Nursing These Wounds

 

September 22-24, 2023
ODC Theater

KULARTS presents SF Legacy Artist Awardee, Alleluia Panis’s Nursing These Wounds, an immersive dance performance investigating the impact of colonization on Pilipinx health and caregiving through the lens of Pilipinx nurses’ history, whose experiences with Westernized medical education and subsequent migrations laid the groundwork for the continuing global export of Pilipino labor, shaped the United States medical field, and created a fissure between traditional forms of knowledge and our community’s conceptions of well-being.

The project expands on Alleluia Panis’s ongoing development of a community-based ritual and ceremonial language that allows diasporic Pilipinx people to create a space of belonging, informed by rigorous traditional shamanistic practice but within the language and context of the Bay Area’s Pilipinx American community.

PERFORMANCE SHOWTIMES

Friday, September 22 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 23 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 24 at 3:00 PM

ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

 
 

Post Show Discussion

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
8:30 - 9:00 PM

Director and Choreographer Alleluia Panis
in conversation with Jason Magabo Perez, PhD, CSU San Marcos

SUNDAY, SEPTEMER 24
4:30 - 5:00 PM

Moderator
Joyce Lu, PhD, Pomona College

Panelists
Joshua Icban, Composer
Jo ‘love/speak’ Cruz, Love/Speak Productions
Frances Teves Sedayao, Featured Dance Artist

MORE INFO + RESOURCES

Nursing These Wounds
Filipina Nurses in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Historical and Political Reframing through Art and Performance
Filipina Nurses in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Historical and Political Reframing through Art and Performance

A three-part essay about the ongoing interdisciplinary project Nursing These Wounds by Alyssa Manansala

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KULARTS Blog, "Herbal Allies for Seasonal Support," by Aimee Amparo
KULARTS Blog, "Herbal Allies for Seasonal Support," by Aimee Amparo

March 17, 2022

As we consider Spring’s active potential and continue to experience the charged stress, chaos, and uncertainty that swirls around us in our daily lives, I would like to reflect on the small steps we can take to better care for ourselves and each other every day.

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Asian American Life, "COVID's Devastating Toll on Filipino Nurses"
Asian American Life, "COVID's Devastating Toll on Filipino Nurses"

March 4, 2021

Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the U.S. but sadly, account for a third of the nurses who have died from COVID nationwide. Host Ernabel Demillo takes a look at the impact the pandemic has had on the community; along with the history of Filipino nurses in the U.S. and why many found themselves working on the front lines.

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Nursing Clio, "Nursing Justice: Filipino Immigrant Nurse Activism in the United States," by Catherine Ceniza Choy
Nursing Clio, "Nursing Justice: Filipino Immigrant Nurse Activism in the United States," by Catherine Ceniza Choy

December 3, 2020

When you think about trailblazing women in American nursing history, do Filipino nurses come to mind? Probably not. But they should.

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SF Chronicle, "A surge of anti-Asian violence is forcing another racial reckoning in the Bay Area," by Janelle Bitker
SF Chronicle, "A surge of anti-Asian violence is forcing another racial reckoning in the Bay Area," by Janelle Bitker

February 22, 2021

Asians in the Bay Area say the hostility isn’t new.

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Kanlungan
Kanlungan

KANLUNGAN is intended to be a memorial to the transnational people of Philippine ancestry who make up a huge sector of the global healthcare system.

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Fresh Air, "Haniely Pableo on being a nurse working with COVID-19 patients"
Fresh Air, "Haniely Pableo on being a nurse working with COVID-19 patients"

May 2, 2020

A nurse at Toronto General Hospital describes what it's like to be on the emergency response intubation team for COVID-19 patients on a 12-hour shift.

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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FILIPINO NURSES IN CALIFORNIA?
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FILIPINO NURSES IN CALIFORNIA?

After Filling a Nursing Shortage in the 1960s, Immigrant Caregivers Have Changed the Practice and the Politics of Health Care

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Why Are There So Many Filipino Nurses In The U.S.? | AJ+

The United States has a lot of Filipino nurses. How did that happen?

The Exploits of a Capitalist Labor System
The Exploits of a Capitalist Labor System

“It’s this kind of racial hierarchical attitude that influenced their [U.S.] decision that in order to uplift Filipinos, we need to educate them in American ways” —Catherine Ceniza Choy, professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley

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GET INVOLVED + EVENTS

Nursing These Wounds
I KNOW A NURSE / I AM A NURSE
I KNOW A NURSE / I AM A NURSE

Ongoing

In honor of those who have worked or currently work in the nursing field, we are compiling a list of names and/or photos for the Nursing These Wounds multimedia performance in the fall.

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Ritual Performance
Ritual Performance

June 18, 2022

Join us for an excerpt performance from the upcoming project Nursing These Wounds featuring dance artists Frances Teves Sedayao, Angel Velez, Jess DeFranco, Allegra Bautista, and Dre 'Poko' Devis.

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Nursing These Wounds: Story Circles
Nursing These Wounds: Story Circles

October 15 - December 10, 2021

KULARTS is in the beginning stages of planning Nursing These Wounds and we would love your help! If you are a nurse, whatever the stories, we would love to hear them!

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Nurse Narratives in the Arts Panel

April 28, 2021

An online panel of interdisciplinary Pilipinx American artists engaged in the poetics and politics of care and migration. Featuring panelists Jason Magabo Perez, PhD, Jenifer K. Wofford, Alleluia Panis and moderated by Joyce Lu, PhD.

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Nurses in the Diaspora Panel Discussion

March 24, 2021

An online panel on Pilipinx nurses as laborers of the healthcare industry. A discussion on its history, labor organizing, pandemic realities, nursing education, colonialism, racism, and health care inequities. Featuring panelists: Catherine Ceniza Choy, PhD; Claire Valderama-Wallace, PhD, MPH, RN; David Monkawa; Haniely 'Han Han' Pableo, RN; Ritchel Gazo, RN, MS and moderated by Jason Magabo Perez, PhD.

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