OPPOSING FORCESAMY O’NEAL OCT 23 – 26, 2014running time: 65 minutes

Conception, Direction and Choreography: Amy O’Neal

Performers, Movement Collaborators and Fellow Schemers:Alfredo “Free” Vergara Jr.Brysen “Just Be” AngelesFever OneMichael O’Neal Jr.MozesLateef

Guest Performers from Dogg Pound Crew: Sammy Tekle, Robert Eyerman, Dan Tekle

Music: Waylon Dungan aka WD4D

Lighting Design: Amiya Brown

Floor & Wall Design: Ben Zamora

Costume Styling: Wazhma Samizay + Daniel Hellman with Bobojan

Management: Stefanie Karlin and Squid MGMT

Thanks from Amy O’Neal to: the amazing OtB staff, Stef and Ale at Squid MGMT, Velocity Dance Center, The Beacon: Massive Monkees Studio, Case Van Rij, Ben Zamora, Amiya Brown, Zoe Scofield, Tonya Locky-er, Mark Haim, Koushik Ghosh, OtB Ambassadors, Dani Tirell, Tracey Wong, all the amazing pre-show cypher peeps, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Jess Van Nostrand and the Project Room, Free, Mike, Fever, Brysen, Lateef, Waylon - my brothers from other mothers. My Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister-in-Law for coming up from TX for the show. Ellie Sandstrom - my long time dancing companion, and Eric Pranzarone - my rock.

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Opposing Forces was co-commissioned by OtB through its Performance Production Program, the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the National Performance Network.

Opposing Forces was developed and presented with the support of the James W. Ray Venture Project Awards of the Artist Trust / Frye Art Museum Consortium.

Opposing Forces was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Additional development support was provided by 4Culture and Case Van Rij.

Opposing Forces will be filmed and featured on OntheBoards.tv making it possible for individuals worldwide to view this performance. We thank the following individuals for their generous support of this OntheBoards.tv filmed production: Matt Rael, Caroline Renard & Andrew Adamyk, Case Van Rij, Carol Sanders, and Nora Sharp.

NOTE FROM THE ARTIST

When I first started this project, my initial premise was to explore perceptions offemininity with a group of men who dance the most masculine form of dance you can do: B-boying. Born from NYC street gangs in the late 70’s, it was a way to provoke fights, get respect in the street, and get girls. It is now world-wide and has expanded to include many other styles and forms of dance, similarly to the wide container of Contemporary dance. There was a time when a B-boy would get called homosexual or weak fordancing “soft”. According to the cast, this has changed. Dancing soft is not the B-boy way, but smooth is acceptable; how is that different than soft? Throughout the process we had several in-depth discussions about ideas of gender, the wide scope that exists from person to person within it, and the range that one person can hold. Examining feminine and masculine qualities became a way to explore opposites and the ways in which society has set up systems which define us. But why do we see feminine as weak and masculine as strong? Why do we see aggression as masculine and nurturing as feminine? We discussed how men are expected to be only one thing—strong—and women are expected to be strong as well as soft and nurturing. This limits our perceptions of men even more, while expecting too much of women. We explored what these qualities look like throughmovement. We talked about how when we dance, we search for balance, freedom, and peace from the boxes that society puts us in.

Throughout this process, what kept emerging in the room was more of a need to show the range of who these men are—they are fathers, partners, communicators, brothers, lovers and fighters. We needed to show their complexity as dancers, that they are not just machines or clowns who do tricks for entertainment purposes that we so often see in the media, but rather movement artists who are just as rigorous and thoughtful as any other kind of dancer out there. It became more clear to me through this process, thatperhaps there was something more important than uncovering something new about seeing femininity through this lens, because the heart and essence of Hip Hop culture is under-represented. What we mostly see is the exploitation of that culture for a buck. By starting out soft and setting aside the innate posturing of Hip Hop with a nurturing and feminine approach, we were able to celebrate the masculinity of these men and see it for what it can be, instead of what society tells us.

Amy O’Neal

BIOSAmy O’Neal is a dancer, performer,choreographer, and dance educator based in Seattle, WA. For the last 15 years, she has taught and performed throughout the US, Japan and Mexico and choreographed for stage, commercials, rock shows, galleries, dance films and music videos. Her work is an amalgam of her diverse movement and life experiences presenting socialcommentary with dark humor and heavy beats. She is the recipient of numerous grants including awards from CreativeCapital, the National PerformanceNetwork, the National Dance Project, Mid Atlantic Arts and the James W. RayProject Venture Award through Artist Trust and Frye Art Museum. Amy has been an artist-in-residence at Bates Dance Festival, Headlands Center for the Arts, theUS/Japan Choreographer’s Exchange, and Velocity Dance Center. She is atwo-time Artist Trust Fellow, a DanceWEB Scholar, and two-time Stranger Genius Awards nominee. She has workedextensively with musician/comedian Reggie Watts since 2002 both on stage and screen. She choreographed his Comedy Central produced “Fuck, Shit, Stack” video and toured nationally in his showDisinformation. She has createdcommissioned pieces for Degenerate Art Ensemble and Spectrum Dance Theater and collaborated with Savion Glover and Daniel Bernard Roumain through Seattle Theater Group. She has performed in the work of Pat Graney, Scott/PowellPerformance, and Mark Haim. From 2000 to 2010, she was co-director of locust

(music/dance/video) with musician/composer Zeke Keeble, reating 6 evening length works and several shorter works. She teaches Contemporary Dance and Urban Styles at Velocity Dance Center and House at The Beacon: Massive Monkees studio in Seattle. She also teaches dancecomposition and improvisation for Seattle Theater Group’s Dance This program. She holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, and her dance writing has been published in Dance Magazine, City Arts Magazine, and ArtDish Forum.

