TOUCH/ed
A Fundraiser To Support The Fight Against Cancer
Hosted by The Wilbury Theatre Group
October 3, 2016 at 7 PM
4 Performance Artists/ One Mission:
To Touch Your Soul
Curated & Produced by Ellen Galkin
Featuring Ali Kenner Brodsky, Valerie David, Annabel Lee, Steven Tegu
WHERE: The Wilbury Theatre Group
at the Southside Cultural Center
393 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
Audiences are invited to vote for the organization that they would like to receive the net proceeds of this performance.
The organization which receives the most votes will be the recipient of these funds.
Hosted by The Wilbury Theatre Group
October 3, 2016 at 7 PM
4 Performance Artists/ One Mission:
To Touch Your Soul
Curated & Produced by Ellen Galkin
Featuring Ali Kenner Brodsky, Valerie David, Annabel Lee, Steven Tegu
WHERE: The Wilbury Theatre Group
at the Southside Cultural Center
393 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
Audiences are invited to vote for the organization that they would like to receive the net proceeds of this performance.
The organization which receives the most votes will be the recipient of these funds.
About the Artists:
Ali Kenner Brodsky
Ali Kenner Brodsky is the artistic director of ali kenner brodsky & co. and was the 2016 Emerging Choreographer at the Bates Dance Festival. In 2014, she was the recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Choreography and in 2003-2004 she was an artist-in-residence at The Joyce SoHo under the mentorship of Phyllis Lamhut. While in NYC, her company performed at several venues including: Joyce SoHo, the Puffin Room, DanceNow Festivals, the former Dance Space Center, WAX, Dixon Place, Judson Church and Dumbo Dance Festival.
Since returning to New England, ali kenner brodsky & co. have performed at various venues and festivals including: AS220, The Dance Complex, The Movement Exchange, The Provincetown Dance Festival, Massachusetts Dance Festival, Elm City Dance Collective (CT), The Great Friends Festival (RI) and Dance for Peace (CT). Kenner Brodsky has co-produced two a+b seasons with Betsy Miller and has performed with artists including: Andy Russ, Jessica Howard, Rose Pasquarello-Beauchamp, Emma Hogarth and with 83 paperbirds-moving lab. She served as rehearsal director for and danced with national touring company Lostwax Multimedia Dance under the direction of Jamie Jewett from 2012-2015.
Kenner Brodsky is on the adjunct dance faculty at Salve Regina University and Dean College, and has been a guest choreographer for both schools, as well as for Providence College. She graduated with honors in dance from Skidmore College. A Rhode Island native, Kenner Brodsky and her family now make their home in Dartmouth, Mass. This performance is dedicated to my parents and in honor of David Lamb. Visit www.alikennerbrodsky.com for more information about Ali.
Name of Piece:
between (2014)
Choreography and performance: Ali Kenner Brodsky
Music: Brown Bird
Costume: Leah Benjamin
between (2014), an intimate solo for Kenner Brodsky. It is a moment in time, a slice of life. Audiences witness a woman's struggle to contain her raw emotions. This piece was created in memory of a friend who had been diagnosed with leukemia.
Ali Kenner Brodsky is the artistic director of ali kenner brodsky & co. and was the 2016 Emerging Choreographer at the Bates Dance Festival. In 2014, she was the recipient of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Choreography and in 2003-2004 she was an artist-in-residence at The Joyce SoHo under the mentorship of Phyllis Lamhut. While in NYC, her company performed at several venues including: Joyce SoHo, the Puffin Room, DanceNow Festivals, the former Dance Space Center, WAX, Dixon Place, Judson Church and Dumbo Dance Festival.
Since returning to New England, ali kenner brodsky & co. have performed at various venues and festivals including: AS220, The Dance Complex, The Movement Exchange, The Provincetown Dance Festival, Massachusetts Dance Festival, Elm City Dance Collective (CT), The Great Friends Festival (RI) and Dance for Peace (CT). Kenner Brodsky has co-produced two a+b seasons with Betsy Miller and has performed with artists including: Andy Russ, Jessica Howard, Rose Pasquarello-Beauchamp, Emma Hogarth and with 83 paperbirds-moving lab. She served as rehearsal director for and danced with national touring company Lostwax Multimedia Dance under the direction of Jamie Jewett from 2012-2015.
Kenner Brodsky is on the adjunct dance faculty at Salve Regina University and Dean College, and has been a guest choreographer for both schools, as well as for Providence College. She graduated with honors in dance from Skidmore College. A Rhode Island native, Kenner Brodsky and her family now make their home in Dartmouth, Mass. This performance is dedicated to my parents and in honor of David Lamb. Visit www.alikennerbrodsky.com for more information about Ali.
Name of Piece:
between (2014)
Choreography and performance: Ali Kenner Brodsky
Music: Brown Bird
Costume: Leah Benjamin
between (2014), an intimate solo for Kenner Brodsky. It is a moment in time, a slice of life. Audiences witness a woman's struggle to contain her raw emotions. This piece was created in memory of a friend who had been diagnosed with leukemia.
