anida’s performance traces her poetic fears of returning to her birth country after 25 years of absence. The joy she feels immersed in ancient Khmer traditions clashes with the irreversible legacy of a genocide that lingers in the streets. Anida Yoeu Ali is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artist who believes in pushing artistic and political boundaries. She creates art that mixes the visual, spoken and written into performed investigations of hybrid identities. Anida’s work is haunting, both in its beauty and its rawness – a sensitive exploration of both aesthetics and of the interface where these two extremes meet, the area of conflict where so many original and creative possibilities are hatched. After watching her work, audience members have declared, “you are left feeling like the parent who has conceived a child, held him or her for a few hours, only to have the child ripped away from you, to be left only holding memories of what was mixed with curiosity in what could have been.” For more information visit http://www.atomicshogun.com Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know* is the new work written and performed by Hanalei Ramos. In her first multi-media solo show, Hanalei has staged a series of performance pieces based on the experiences of several women who consider themselves victims and survivors of abusive relationships with family, lovers, and friends. By staging portraits of some of the most intimate moments of any woman's life, Guns and Tampons challenges our assigned definitions of womanhood and violence and how it is warped by cultural expectations, societal conditioning, and the more subtle forms of violation experienced by women. The work features a myriad of characters assembled across generations and circumstance. Guns and Tampons touches on the found stories of a high school senior's found diary entries, the lost interviews of an undocumented college student, a couple caught in the cyclical dance of violence, the language of assault, and the many people who are yearning to understand how they function while maneuvering through love. Guns and Tampons questions what it means to be a survivor and victim of violence, and exposes their muddled boundaries. However, the work serves as a hopeful narrative threaded by themes of shared isolation, patterns of love, and the chances we take toward the secret hope of self-understanding. Ultimately, the patchwork testimony of several individuals transforms itself as the story of all women, and becomes a compelling glimpse into a world of survival and strength. Also check out the festival’s lineup which includes work from my peers and mentors including: Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Robert Karimi, Denise Uyehara, Jude Narita , Ill-literacy, Kristina Wong, D’Lo, Regie Cabico, Makoto Hirano. About the Festival: The First National Asian American Theater Festival is hosted in New York City from June 11 - 24, 2007, over 25 of the hottest, cutting-edge Asian American theater companies and performing artists will converge upon several venues in the Big Apple. Spearheaded by Ma-Yi Theater Company, NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, the festival celebrates the vitally important contributions Asian American artists make to the cultural landscape of the nation. The festival will foster greater understanding of the growing influence Asian Americans have on the social and cultural identity of America. The works presented will inspire appreciation for the unique, yet universal stories of our communities. Don’t miss out on this historic event-in-the-making! http://www.naatf.org MONDAY JULY 30 OYE- LISTEN! features: Say That! performance by Cristal Sabbagh, Anida Yoeu Ali, Keiko Johnson, Andrea Wukitsch also the evening includes performances by Gesel Mason/Toni Asante Lightfoot and Francis Allende-Pellot Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Residents’ Dinning Hall 800 S. Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607 7pm-8:30pm FREE!!! Reservations are recommended. Call Jane Addams Hull-House at 312.413.5353 *This event is FREE. Light refreshment will be provided at the event.* *Say That! created by Anida Yoeu Ali and Cristal Sabbagh is a cathartic Butoh-inspired experiment in which sexual stereotypes of women are embodied, confronted, and ultimately subverted. Improvisational movement and gesture also work in tandem with these memories, myths and emotions. (30 minute performance) Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum collaborate in* OYE- LISTEN! a new performance series Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum join forces to showcase new works by emerging, Chicago-based performing artists. Curated by Teatro Luna’s Co-Artistic Directors/Co-Founders Coya Paz, Tanya Saracho, and Managing Director Carol Ng, this unique series, named OYE- LISTEN!, features 2 to 3 artists or performance groups each month, followed by a half-hour post-show discussion at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This collaboration between Teatro Luna and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum aims to provide women artists of color a space to share personal stories and reflect on contemporary social issues facing their community. OYE- LISTEN! will be an opportunity for both professional and practicing performing artists who show extraordinary talent to share and exchange their work. By remaining true to the lives and experiences of women of color, this series creates bridges among Chicago ethnic communities. for more info: http://teatroluna.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=DHXSDgA9AAH-----AAE3bQ AUGUST 22 & 23 In homage to the Futurists of the 1930s, I am part of this awesome line up of performance artists who will be experimenting with food & art at the innovative restaurant Moto! my piece will be a collaborative with Cristal Sabbagh and will be sure to be tantalizing to the taste buds! Moto Restaurant @6:30pm 945 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL The Futurists were a revolutionary group ofartist that embraced technology, speed,a nd interdisciplinary performance. – WE ARE DOWN WITH THAT!!! The Futurists also espoused chaos, war, and misogyny – WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT DOWN WITH THAT!!! We counter with unity, peace, and due respect for all people. In 1932, the amazing Futurist Cookbook was published. 75 years later, we pay homage with a 21st Century Futurist Dinner Party at America’s most progressive restaurant: MOTO. Experience the future of gastronomy, accompanied by a spectrum of multi-sensory art and performance. Food by Chef Homaro Cantu, Pastry Chef Ben Roche, and the Moto team. $125 per person includes 8 course meal, wine progression, tax, tip, and live artistic performances by Anida Yoeu Ali, Caitlin Berrigan, Sam Lewis, Clover Morell, Dave Rempis, Cristal Sabbagh, and Dan Schwarzlose. Limited seating so reserve your space today!!! To reserve, contact Dan Schwarzlose: dschwarzlose@motorestaurant.com please note this 8 course meal is actually valued at $300!!! http://www.motorestaurant.com TUESDAY OCT 2* Collaborative with Sherry Antonini part of “Tuesdays on the Terrace” 5:30pm @MCA 220 E. Chicago AvePerformance (Chicago, IL) FREE!!! on the MCA Terrace more details TBA, but this will probably be a sneak preview of our collaboration “Here Lies Truth” TUESDAY NOV 13 Site Unseen 2007@Chicago Cultural Center collaborative performance of “Here Lies Truth” 6-9pm (FREE!) Chicago Cultural Center (GAR Memorial Hall) 77 E. Randolph Street Chicago, IL Here Lies Truth** collaborative performance by Sherry Antonini, Cristal Sabbagh, Anida Yoeu Ali, Brendan Byrnes, Eli Sabbagh, and Alycia Scott A new site specific collaboration which explores issues of truth through an interplay of text, movement, sound/music, costume and lighting. The project will point to, and creatively convey, questions concerning the nature of truth that are timeless and, perhaps, especially compelling during this particular moment in history in terms of world events and politics. What are the possible consequences of speaking one’s mind in an effort to convey what is understood to be true? How does one version of the truth play against another? How and why is one voice more believable or convincing? How does our being drawn to one or another version affect our personal memories or, even, the collective memory of an entire town? City? Country? This piece will be developed specifically for performance in the Cultural Center’s GAR Memorial Hall. Within this space, we are drawn to the idea of our “truth” spilling out, even as the “truth” that can be seen of the outside informs our experience. SITE UNSEEN is a one-day exhibition of live and media art sponsored by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Other participating artists include Edra Soto, Robert Metrick, Marlena Novak & Jay Yim, Claire Ashley, Isil Egrikavuk, Sara Schnadt, Elizabeth Czekner & Clover Morell, Amanda Guitierrez, Deva Eveland for more info: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=159855271
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