Tour and Residency Roster

ALTERNATE ROOTS

Tour and Residency Program

Artist Roster 2011

A regional arts service organization with 35 years of history, Alternate ROOTS is an invaluable national resource to artists, organizers and cultural workers. As a visible champion of activist artists, ROOTS is looked to for leadership particularly in the Southern United States, where it provides the most direct services to its members. Alternate ROOTS provides the connective tissue for a distinct segment of the arts and culture field - artists who have a commitment to making work in, with, by, for and about their communities, and those whose cultural work strives for social justice. While this is a large sector in US arts and culture—many artists work in this way and share these aims—these practitioners are, for the most part, informally organized and collaborations are often the result of chance as much as choice. Alternate ROOTS contributes to the sustained artistic development, increased visibility, and stability of activist artists.

Alternate ROOTS is an organization based in the Southern USA whose mission is to support the creation and presentation of original art, in all its forms, which is rooted in a particular community of place, tradition or spirit. As a coalition of cultural workers we strive to be allies in the elimination of all forms of oppression. ROOTS is committed to social and economic justice and the protection of the natural world and addresses these concerns through its programs and services.

Alternate ROOTS was founded in 1976 at the Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee in order to meet the distinct needs of artists who work for social justice, and artists who create work by, for, about and within communities of place, tradition, affiliation, and spirit. Originally an acronym for Regional Organization of Theaters South, ROOTS quickly established itself as a thought leader in the field of community-based arts and the only regional collective of artists committed to social and economic justice. In response to the needs of the growing field of community-based arts, ROOTS evolved to a multidisciplinary member-based and artist-driven organization. Member artists develop programs, and ROOTS provides resources for the needs of these socially conscious artists.

As a progressive arts organization, ROOTS is at the forefront of establishing model programs for regional cultural organizing in the US. ROOTS is an exemplary incubator for participatory democracy, and through the practice of our guiding principles - Equitable Partnership, Shared Power, Open Dialogue, Individual and Community Transformation, and an Aesthetic that embraces both beauty and justice - we continue to be a model for regional organizing that is responsive to and reflective of the needs of this unique artistic community.

Mission

History

Intersection of Art and ActivismTour and

Residency ProgramArtist Roster

The producer of the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage calls Elise Witt “a performer to remember with international savvy &

personal charm.” Elise was born in Switzerland, raised in North Carolina, and since 1977 has made her home in Atlanta. She

speaks five languages fluently, sings in over a dozen more, and has been a cultural ambassador to South Africa, Italy, Nicaragua,

Switzerland, and China. A songwriter and composer, she tours the United States and the world with her Global, Local & Homemade

Songs™. 2009 marked the release of Valise, Elise’s 11th recording for EMWorld Records, as well as the premiere of the Elise Witt

Choral Series. In recent years, she has studied extensively with masters of improvisation Bobby McFerrin, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, David

Darling, and Rhiannon, whose pedagogy she incorporates into her own teaching. As a Residency Artist, she works with students

in elementary schools through universities, as well as with professional ensembles and community groups. Her workshops and

concerts use music as a language to celebrate our cultural diversity while appreciating our connections as one human family. Her

concerts are famous for turning audiences (even self-professed “non-singers”) into a glorious impromptu chorus.

ContactElise Witt

[email protected] 404.297.8398

PO Box 148Pine Lake, GA 30072

www.mindspring.com/~emworld/

Fee Structure Single Performance: $500 - $5000One-Day Residency: $750 - $5000

Multiple-Day Residency: $750 - $4000One-Week Residency: $3000 - $15,000

elise witt

(Photo credit: Irene Young)

ABOUT THE TOUR & RESIDENCY

PROGRAM

The Tour & Residency Program is one of Alternate

ROOTS’ longest running programs. For more

than twenty years, it has provided fee subsidy

support to enable qualified presenters in the

ROOTS’ service region* to bring artists on the

Tour & Residency Roster into their communities

for residencies and performances. This program

provides an opportunity to utilize the arts to

encourage dialogue, foster understanding,

educate audiences, and nourish cooperation and

collaboration amongst Southern artists and the

communities they serve across the country.

Important Dates: Application and guidelines will be available on the ROOTS website on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Application deadline is Friday, April 15, 2011. Presentations must take place between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012.

*Alternate ROOTS service region consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. In addition, for the purposes of this program, ROOTS will fund presenters outside ROOTS’ service region who are a part of the Ford Foundation’s Supporting Diverse Art Spaces Initiative.

