Cherie Hill (2006)
Directed and choreographed by Cherie Hill, the work blends modern and Afro-Caribbean dance featuring live percussion by New York artist Taji Maalik. The dance premied in December of 2006 at the Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley. Remembering the Ancestors expands on Cherie’s senior honors research, which explored how dance could be used to subvert stereotypes associated with black women. Cherie traveled to Jamaica to study ancient Caribbean and Diaspora dances that early European explorers considered overtly sexual. She made these dances the basis for her modern piece, choreographed using postmodern […]
Teddy Kisch (2006)
Grant awarded: $25,000 Teddy is working to establish and direct an environmental resource center for communities affected by the Ok Tedi Copper Mine in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The mine is reported to be dumping 80,000 tons of mine tailings (toxic to algae) into the world’s twenty-third largest river system each day, thereby seriously impacting the local food supply for 50,000 indigenous people living along the river. The resource center will serve as a scientific clearinghouse for mining documents. It will “translate” the documents into simple, culturally […]
Petro Kostiv (2006)
Petro Kostiv is working with three indigenous Zulu communities in South Africa who were forcibly displaced from their land by the racist policies of past governments. Due to historical, socio-economic, and political marginalization, many dispossessed South Africans are still unable to have their grievances recognized today. Such communities were identified merely as a landless people following the end of apartheid while the harsh reality of their daily lives remained ignored. Petro’s chief objective will be to study and give voice to their struggle in the new political context of democracy. […]
Camilo Salazar Prince (2006)
The film “Esta Noche” seeks to question labor practices and immigration policies in the United States and aims to portray the illegal immigrant as the new “invisible man” of our times. This fictional presentation will be based on a series of true stories of illegal Mexican/Latino immigrants, as recollected in interviews and documented by research. Produced by Divino Nio Filmes, “Esta Noche” will be Camilo Salazar Princes first feature-length film. Letters Home September October November December January February Final Report