Valerie David
Valerie David, an actor and playwright, wrote, produced and currently stars in her new inspiring and comedic autobiographical solo show about kicking cancer (both lymphoma and breast cancer) to the curb TWICE: The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within, which was accepted into five different theater festivals in 2016. It received rave reviews and garnished three awards in Manhattan's Planet Connections Play Festival this summer. She is thrilled to return to Providence after performing her play in the amazing Providence Fringe Festival in July. An American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate, her credits include the Off-Broadway production of A Stoop on Orchard Street, Cookie in Rumors and Claudia Shear's Blown Sideways Through Life. Films: How I Became that Jewish Guy and Bridges and Tunnels. Memberships include the League of Professional Theatre Women, AEA and SAG-AFTRA. She also performs improv throughout New York City. Valerie wishes to thank Ellen Galkin and The Wilbury Theatre Group for this special opportunity. The Pink Hulk's performance is in loving memory of Valerie's beloved Aunt Bobbie and her dear family friend, Vivian Murad, both of whom passed away from breast cancer. Visit http://pinkhulkplay.com and http://vadactor.blogspot.com for more info about Valerie.
Name of Piece:
The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within
Written and performed by Valerie David
Directed by Padraic Lillis
Valerie David’s hilarious and moving journey about becoming a 2-time cancer survivor—kicking cancer to the curb while she embarks on her humorous, nonstop quest for love and new meaning in her life! Starting a new career, Valerie is stopped in her tracks when she feels a lump. Having had lymphoma, she is now diagnosed with breast cancer. Experience her devastation-turned-determination as Valerie’s “hulk-like” strength inspires her resolve to find her superhero within—a true and inspiring story! Watch the underdog triumph!
Valerie David, an actor and playwright, wrote, produced and currently stars in her new inspiring and comedic autobiographical solo show about kicking cancer (both lymphoma and breast cancer) to the curb TWICE: The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within, which was accepted into five different theater festivals in 2016. It received rave reviews and garnished three awards in Manhattan's Planet Connections Play Festival this summer. She is thrilled to return to Providence after performing her play in the amazing Providence Fringe Festival in July. An American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate, her credits include the Off-Broadway production of A Stoop on Orchard Street, Cookie in Rumors and Claudia Shear's Blown Sideways Through Life. Films: How I Became that Jewish Guy and Bridges and Tunnels. Memberships include the League of Professional Theatre Women, AEA and SAG-AFTRA. She also performs improv throughout New York City. Valerie wishes to thank Ellen Galkin and The Wilbury Theatre Group for this special opportunity. The Pink Hulk's performance is in loving memory of Valerie's beloved Aunt Bobbie and her dear family friend, Vivian Murad, both of whom passed away from breast cancer. Visit http://pinkhulkplay.com and http://vadactor.blogspot.com for more info about Valerie.
Name of Piece:
The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within
Written and performed by Valerie David
Directed by Padraic Lillis
Valerie David’s hilarious and moving journey about becoming a 2-time cancer survivor—kicking cancer to the curb while she embarks on her humorous, nonstop quest for love and new meaning in her life! Starting a new career, Valerie is stopped in her tracks when she feels a lump. Having had lymphoma, she is now diagnosed with breast cancer. Experience her devastation-turned-determination as Valerie’s “hulk-like” strength inspires her resolve to find her superhero within—a true and inspiring story! Watch the underdog triumph!
Ellen Galkin
Ellen is a creative innovator who dreams original thoughts, makes connections to existing opportunities and then seeks to build them into bigger things. TOUCH/ed was born out of her desire to allow people to express and acknowledge their relationship to cancer – emotional, physical and spiritual. She is an attorney, a former ballerina, and a sometimes home design consultant. Most recently she is working with The American Cancer Society on its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign and sits on The RI Philharmonic Development Board. Ellen wishes to thank Josh Short, Christina Treglia, Kate Kataja and the entire Wibury Theatre Group, as well as Ali Kenner Brodsky, Valerie David, Annabel Lee, Steven Tegu and her husband, David Galkin. This performance is dedicated to her mother, Selma Marx, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. Ellen can be reached at egalkin123@aol.com
Name of Piece:
And the world stood still.....
Written and performed by Ellen Galkin
This piece was born in a moment when I realized that I would never see my mother or hear her voice again. It is basically a skeleton of the journey we took together with her cancer. The child's tin can telephone serves as both an instrument of communication and the umbilical cord that tied us together, until she left my side.
Ellen is a creative innovator who dreams original thoughts, makes connections to existing opportunities and then seeks to build them into bigger things. TOUCH/ed was born out of her desire to allow people to express and acknowledge their relationship to cancer – emotional, physical and spiritual. She is an attorney, a former ballerina, and a sometimes home design consultant. Most recently she is working with The American Cancer Society on its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign and sits on The RI Philharmonic Development Board. Ellen wishes to thank Josh Short, Christina Treglia, Kate Kataja and the entire Wibury Theatre Group, as well as Ali Kenner Brodsky, Valerie David, Annabel Lee, Steven Tegu and her husband, David Galkin. This performance is dedicated to her mother, Selma Marx, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. Ellen can be reached at egalkin123@aol.com
Name of Piece:
And the world stood still.....