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orisirisi african folklore

ContactLaura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp


3311 Rhode Island Avenue #305

Mount Rainier, MD 20712 http://www.danceboxtheater.org/

http://twitter.com/danceboxtheater

Fee Structure Single Performance: $1,800 - $3,600

Multiple Performances: $1,800 - $3,600/perOne-Day Residency: $1,200 - $2,400

Multiple-Day Residency: $1,200 - $3,600 One-Week Residency: $2,400 - $6,000

*These fees do not include housing and transportation.

Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp are the Artistic Directors of Dance Box Theater, Inc. As citizens of the United States sharing

an interracial partnership with the benefit of legal marriage, Schandelmeier & Clapp often find themselves at the center of

contemporary dialogue about race, gender privilege, class ethnography, social dogma and political discourse. As a performance

ensemble, Dance Box Theater addresses the challenges and tensions of this dialogue through the development of creative works

that reflect responses to these issues and invite a meaningful exchange of ideas towards community transformation and cultural

understanding. Their vision is that creative collaboration provides a catalyst for progressive social change and is a critical source of

understanding across (perceived and actual) cultural, economic and civic boundaries. Schandelmeier & Clapp are renowned for their

daring virtuosity, visual elegance and strong sense of social responsibility. Highly energized choreography includes ruminations on

action and re-action, conflict, empathy, and transformation - creating motion narrative with a sensual luster and dynamic variety. A

commitment to the intersection of art and social justice fused with an edgy exploration of dance and theater, Dance Box Theater forges

a unique blend of artistry, cultural synthesis, community engagement and contemporary commentary.

Orisirisi African Folklore is an awe-inspiring African adventure rooted in the history, culture, and traditions of Africa, inclusive of

folktales, legends, and myths, spirited drumming, dance and song, children’s games, lectures on special topics, and a healthy

dose of the obligatory African tradition of audience participation. The nationally and internationally acclaimed performing arts

and educational initiative was founded in 1986 by husband and wife team Don and Tutu Harrell, with the expressed purpose of

sharing the beauty and poignancy of African life and culture. Since inception the company has provided its unique brand of folklore for

countless people from a vast array of demographics and cultural-specific backgrounds at primary and secondary schools, colleges and

universities, festivals, churches, libraries, museums, conferences, corporate and teacher in-services, television and radio programs,

theme parks, and special events, while exhibiting an unwavering commitment to the needs of the individual, the group, the community,

and society at large. For more about fun-filled solo, duo, or ensemble performances, residencies, lecture/ demonstrations, drumming

and dance classes, and African musical theatre production and direction that help to develop social consciousness, moral compass,

and understanding between cultures and generations, as well, visit www.orisirisi.com.

ContactDon Harrell

[email protected]

14001 Beargrass CourtWinter Garden, Fl 34787

Fee Structure Single performance: $1,000 - $1,500

Multiple performances: $750 - $1,000/eaOne-day residency: $1000 - $1,500

Multiple-day residency: $750 - $1000/dayOne-week residency: $3,500 - $5000

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dance box theater, inc.

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Fee Structure* Two-Hour Workshop – Learn the fundamentals of creative movement, including non-loco-motor and locomotive movement possibilities. ($200.00)* Half-Day Workshop – Learn the fundamentals of creative movement, including non-loco-motor and locomotive movement possibilities. Begin to create individual phrase work, and some group work. ($400.00)* Full-Day Workshop – Learn the fundamentals of creative movement, including non-loco-motor and locomotive movement possibilities. Begin to create individual phrase work, and some group work. Begin to incorporate the fundamentals of working with partners through contact improvisation. ($800.00)* Two Half-Day Workshops – Learn the fundamentals of creative movement, including non-loco-motor and locomotive movement possibilities. Begin to create individual phrase work, and some group work. Begin to incorporate the fundamentals of working with partners through contact improvisation.

Expand the depth of contact partnering to include low to medium level lifting. ($1000.00)* Half-Week Workshop – Learn the fundamentals of creative movement, including non-loco-motor and locomotive movement possibilities. Begin to create individual phrase work, and some group work. Begin to incorporate the fundamentals of working with partners through contact improvisation. Expand the depth of contact partnering to include low to medium level lifting. Continue into higher-level lifts, and more complex layering in choreographic structure. ($1,500.00)* Full-Week Workshop – Continue with all described above, and begin to create a short performance piece. ($2,000.00)* Multi-Week Workshop – Continue with all described above, and begin to create a performance piece of significant length (length of finished piece is a function of length of residency). (from $2,500)

beacon dance

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he Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. (CBT) is a professional, multigenerational ensemble company dedicated to the production of new