As a founding member of CIRCLE OF FIRE, Alfredo Vergara aka “FREE” embodies the true essence ofself-expression through movement. With over 15 years of experience deeply rooted in Breaking, he has gained the respect and admiration of his peers and his community. He has participated in various dance events and competitions locally andinternationally. From world famousbreakdancing events such as FreestyleSessions (USA), Dance Delight (Japan), Red Bull: Lords of the Floor (USA), Juste Debut (France), and the International Battle of the Year (Germany), just to name a few. Internationally known for hischarismatic style, Alfredo also starred in a solo dvd “A Beautiful One Man Show”. Alfredo’s knowledge and experience of Breaking and other dance styles such as Hip Hop, House Dancing, Freestyle and the Brazilian martial arts/dance Capoeira, has allowed him to take part in judging competitions, discussion panels as well as teaching workshops all over the world.

Brysen “Just Be” Angeles, afounding member of the Massive Monkees crew, started B-Boying in 1994.Drawing early influence from legendarySeattle crews, such as DVS, BOSS Crew and Rock Steady Crew of the 90s, Brysen and fellow crewmembers fromUntouchable Style Monkees would go on to partner with M.A.S.S.I.V.E crew to form Massive Monkees in 1999. Both on and off the dance floor Brysen plays a keyleadership role in Massive Monkees. Some of his accomplishments include winning the 2004 B-Boy World Championships inLondon, innovating new dynamicchoreography as a member of the Seattle Sonics “Boom Squad”, performing for millions on MTV’s hit show “America’s Best Dance Crew”, and launching Massive Monkees own studio (The Beacon) where hundreds of students in Seattle come to grow artistically.

“Fever One” is a B-Boy and DJ origi-nally from Seattle, WA who relocated to New York in 1997 and eventually joined the world famous Rock Steady Crew. He is most well known for his ‘gunzblazin’ style which he developed while studying with his mentors Icey Ice and Lil’ Lep of the New York City Breakers. Inspired by a Poppin’ Battle in Seattle’s Central District and the aggression he saw in breakin’, Fever One had become influenced by thespirituality and competitiveness of dancing by the age of 10. Since then, Fever Onebecame a member of the world famous Rock Steady Crew which took his career to new heights. He has performed in many prestigious venues from Lincoln Center to

Madison Square Garden and Fashion Week to Dancing with the Stars. He has also lectured about the history of hip-hop at Yale, Princeton, Rutgers, and theUniversity of Washington.

A dance major studying at UW, Michael O’Neal Jr. is originally from Tacoma, WA. Since becoming a dance major he has performed with UW’s Chamber Dance Company, in UW’s student choreographed and run show Influx, the Dance Majors Concert and for the Dance ProgramsFaculty Dance and Master of Fine Art Concerts. Michael believes to be the best dancer he can be he must train in all styles and get out of his comfort zone. He is a member of Chapter1NE, The BeatHippies and NoDef dance crews. He often posts his choreography under theusername Choreomike on YouTube. This is Michael’s second time dancing for Amy and through Opposing Forces he hopes that the audience will come away with a new perspective on Hip Hop.

MozesLateef is an artist who rhymes, dances, draws, acts, models and films.Lateef is an active member of Circle of Fire Crew, which strives to build its com-munity by using the crew’s skills tomaintain the B-Boy culture and carry out the responsibility of expressing positivity in the process. Over the years Lateef and Circle of Fire Crew have performed and competed internationally at the Korea Hip Hop Festival, Battle of the Year Germany, Dance Delight Japan, and Juste Debut France. In Seattle Lateef has performed with Circle of Fire at the Seattle Center

EMP Opening, The Paramount Theater, and with Soul Shifters at The MooreTheater. Mozes has taught workshops and breakdance classes to disabled youth at Camp Long, students at Spectrum Dance Studio and a 2-week workshop with Folk Life. His band, Global Heat, performs locally at events around the city and won Hard Rock Café’s Rock BandCompetition. Recently, Lateef represented Circle of Fire in the film Tribelution, which explores the evolution of Hip Hop. He is currently working on another album with his rap group Dirty Scientifix.

WD4D, Waylon Dungan, blasts the hinges off genre definitions with hisinventive and eclectic style. Not only a knowledgeable producer but anengaging performer as well, WD4D was named champion of Seattle’s 2010 Battle of the Mega-Mixes. When he is notpushing forward his unique beat-flipping sound, WD4D is supporting the musical community and promoting other artists who blend futuristic Hip Hop withelectronic possibilities. This busy producer is also a resident at the weekly future beat and breakers party Stop Biting, one of the most forward-thinking nights of music in Seattle. With plenty of initiative andindustry savvy to match his sharpproduction skills, WD4D is an unstoppable force that brings new music to light- and then sets it on fire! WD4D has shared stages w/ Girl Unit, Lunice, B. Bravo, Slugabed, Daedelus, Onra, Sweatson Klank, and countless other major influences.

Amiya Brown received her BA in Drama with a minor in Dance from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. At UIW she pursued acting,dancing, painting, and lighting design. After college, she worked as a performer, lighting designer, and theatre practitioner. In 2010, she received her MFA inTheatrical Lighting Design from the Uni-versity of Washington. Her career is com-prised of collaborations withchoreographers, theatre companies, and musicians, as well as, solo visual art works. Northwest collaborators include zoe | juniper, Kate Wallich + YC, Amy O, Pat Graney, Catherine Cabeen, Kyle Loven, Alice Gosti, Cornerstone TheatreCompany, and Washington EnsembleTheatre.

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