Written and performed by Ellen Galkin
This piece was born in a moment when I realized that I would never see my mother or hear her voice again. It is basically a skeleton of the journey we took together with her cancer. The child's tin can telephone serves as both an instrument of communication and the umbilical cord that tied us together, until she left my side.
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee is "force of nature" - (Redline Roots) hailing from Boston, MA who artfully mixes the delicate dynamic elements of a singer/songwriter with infectious hooks and powerful vocals. The unsigned Boston artist most recently toured the U.S, with up-and-coming Boston band Nemes, making stops in Austin for SXSW before releasing the EP Prey. Under her former project name Sarah Borrello, Annabel Lee has recorded two full-length albums, toured with Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, and accrued a slew of local music awards for her songwriting and original works. Annabel would like to dedicate this performance to her mom: Mother Kathleen. Annabel Lee can be reached at annabelleemgmt@gmail.com
Name of Piece:
'WHAT'S WRONG'
Written and performed by Annabel Lee
"I created this performance at Massart when I was a student there a few years ago. It is a spiritual piece to me. It was written with the notion that in times of great pain and suffering we as fragile, warm blooded, emotional beings, can lose touch with our core belief systems. It is almost natural to feel like all is lost when we receive terrible news or encounter heartbreak. Our piece of mind feels like we are entitled to it. In that place we must find our inner strength and all of our power, rather than push deeper into the dark. In this song I hadn't found the power within to fight the darkness in my mind, but soon I would learn how to channel my pain and turn it into strength."
Annabel Lee is "force of nature" - (Redline Roots) hailing from Boston, MA who artfully mixes the delicate dynamic elements of a singer/songwriter with infectious hooks and powerful vocals. The unsigned Boston artist most recently toured the U.S, with up-and-coming Boston band Nemes, making stops in Austin for SXSW before releasing the EP Prey. Under her former project name Sarah Borrello, Annabel Lee has recorded two full-length albums, toured with Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, and accrued a slew of local music awards for her songwriting and original works. Annabel would like to dedicate this performance to her mom: Mother Kathleen. Annabel Lee can be reached at annabelleemgmt@gmail.com
Name of Piece:
'WHAT'S WRONG'
Written and performed by Annabel Lee
"I created this performance at Massart when I was a student there a few years ago. It is a spiritual piece to me. It was written with the notion that in times of great pain and suffering we as fragile, warm blooded, emotional beings, can lose touch with our core belief systems. It is almost natural to feel like all is lost when we receive terrible news or encounter heartbreak. Our piece of mind feels like we are entitled to it. In that place we must find our inner strength and all of our power, rather than push deeper into the dark. In this song I hadn't found the power within to fight the darkness in my mind, but soon I would learn how to channel my pain and turn it into strength."
Steven Tegu
Steven Tegu is an artist, translator, bilingual expressive arts facilitator and cross-cultural communications educator. He derives his inspiration from the courage, strength, creativity and imagination of others.
Name of Piece:
Despertando la Diosa Interna
Awakening the Goddess Within: The Healing Power of Expressive Arts Therapy
Expressive Arts Facilitator: Steven Tegu
Co-Facilitator: Psychologist: Ramiro Serna
Cinematography: Margarita Robledo Guedes
Mask Giver: Nataly Serna
Original Musical Score: Rick Lescault
This video production offers our audience a rare glimpse into the holistic world of expressive arts therapy.
Is the face we show the world truly who we are? Or is it a mask?
The physical, emotional and spiritual relationship we have with the world
is turned upside down when sickness threatens not only our body, but our self-image as well.
Fear, anger, shame, anxiety and isolation are powerful negative emotions which can
be accessed, released and transformed through the expressive arts.
Awakening The Goddess Within intends to celebrate the power of the sacred feminine
as well as the universal power of love in the healing arts.
Steven Tegu can be reached at: tegutegu@aol.com
Steven Tegu is an artist, translator, bilingual expressive arts facilitator and cross-cultural communications educator. He derives his inspiration from the courage, strength, creativity and imagination of others.
Name of Piece:
Despertando la Diosa Interna
Awakening the Goddess Within: The Healing Power of Expressive Arts Therapy
Expressive Arts Facilitator: Steven Tegu
Co-Facilitator: Psychologist: Ramiro Serna
Cinematography: Margarita Robledo Guedes
Mask Giver: Nataly Serna
Original Musical Score: Rick Lescault
This video production offers our audience a rare glimpse into the holistic world of expressive arts therapy.
Is the face we show the world truly who we are? Or is it a mask?
The physical, emotional and spiritual relationship we have with the world
is turned upside down when sickness threatens not only our body, but our self-image as well.
Fear, anger, shame, anxiety and isolation are powerful negative emotions which can
be accessed, released and transformed through the expressive arts.
Awakening The Goddess Within intends to celebrate the power of the sacred feminine
as well as the universal power of love in the healing arts.
Steven Tegu can be reached at: tegutegu@aol.com