works. Its mission is to give artistic voice to the issues and dreams of people who have been silenced by racism, classism,

sexism, ageism, homophobia and other forms of oppression. CBT serves communities by returning their stories to them with

honesty, dignity, and concern for the aesthetic of that particular community. The company works in partnership with community artists,

activists, cultural workers, storytellers, leaders and concerned citizens. For more than 40 years, CBT has told stories of empowerment,

celebrated African American culture and revealed hidden stories. The artistic vision of the company is rooted in the practice of hearing,

interpreting and re-imagining the stories of our collective communities. The artistic process begins with hearing meaning and imagining

an empowered listener, whether it be an individual or particular community. We believe in the power of story to re-frame experiences

and provide healing and that in the act of telling, we release the demons that hold us hostage over time. CBT has a range of services and

numerous touring performance options for the presenter. Depending on the work selected and the residency activities, the following

range will apply: CBT works directly with the sponsor to define residency activities. CBT offers workshops in ensemble process,

storytelling and story circles, spoken word, song development, and an extended digital storytelling workshop. The CBT ensemble works

with youth, adult learners, and seniors, utilizing creative drama and creative play to prepare them for performance and/or story-

building. Our Digital Storytelling Team works with participants of all ages and skill levels: Colleges and Universities, High Schools,

Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, Senior Centers, Immigrant populations, Hospitals, Prisons, People with learning disabilities.

ContactLinda Parris-Bailey [email protected]

865.544.0447

100 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37914 http://www.carpetbagtheatre.org/

thecarpetbagtheatreinc /twitter.com/carpetbaginc

Fee Structure Single performance, One-day Residency,

Multiple-performance day: $4,000 - $17,000One-week residency: $15,000 - $35,000

Contact D. Patton White


1361 Chalmette Dr., #3Atlanta, GA 30306

www.beacondance.orgFacebook: D Patton White

Beacon Dance is a professional performance organization presenting classes, workshops and performances to the general

public. Our work is a series of projects linked to the basic elements of dance: the body, time, space and energy. We design

our projects to be interactive experiences with our audiences, to reflect the realities of our time, to occur in unusual spaces

and with passionate attention. The programs of Beacon Dance are offered throughout the year. We are based in Decatur, GA, and tour

extensively throughout the Southeast.

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Gwylene and Jean-Marie have worked for thirty years in the field of visual arts in France and the States. They have worked

independently and collaboratively. Within the last ten years they have developed permanent and temporary art-installations

which have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, Spoleto Festival,

the Johanna Foundation, the Russell Foundation, Alternate ROOTS, and the Humanities Foundation among others. Their work is

centered on creating collaborative artworks and processes which strengthen community. They experiment with ways of collaborating

across disciplines, races and social classes. They use visual and community-based arts, often developing multi-media art installations.

Gallimard & Mauclet may work with video or performances as well. Every decision, formal, spatial and conceptual, is informed by facts

on the ground.

The fee, including travel, housing, per diem, transportation and material expenses varies from $500 to $10,000 depending on the size

of the project and the collaboration. Often travel expenses and a fee of $200 are asked for the initial site visit. Then a specific budget

is developed collaboratively with the community organization and/or presenter.

Jeff Mather is an environmental sculptor & site artist & teaching artist based in Decatur, GA. Jeff has worked extensively in the

Atlanta metro area and throughout the southeast as an independent artist and educator, designing and executing numerous

works of art in public spaces, and conducting hundreds of workshops and residencies in schools and other community venues.

He has been a member of Alternate ROOTS since 1990 and some of his community-based public art partnerships have been supported

by ROOTS’ C/AP Program. He is also on the teaching artist banks with Young Audiences at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta and

the Georgia Council for the Arts, and he is the Board President for the Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning. Jeff has also been

a member of the Community Built Association and a presenter at CBA conferences since 2004. Jeff has coached many collaborative

community-based public art projects throughout Georgia and elsewhere. He conducts research with community partners to excavate

and understand layers of history and meaning embedded in a place. This research is the core of the collaborative design process.

