2018 RISK/REWARD FESTIVAL OF NEW PERFORMANCE Announces Artists

The Risk/Reward Festival showcases new works by indie performing artists from across the region. Come celebrate our 11th year blurring the boundaries of independent theater, music, dance, and performance art in new and surprising ways. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the festival.

The 2018 lineup features:

BOUTON VOLONTÉ - Planet Pink - Modern Dance/Vogue/Queer Art (Portland, OR)

ANGEL "MOONYEKA" ALVIAR-LANGLEY - In the White Frame - Dance/Street Styles/Digital Art (Seattle, WA)

CHERYL DELOSTRINOS/AU COLLECTIVE - Bayanihan: A Collection of Physical Tales - Dance (Seattle, WA)

ELI STEFFEN - War - Participatory Performance (Seattle, WA)

BRITT KARHOFF - Wonder Full - Dance/Theatre (Seattle, WA)

JOHN BERENDZEN - Air Objects III - Live Sound Installation (Portland, OR)

HOW THE FESTIVAL WORKS

We solicit proposals from regional artists for new works that can be performed in less than 20-minutes. A panel of local artists and tastemakers select a lineup and we challenge the artists to run wild - encouraging creative risks, experimentation and bold investigation. No one really knows what to expect until opening night. Five performances are staged back-to-back nightly in a festive environment. Audiences come to sample a variety of artistic voices and art forms in what the Willamette Week calls "speed dating for contemporary performance." This year, we will also include a live sound installation during intermission, which accounts for our sixth artist!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

ARTIST: Bouton Volonté

TITLE: Planet Pink

DESCRIPTION: A visual diary entry from a black queer bald femme.

COLLABORATORS: Bouton Volonté - performer/creator/dancer

ARTIST: Angel "Moonyeka" Alviar-Langley

TITLE: In the White Frame

DESCRIPTION: We dare ask the question, "is the racial discourse inclusive of our experiences? is it erasing us? are we (as mixed people) allowed to reject the racial framework being used today?"

COLLABORATORS: Angel Alviar-Langley : Director/Visionary

El Nyberg: Dancer

Michael O'Neal Jr: Dancer

Alyza DelPan-Monley: Dancer

Bria Calhougn-Anderson: Dancer

Estrella Gonzalez: Dancer

Nic Masangkay: Sound Producer

WEBSITE: https://www.moonyeka.com/

ARTIST: Cheryl Delostrinos/Au Collective

TITLE: Bayanihan: A Collection of Physical Tales

DESCRIPTION: Bayanihan explores the lives of six individuals, taking the audience on a journey of failure and triumph from the perspectives of young artists from diverse dance and cultural back grounds. Representing the intersectionality of immigrant, queer, trans, and POC, Bayanihan turns real life stories into modern day myths.

COLLABORATORS: Cheryl Delostrinos-artistic director of Bayanihan, dancer; Megan Erickson-rehearsal director, Au Collective manager; Lorraine Lau-collaborator, dancer; Randy Ford-collaborator, dancer; Imana Gunawan-collaborator, dancer; Hallie Scott-collaborator, dancer; Fausto Rivera-collaborator, dancer

WEBSITE: http://www.aucollective.com/

ARTIST: Eli Steffen

TITLE: War

DESCRIPTION: War is an exploration of how we construct masculinity and whiteness through a reimagining of the card game War. A volunteer and Eli will play with a card deck that describes aspects of male-socialization on each card within a faux-ritual circle constructed of talcum powder and masking tape.

COLLABORATORS: Eli Steffen-Writer and Performer; Corinne Manning-Director and Performer

WEBSITE: http://elisteffen.com/

ARTIST: Britt Karhoff

TITLE: WONDER FULL

DESCRIPTION: WONDER FULL is a solo dance theatre performance that uses tedious one-sided phone conversations and flashy party favors to grapple with a necessary late-term abortion for a much-wanted pregnancy.

COLLABORATORS: Britt Karhoff: Concept, Choreography, Performance

Faith Berry: Visual Design

Nico Torres: Sound Engineer

Calie Swedberg: Understudy

ARTIST: John Berendzen

TITLE: Air Objects #3

DESCRIPTION: A live environmental sound installation played on the ElectroHorn, an original hybrid instrument combining acoustic brass and electronic processing.

COLLABORATORS: John Berendzen - performer/composer/designer/engineer

WEBSITE: http://endzen.com/robohorn/

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