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World Premiere of AntingAnting

January 27-28, 2024
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street

Frances Teves Sedayao, Dre ‘Poko’ Devis, and Johan Casal. Photo by Wilfred Galila.

KULARTS presents Alleluia Panis’s AntingAnting, a two-year project commissioned by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco exploring the talismanic power of movement and dance through a multidisciplinary ritual performance.

The performance will spark a community wide re-examination of the museum as a space that holds objects, many of them decontextualized from their traditional cultural practices. Through the project, we will create a contemporary framework, relevant to diasporic Pilipinx life, for these Museum objects from a community-centered perspective.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
AntingAnting Ritwal Sa Labas Ceremony,
with guest artist Sama Culture Bearer, Al-Raffy Alnado Harun and Agos Program youth

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Guest Lecture by researcher and educator, Carlo B. Ebeo,
Commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Philippines

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Performance of AntingAnting Santo Diwata & Protect and Defend choreographed and directed by Alleluia Panis

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Talkback and Q&A with lead artist Alleluia Panis

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This project is commissioned by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco with funding from the Creative Work Fund—a program of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund—and with funding from the National Endowments for the Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, SF Grants for the Arts, and California Arts Council.

RESOURCES + INFO

AntingAnting: Folk Credo and Mythological Make-up Presentation by Carlo B. Ebeo

Carlo B. Ebeo is a researcher, producer, educator, and festival organizer, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the Philippines, commissioner of National Commission for Culture & the Arts and national coordinator for the National Book Development Board’s Book Nook Project. He is a member of the research program of Uppsala University—Sweden, a four-year research study on the Origins of the Filipino People.

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A response to the current ethical discourse on museums' responsibility to repatriate objects acquired through colonization, war, or theft in an effort to correct history through discussion and community workshop—participants learn about museum practices and share their opinions and emotions around artworks at the Asian Art Museum.

March 25, 2023
Asian Art Museum

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An exploration of the history and impact of Filipino Martial Arts and its evolution disciplined by contemporary practitioners. Through performance, film screening, panel discussion, and demonstration, the event explores the physical, and spiritual discipline of Filipino Martial Arts.

July 15, 2023
Asian Art Museum

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AntingAnting in Warriors Arts: FMA Seminar
AntingAnting in Warriors Arts: FMA Seminar

A series of workshops will incorporate three distinct FMA practitioners from various disciplines to instruct in technique, history, and storytelling from their respective lines of experience and knowledge.

July 16, 2023
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CREATIVE + PRODUCTION TEAM

 

ALLELUIA PANIS

DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER

Alleluia Panis, Artistic & Executive Director, is the driving force behind KULARTS and respected elder artist in the US and the Philippines. She has created 20 full-length dance theater works since 1985. She was awarded the prestigious 2017 SFAC Artist Legacy, 2019-20 Gerbode Special Artist Award, 2019-2020 Dance USA Artist Fellow, and 2020 Hewlett 50 Arts Commission.

LADISLAO ‘JUNE’ ARELLANO

COSTUME DESIGNER

Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano was born in Bataan, Philippines. He trained at the Philippine Women’s University and New York’s Broadway Dance School. He is a lead dancer in Parangal Dance Company since 2008 and performed in works by Alleluia Panis and Sydney Loyola.

ALVIN ‘CAS’ CASASOLA

VIDEOGRAPHER & EDITOR

Alvin ‘Cas’ Casasola has been a tattooist since 2010 and specializes in American Traditional, Asian, Geometric and custom work. He operates out of a private studio located in the SF Mission District. Cas also has a background in graphic design, animation, videography and digital art.

CARLO B. EBEO

GUEST LECTURER

Carlo B. Ebeo is a researcher, producer, educator, and festival organizer, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the Philippines, commissioner of National Commission for Culture & the Arts and national coordinator for the National Book Development Board’s Book Nook Project. He is a member of the research program of Uppsala University—Sweden, a four-year research study on the Origins of the Filipino People.

JOSHUA ICBAN

COMPOSER

Joshua Icban is a musician, sound designer, and composer based in Vallejo, CA, and worked with prestigious talents and organizations such as Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito, KULARTS under the direction of Alleluia Panis, Oakland Hip Hop Collective Grand Nationxl and The SF Symphony orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas.