Issues of inclusion and environmental justice are often front and center. These art projects expand to reach out to youth and elders

and everybody in between. They also involve the local business community, as they can provide tools and materials in support of their

community. Most often Jeff is engaged by communities to direct outdoor environmental sculpture projects. Sometimes these site art

projects are indoors and the sculptures are suspended overhead or are wall-mounted relief sculptures. Jeff frequently collaborates

with dance companies and uses body movement concepts in coaching environmental sculpture design. He is also a director of Object

Theater (puppetry without puppets) and directs community-based multi-generational performance projects.

gwylene gallimard &jean-marie mauclet

ContactGwylene Gallimard & Jean-Marie Mauclet

[email protected] 843.723.1018 / 607-5811

68 Devereaux St.Charleston, SC 29403

http://www.fastandfrench.org/

mather site artContact

Jeff Mather [email protected]

404.578.5448

2845 Orion Drive Decatur, GA 30033

http://www.southernartistry.org/Jeff_Mather Mather Site Art on facebook

Fee Structure Workshops: $75/session (per hour)

Half-day: $150 (two sessions/workshops)Full-day: $300 (four sessions/workshops)

Five days: $1,500 Ten days: $3,000

Fifteen days: $4,500 (etc.)Professional learning workshops: $150/hour

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ContactObakunle Akinlana

[email protected]

980.213.7169 1713 Seifert Circle

Charlotte, NC 28205 http://www.lifeasartproductions.com/obakunle.html

Fee StructureSingle Performance: $500 - $2,000

Multiple Performance: $400One-Day Residency: $1,200

Multiple-day Residency: $1,000/dayOne-week Residency: $4,000

One-month Residency: $12,000

Mondo Bizarro has been creating daring, multidisciplinary art and fostering creative partnerships in local, national and

international communities for the last eight years. We are a collective of individuals who create, present and produce a

wide array of imaginative projects aimed at utilizing art as a tool for understanding what makes us commonly human and

individually unique. Our work is intentionally enterprising, ranging from physical theater to large-scale community festivals; from social

media to site-specific productions. Everything we do is infused with a hunger to develop fearless new works of art that illuminate the

beauty and travails of the human condition.

To date, we have created seven critically acclaimed works of performance. We have presented, with ArtSpot Productions and

M.U.G.A.B.E.E., over five hundred local, regional and national artists through our annual State of the Nation Art and Performance

Festival, and initiated the nationally renowned place-based story project I-Witness Central City.

ContactMondo Bizarro

Nick Slie [email protected]

225.571.2929 6100 Canal Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70124 www.mondobizarro.org

Fee StructureSingle Performance: $1500

Multiple Performance: $1000/performanceOne-Day Residency: $1000

Multiple-Day Residency: $1000/dayOne-Week Residency: $5000

One-Month Residency: $15-20,000

*All prices are negotiable based upon the specific needs of the presenting partner.

mondo bizarro

To offer my gift and talent as an artist as a means to live in peace and harmony with all life. To do what I was sent here to do, and

to do it well. I am a storyteller who uses drums, shekeres, and other African musical instruments to present fun and exciting

traditional African folktales. I have performed as a storyteller,and percussionist throughout the United States and West Africa.

I offer lectures on Yoruba art and culture that include artifacts, film and print. My programs focus on the arts and folklore of the

Yoruba people of Southwest Nigeria, a culture that I have studied for over 30 years. I travel annually to Nigeria to observe and learn

traditional culture, folklore and art from artists, musicians, performers, and traditional chiefs. In addition to being a published writer,

recording artist, and producer of the annual Igunnuko African Heritage Festival that is held in Charlotte, NC and draws over 25,000

people, I am active in community events and service.

1) Solo performance using drums, and other instruments to bring exciting African folktales to life.

(45-60 minutes) Appropriate for children K-12 and adults.

2) Obakunle and the Blaze Ensemble (drummers, dancers, theatre; 20 minutes - 4 hours).

3) Alo Irintan Yoruba is a 50-to-60-minute presentation that features myself, accompanied by a drummer and dancer.

Yoruba artifacts such as bead art, wood carvings, basketry, calabashes, textiles, and musical instruments are included

in this presentation. Appropriate for grades 4-12 and adults.

obakunle akinlana

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ContactTrina Fischer


312 Crescent Ave. Louisville, KY 40206

http://www.lookingforlilith.org/

Fee StructureOne woman show, CHOICES, or cuttings of larger shows: $500-$2,000

Full performances: $2000-$6,000Block booking of two or more shows can provide a significant discount.

