(home)Body at the MAH
(home)Body is an immersive dance/poetry/video/installation that opens as part of the Rydell Fellows' exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History on January 21, and runs through March 20th.
Cid got to collaborate with a whole bunch of amazing artists:
Video Artist: Mara Milam
Lead Poet/Dramaturge: Denise Leto
(home)Body Poets: JJJJJerome Ellis, Naomi Ortiz, Willie X. Lin, Tanaya Winder
Performer/Choreographic Collaborators: Jesse Bie, Lisa Brenner, Jet Cawiezell, Angela Chambers, Gerald Casel, Julia Daniel, Ana Elizabeth, Kevin Gayton, Francis Garciá, David King, Collette Kollewe, Cynthia Ling Lee, Micha Scott, Cynthia Strauss, Alex Mannings, Lyndia McGauhey, Lazlo Pearlman, Alex Santana, Reba Thomas
Original Sound Scores: Jonathan Segel
Text Animation/Texture Design: Spencer Doughtie
Read writer Sima Belmar's essay on (home)Body and Cid's work in the Rydell Exhibition Catalog
Cid is honored to have been awarded a Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz for her creative work. This includes $20,000 in unrestricted funds. Other artists in the 20/21 cohort include Ann Altstatt, Marc D'Estout and Edward Ramirez. UCSC May Newsletter
Cid Pearlman Performance
"The dancing...is big-boned, unself-conscious
and full of personality."
San Francisco Chronicle
"...intelligent, sensual choreography..."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
“…cool intensity…”
New York Times
“…brash wit and postpunk aesthetics…”
LA Weekly
“Wit is a rare commodity in dance. Even more than its gentler cousin, humor, it demands a finely tuned eye and ability to observe with detachment without letting go of commitment. Cid Pearlman has what it takes.”
Rita Felciano, San Francisco Bay Guardian
“I want to live in the little societies that Cid Pearlman creates: people hold their ground when they need to, still they have an essential gentleness toward one another.”
Janice Steinberg, San Diego Union Tribute
"...Pearlman’s choreography, palpably influenced by punk-rock aesthetics, is a stirring fusion of aggressive attack and strong technical lyricism. Her voice, mature but quirky, speaks volumes about what it means to be making dances in a world dominated by trends without falling prey to their commercial lures.”
Sima Belmar, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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