WILFRED GALILA

MEDIA ARTIST

Wilfred Galila is a multimedia artist and writer who lives and runs trails in the San Francisco Bay Area. His films were screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and his art installations were exhibited at several venues in San Francisco. He is a 2018 nominee for the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design for the KULARTS production, Incarcerated 6×9.

AL-RAFFY ALNADO HARUN

GUEST ARTIST & SAMA CULTURE BEARER

Al-Raffy Alnado Harun is a performing artist and Sama culture bearer born and raised in Sitangkai, Province of Tawi-Tawi. He was the Artistic Director of the Sining Parmata Performing Arts of Mindanao State University (MSU). He received his Bachelor of Arts at MSU Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography and has recently earned his Diploma in Linguistic, Anthropology, and Population Genetics at Uppsala University in Sweden.

HANA SUN LEE

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Hana Sun Lee is an arts organizer and administrator based in San Francisco/Bay Area. She is currently serving as the Managing Director at KULARTS. She has over 8 years of experience in multidisciplinary arts programming, administration, and project management. Prior to KULARTS, she was at the de Young Museum/Legion of Honor and Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.

 

DANCE ARTISTS

DRE ‘POKO’ DEVIS

Dre ‘Poko’ Devis is a born-and-raised San Francisco Pinay, emerging from matriarchal roots. Poko moves with a foundation of competitive gymnastics, martial arts, aerial dance, and hard-hitting animalistic synergy.

TESS NEBRIDA

Tessa Nebrida (she/they) is a Filipina improvisational dance artist and bodywork + energy healing practitioner rooted in community healing practices. She holds a BFA in Dance and Composition from California Institute of the Arts and 20 years of training and exploration in the field of healing arts therapies.

SYDNEY RAE LEONG

Sydney Leong is a performing/teaching artist and Pilates instructor based on Ramatush/Ohlone land in San Francisco. She attended CA State Summer School for the Arts, Ailey School Summer Intensive, LINES Ballet Winter Intensive, and State Street Ballet. She currently dances with Parangal Dance Company.

GENEVIE DELA CRUZ

Genevie Dela Cruz (she/her) is a San Diego-born dancer and choreographer. She began dancing at San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and is currently pursuing degrees in Dance and Kinesiology at San Francisco State University. Genevie blends contemporary dance with cultural dances from the Philippines to promote her rich cultural background.

JESS DEFRANCO

Jess DeFranco grew up in the Bay Area and is a San Francisco based dancer and teacher. Jess received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University. She’s performed for Garrett + Moulton Productions, Robert Moses Kin, Kristin Damrow and Co., Alyssa Mitchel, and Tim Rubel’s Human Shakes.

JOHAN CASAL

Johan Casal is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Bay Area producing work in film, music, theater, and dance. He performed as a lead dancer in Netflix’s production of “The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Live Experience,” and directed and produced an original feature film, “Manalo: The Movie Musical,” highlighting the shared struggles of Filipinx-Americans and the diverse cultures of the Philippines.

jose e. abad

jose e. abad (they/them) is a queer social practice performance artist based in San Francisco, CA who is exploring queer futurity through an intersectional lens. abad has had the opportunity to perform in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco in collaboration with a variety of companies and artists including Keith Hennessy, Scott Wells, Anne Bluethenthal, Brontez Purnell Dance Company, #DignityInProcess, and Detour Dance.

ANGEL VELEZ

Angel Velez (they/them) is a dance artist who has performed works by Parangal, eMotion Arts, LV Dance Collective, Embodiment Project, and notable others in the Bay Area. Trained in multiple dance lineages from a young age, Angel draws from Laban/Bartenieff fundamentals and is informed by internal sensations, emotions, and visualizations.

 

JENELLE GAERLAN

Jenelle Gaerlan (she/they) is a multi-disciplined creative and freelance dancer from Portland, Oregon. Having trained in contemporary, jazz, modern, ballet, hip hop, house, waacking and movement improvisation/freestyle, Jenelle has done work for Nike Inc., DarVejon Jones Dance Ensemble, BodyVox Dance Company, Soulskin Dance, Fray Show by CandyBomber Productions (premiered at Stanford Live), and Robert Moses’ KIN.