For ResidenciesOne-day residency: $200-$1,000

One-week residency: $850-$3,000

Sheila Kerrigan is the mime who can’t find a box she fits inside. In Mime Explains String Theory, or Mime Explains Life, Death,

she starts before birth, ends after death, and toddles unsteadily through the thirteen stages of woman. She stumbles upon

the meaning of life and struggles to communicate it. Her children’s performance, The Mime Who Talks! The Juggler Who Drops!

includes juggling, dropping, and talking about not being afraid of failure and setting a positive mental attitude to aim for success,

plus a lecture-demonstration about mime and even some silent mime. She uses drama to teach communication, creativity, conflict

resolution and collaboration. She works with at-risk youth to create performances about issues important to them. She served on the

Alternate ROOTS Resources for Social Change Training Team, where she helped develop a curriculum on using the arts to spur change,

including anti-racism work. With A+ Schools and the SE Center for Arts Integration, she leads professional development workshops

for teachers and artists on integrating the arts with core curricula. She taught Community-Based Performance at Duke. She wrote

The Performer’s Guide to the Collaborative Process. She toured the eastern US with TOUCH Mime Theater, performing in prisons,

hospitals, festivals, and on television.

Note: Block-booking can reduce fees. Also, there are two tiers of fees, one for communities within one-day’s drive of central NC,

and a higher one for communities two-day’s drive away.

Note: Although it is a solo show, this performance has two people in the touring company—the mime and the stage manager who

manipulates puppets and props. It requires one day before the performance date to set up in the theater.

ContactSheila Kerrigan

[email protected] 919.929.1624 919.942.4264

2310 Stansbury Rd. Chapel Hill, NC 27516

www.collaborativecreativity.comfacebook: Sheila Kerrigan

Fee StructureSingle performance: $5,100

Three performances in one space (for example, Friday, Saturday, Sunday): $7,500One week residency with workshops & performance(s): $9,000

Children’s Show: $500

Looking For Lilith is an ensemble theatre company that collaboratively creates original plays based on women’s history & women’s

experiences. Their work has been described as excellent, moving, riveting, inspiring, powerful, brilliant, superb & important.

Shows include:looking for liliththeatre company * Women Speak: IRAQ , a dynamic one-woman show based on interviews with women about their experiences with the

current war in Iraq.

* CHOICES: An Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and Suicide encourages audiences deeply to consider these problems

and possible solutions and coping strategies.

* Strangers/Extranjeras is a bilingual play about an inspiring friendship between an optimistic U.S. volunteer and her

generous Mayan Guatemalan host-mother.

* What My Hands Have Touched shares the compelling stories of a group of U.S. women during World War II.

* Crossing Mountains: To Teach All We Can and To Learn All We Can celebrates the history of Appalachian Kentucky’s

Hindman Settlement School and explores the universal struggle for progress and growth through education.

* Fabric, Flames, And Fervor: Girls of the Triangle explores the individual, societal and political repercussions of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in New York.

Looking For Lilith has a thriving outreach program, including workshops, Master Classes, Acting Classes, Creative Drama,

Collaborative Playwriting/Devising Sessions, & exploring curriculum or social issues through drama.

sheila kerrigan

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Pacha Mamas! is comprised of three unique individuals who work in harmony with each other and spirit to create, express and

inspire. Their performances are primarily driven by their eclectic original songs, but also include movement, humor, improvisation

and storytelling. The Pacha Mama’s powerful voices are their primary instruments often harmonizing in three parts, singing with

counter melodies and vocal accompaniment, occasionally accompanying themselves with African drums, piano and guitar as well as

various percussive instruments. The Pacha Mamas strive to be authentic and “in the moment”, invoking a spirit of sharing from the

heart with openness. The themes that are most present are spiritual in nature, celebrating the things that connect and empower us

all. It is their intention to help bring about transformation and healing in the world by reminding people of our deep connection in

order to facilitate a deeper sense of community. Pacha Mamas seek to inspire the viewer to reflect upon such subjects as inclusion,

diversity and respect for self and others via humorous and reflective entertainment. Joy is their ultimate intention in co-creating with

the viewer as they seek to engage them in the experience.

ContactSean LaRocca

[email protected] 504.826.7783 504.826.7784

6100 Canal Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70124

www.artspotproductions.org

Fee StructureSingle performance: $250 - $15,000

Multiple performances: $500 - $20,000One-day residency: $1,000 - $5,000

Multiple-day residency: $2,500 - $10,000One-week residency: $5,000 - $20,000

ContactAngela Holley


PO Box 1415 Pine Lake, GA 30072

Fee StructureOne to one-and-a-half-hour performance: $500

Two performances in a day: $750 Two performances over two days: $1000

One-day residency: $800Two-day residency: $1500

(*Note these rates do not include travel and accommodations, which would also need to be a part of the contract.)

ArtSpot Productions is an ensemble of artists dedicated to creating meticulously LIVE theater. We are Louisiana’s most

accomplished and awarded ensemble theatre company. Our productions are a sincere blend of disciplines, developed through

ensemble authorship, physically rigorous training, original music, interactive sculptural environments, and extended research

and rehearsal. We strive to incite positive change in our community with visually stunning performances and empowering educational

programs.

