KULARTS at Pacita Abad Community Day
Saturday, October 21, 20
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Roberts Family Gallery at SFMOMA
Howard St (Between 3rd & New Montgomery St), San Francisco
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: A Million Things to Say, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, 2018; image: courtesy the Pacita Abad Art Estate and MCAD Manila; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
In celebration of the first major retrospective of Pacita Abad’s work, enjoy a day of free admission to the museum, including access to this exciting new exhibition on Floor 4. Pacita Abad features over 40 daring works including the artist’s signature trapunto paintings — stuffed, quilted canvases Abad adorned with materials and methods she investigated during her lifetime. While you’re here, experience special programming from our event partners, including hands-on artmaking, live performances, and more! Find a full list of activations throughout the museum with schedule and location information below.
KULARTS PROGRAM DETAILS
10:30–11 a.m. Agos Rondalla Ensemble, an intergenerational rondalla music program featuring an ensemble of stringed instruments.
11–11:30 a.m. Legacy Filipino Martial Arts Demonstration, a weapons-based martial arts system that pulls from both modern and traditional Filipino Martial Arts.
1–1:30 p.m. Alleluia Panis Dance Theatres’ Ritwal and excerpts from the AntingAnting Project, a talismanic power of movement and dance through a multidisciplinary ritual performance.
1:30–2 p.m. Kulintang Dialect, a traditional five instrument kulintang band that performs kulintang classics as well as original compositions.
About the Artists
KULINTANG DIALECT
Kulintang Dialect is a traditional five instrument kulintang band that performs kulintang classics mostly from the Kalanduyan line as well as Conrad Benedicto’s original compositions. Kulintang Dialect has released multiple albums available on all platforms via Gongs Away Music.
ALLELUIA PANIS
Director & Choreographer
Alleluia Panis is KULARTS Artistic Director. 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 & Dance Artist
Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano, dance artist and costume designer, 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.
JOHAN CASAL
Dance Artist
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.
FRANCES TEVES SEDAYAO
Dance Artist
Frances Teves Sedayao is a multi-disciplinary artist who has performed w/ many Bay Area notables in the US and abroad over the past 20 years. She’s an SF Apature Featured Artist, Art-resident of NY OMI International and currently in collaboration with Nina Haft-Co., Yiddish Theater-(actor), Naomi Newman, Sarah Bush and SF Dance Generators.
KAO SEBASTIAN SAEPHANH
Dance Artist
Kao Sebastian Saephanh winner of a 2014 sjDANCEco ChoreoProject Award for Best Choreography, is based in San Francisco, CA. He is currently the co-artistic director of LV Dance Collective, and dancer for PUSH Dance Company and KULARTS.
SYDNEY RAE LEONG
Dance Artist
Sydney Rae 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.
AGOS RONDALLA ENSEMBLE
An intergenerational rondalla music program featuring an ensemble of stringed instruments led by Herna Cruz-Louie, KULARTS Executive Director and Agos Program Director. Indigenized during the Spanish colonization era, rondalla music, an ensemble of stringed instruments.
MASTER JOSEPH BAUTISTA & LEGACY FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS
Joseph Bautista is all about safety, specializing in Filipino martial arts. He began his training in martial arts at the age of 4. Since 2001 he has been mainly focused on Filipino Martial Arts. Joseph runs Legacy Filipino Martial Arts, a Filipino martial arts school based in Daly City, California.
DRE ‘POKO’ DEVIS
Dance Artist
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.
JESS DEFRANCO
Dance Artist
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.
ANGEL VELEZ
Dance Artist
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.
TESSA NEBRIDA
Dance Artist
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.