Works available for touring include:Go Ye Therefore, a duet for two women, one black and one white, that strives to promote racial healing, the empowerment of

women, and religious tolerance;

Loup Garou, the story of a Cajun werewolf that celebrates Louisiana life and culture while revealing the damage the oil industry has

inflicted on Louisiana; and

Flight, a black-box show about humankind’s dream of flying.

Some of our shows require multiple days to install. Pricing is negotiable; we will work with any presenter to reach a mutually beneficial

agreement. We also offer one-day workshops, process demonstrations, and master classes in conjunction with or separately from a

full performance engagement.

pacha mamas!

artspot productions

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ContactAndrea Assaf


Tampa, FL 33614 www.unitedstatesartists.org/user/andreaassaf

www.art2action.org

Fee StructureSingle Performance: $500 - $1000Multiple Performances: Negotiable

One-day Residency: $300 - $500Multiple Day (Less than 1 Week): Negotiable

One Week Residency: $1000 - $3000 (Will work on NPN contract)One Month Residency: $3000 - $5000

*All fees are negotiable, and depend on the nature of the work. Detailed discussion with the presenting organization or person is required.

Travel and housing should, ideally, be provided by the presenter.

[email protected]

919.384.8418 5612 Willet Rd.

Durham, NC 27705 www.beverlybotsford.com

Fee StructureSolo performance/residencies:

$800 - $1500 per day, $2500 - $5000 per week

For ensemble performances: $1200 - $5000

*NEGOTIABLE- specifics of fees depend on travel, personnel, and length of program.

Andrea Assaf is a writer, performer, director, and cultural organizer. Her performance work ranges from poetry / spoken word,

to interdisciplinary theater, to community-based arts. Founder and Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc., she is also Artist-in-

Residence at Pangea World Theater for the 2010-11 season, through a Princess Grace Award-Theater Fellowship. Andrea

has a Masters degree in Performance Studies and a BFA in Acting from NYU. She’s the former Artistic Director of New WORLD

Theater (2004-09), and Program Associate for Animating Democracy (2001-04). She has taught Acting Technique, Voice and Creative

Movement in New York, Boston, the Washington DC area, and Florida. Andrea has created and directed original works at NWT, the

NY International Fringe Festival, the National Asian American Theater Festival, and more. She has toured internationally to Mexico,

Poland, Nicaragua and Canada. She’s also a recipient of a 2010 Creation Fund commission through the National Performance Network

(NPN); a 2007 Hedgebrook residency for “women authoring change;” and a 2004 Cultural Contact grant as an artist-in-residence with

Mujeres en Ritual Danza-Teatro, in Mexico. She’s a member of Alternate ROOTS, RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers), and serves

on the Board of Directors for CAATA (Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists).

Beverly Botsford is a cross-cultural percussionist and educator; blending music, movement, and spoken word in solo and

ensemble presentations. Embracing drumming traditions and inspirations of Africa, Cuba, South America and her native North

Carolina, she celebrates more than 30 years of full-time, professional experience. Highlights include 13 years of touring with

Chuck Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble and more than a decade on the faculty of the American Dance Festival. She has

also shared her passion for rhythm and culture in hundreds of school and community residencies, workshops and performances, in

solo and ensemble presentations. Since 1998, Beverly has toured internationally with Grammy nominated jazz vocalist, Nnenna Freelon

in such venues as the Kennedy Center, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. Television credits include appearances

on CBS “Good Morning”, BET Jazz, UNC-TV’s “Our State” and WRAL’s , “Smart Start Kids.” Beverly offers a variety of solo and

ensemble performances as well as workshops and residencies. The language of rhythm is universal and her goal is empowerment,

enlightenment and inspiration for people in all walks of life.

andrea assaf

(Photo Credit: Barb Campbell)

beverly botsford

(Photo credit: Gregory Georges)

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ContactSue Schroeder

[email protected] 404.373.4154 866.202.9156713.862.5530

P.O. Box 2045 Decatur, GA 30031

www.coredance.orgwww.facebook.com/COREdance

www.twitter.com/coredances

Fee StructureSingle performance: $4,000 - $25,000

Community residency activities in addition to regular performance: $200 - $600One week residency with multiple performances and activities: $14,000 - $40,000

ContactMichael E. Hickey


PO Box 8062 Atlanta, GA 31106

www.masktheater.org

Fee StructureSingle performance: $3,0001 day (2 activities): $3,2002 days (4 activities): $5,0003 days (6 activities): $6,6004 days (8 activities): $8,000

5 days (10 activities): $9,5001 month residency: $25,000

Gateway Performance Productions exists to inspire and educate through engagement with Mask and Mime Theatre, other

performing arts and related fine and applied arts. Mime, masks, dance and music combine to create mesmerizing performances

for audiences of all ages. Original stage productions, choreographed and directed by Sandra Hughes with hand-carved

museum quality masks created by Michael Hickey, celebrate the the human spirit and the healing of the planet with an emphasis on

trans-cultural themes that will resonate with widely diverse audiences. In Gateway’s 35-year history as a touring company, we have

toured to 33 states in the United States and to 13 other countries. We have been on the ROOTS Touring Roster since its inception.

We have introduced the art forms of mime, mask theatre and visual theatre to a wide variety of under-served communities: Native

American reservations, conflict zones in Northern Ireland, behind the Iron Curtain in Yugoslavia and Hungary, urban communities,

rural communities, schools, hospitals and prisons. We have also introduced themes of hope, belief in the finer parts of the human

spirit and the need to protect our planet. We have encouraged communities to create their own stories and some of these have gone

on to be performed for wider audiences. Over the years we have returned to some communities many times and have seen the seeds

we planted years earlier bearing fruit. We know our work has impact on the spiritual health of the communities we’ve served.

Founded by Sue Schroeder, CORE Performance Company creates and performs innovative contemporary dance. CORE has been

acclaimed for its performances and residencies in the United States and internationally and is proud to be celebrating its 30th

anniversary. “An evening full of unexpected pleasures and beautiful mysteries” is how Creative Loafing remarked on Schroeder’s

2010 Corazón Abriendo (Heart Opening), adding “CORE is a company whose dancers work together with a remarkable ease and with

clearly-linked intention.” CORE creates original work that evolves through experimentation, improvisation, and collaboration with

artists from different mediums. Performing Schroeder’s work as well as that of guest choreographers including Beppie Blankert, Polly

Motley, Alicia Sánchez, Ellen Bromberg, Bill Evans, Jacalyn Carley, Tanzcompagnie Rubato, Bill Young and John Mead, CORE maintains

a strong profile as a contemporary dance company with a diverse body of multi-layered work. Guided by a strong sense of public

responsibility, CORE uses dance to teach, to question, to connect, to heal, and to inspire. CORE believes it is essential to develop and

nurture a meaningful connection to our work; as such, successful and mutually-beneficial residency experiences are created with the

imagination, resources, and input of presenters, educators, administrators, artists, community leaders, and all other supporters. Our

fees vary depending on which works are being performed, the length of the residency and number of activities, and if we have been

able to block book with other engagements. The fees below reflect a range; we are flexible and encourage presenters to contact Sue

directly to discuss.

(Photo Credit: Dianne Hanks)

core performancecompany

gateway performanceproductions

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ContactAllison Pearsall

[email protected] 301.717.9271•301.230.0411

PO Box 3111 Silver Spring, MD 20918

www.clancyworks.org

Fee StructureSingle performance: $1000-$10,000

Multiple performances: $2,000 - $15,000One-day residency: $300 - $1200

Multiple-day residency: $500 - $2000One-week residency: $500 per week

For each company member, plus an organizational fee of $200 and travel expenses.

ContactLiza Garza

PO Box 135Seguin, TX 78156

810.309.8078

[email protected] www.lizagarza.com

www.facebook.com/iamlizagarzaTwitter: @iamlizagarza

Fee StructureSingle Performance: $2500+

Residency, workshops and multiple performances: Please call to negotiate fee. Please note: Fees do not include travel and lodging.

ClancyWorks, an ensemble of contemporary dance artists based in Maryland, was formed in 2001, providing professional dance

performances, high quality arts in education (AiE) programs, and professional development opportunities for emerging dance

educators, performers and arts administrators. Our AiE work targets an under-served, economically challenged population of

all ages. Our work presents images embracing mutual respect, diversity, individual empowerment, and reflects a conviction that the

arts can advance positive social action. The company is most known for unique partnering work that is not only an aesthetic statement,

but also serves as a catalyst to spark community dialogues about relevant issues. Touring allows ClancyWorks Dance Company to

make sure that our work stays relevant and of high quality by engaging with various communities. On tour, not only do individuals in

various communities reap the benefits of the workshops and dialogues sparked with ClancyWorks, but as artists and organizers we

get a chance to see firsthand what is of social concern for communities in different locations. Our workshop exercises are connected

to the content in our performances and initiate deeper conversations while creating the space for individuals to have a voice, both

literally and metaphorically through the dance. We conduct an extensive array of arts programming for all ages and all levels of ability

at community, university, K – 12 public and private school venues, and senior centers. We work with local presenters in areas where

we tour in order to conduct workshops and connect with diverse members of a community. We work to be flexible with budgets and

workshop structures to accommodate the needs of the presenters in various communities.

Emmy Award-nominated LIZA GARZA is a rare soul. A poet, vocalist and songwriter, Liza, possesses the uncommon ability to

keep listeners captivated while provoking social change and action in the community. Her words simultaneously whisper power

and strength; peace and grace. Remaining faithful to a rich ancestral and artistic tradition, Liza eloquently infuses the spirit of

hip-hop with the cultural soul of Mexican folk tunes, brilliantly displaying diversity through song and spoken word. She has shared the

stage with Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott and Roberta Flack, and performed at New York’s Lincoln Center, Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theatre,

and the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture 25th Anniversary Conference. She has also been featured on HBO’s “Russell

Simmons Presents Def Poetry”. It is through her exploration of personal narratives and use of storytelling and song that audiences

are able to find a home in her voice.

liza garza

(Photo Credit: Enoch Chan)

clancyworks dancecompany

(Photo Credit: Mustafa Davis)

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ContactVanessa Manley

[email protected]

404.702.9260 2249 Boulder Run Trail

Ellenwood, GA 30294www.chosenvesselsdance.com

Vanessa Young-Manley

Fee StructureSingle Solo Performance: $75 - $150

Single Group Performance (2-5 artists): $250 - $500Multiple Day Residency: $500+Week-long Residency: $2500+

José Torres-Tama explores the underbelly of the North American Dream mythology, the Latino immigrant experience, and the

lingering legacy of white supremacist power structures in the United States. His interdisciplinary creative practices include

spoken word poetry, critical essays, visual arts/installations, short films, and performance art. An NEA award recipient and

Louisiana Theater Fellow, he received a 2010 Creation Fund from the National Performance Network for the commissioning of ALIENS,

IMMIGANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS, a sci-fi Latino noir and multimedia solo exploring the rise in hate crimes against immigrants in the

U.S. His critically acclaimed post-Katrina performance The Cone of Uncertainty chronicles his dramatic escape from the flooded city

on a stolen school bus three days after the levees breached.

His performances thrive on an inventive fusion of bilingual texts, exaggerated characters, conceptual rituals, and film projections,

creating spectacles that are visually dynamic and politically charged. His solos have been presented at Performance Space 122 in

New York; Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles; GALA Hispanic Theatre in Washington, DC, the National Hispanic Cultural

Center in Albuquerque; and the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. In the academy, Cornell, Duke, Vanderbilt, the University

of Michigan, and the University of Maryland are some of the many institutions that have staged his work and academic lectures on

performance art and social change. A recent international tour included performance projects at Roehampton University in London,

The Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool, and the Center for Performance Research in Aberystwyth, Wales. www.torrestama.com

Chosen Vessels Dance (CVD) is an Atlanta-based performance ministry ensemble that fuses dance, drama, music, and the spoken

word. CVD seeks to bring the untold and under-told histories and stories to light through the performing arts. Founded in 1998

by Alabama native Vanessa Young-Manley (Artistic Director), CVD is dedicated to exploring the use of cultural expression

as a catalyst for social change and spiritual growth. Chosen Vessels Dance has been presented extensively in New York and has

performed throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa. As part of its mission and outreach effort, CVD presents

annual workshops, lecture demonstrations, performances, and artistic residencies. CVD engages in extensive community-based

programming, encouraging cultural activity as an inherent part of community life. CVD’s Community Mission Projects partner CVD

with local presenters, area artists, churches, and community residents to bring stories from the Bible and everyday life experiences

forward through their creative performances. When engaging with community partners, CVD gives equal attention to the creative,

social, physical, and spiritual needs of the participants. It is this community-focused vision that drives the aesthetic of CVD, and

solicits a collective nod of “amen” from a diverse audience of fans.

[email protected]

504.232.2968

2426 Saint Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117

www.torrestama.com

Fee Structure*Single lecture, reading, or workshop: $1,000

*Single performance: $3,500*Residency that includes one performance and one

or two activities, lecture and workshop: $4,000*Residency that includes two performances,

and two residency activities: $5,000*Residency that includes up to three performances and

three activities, a lecture and two workshops: $6,000

*All stage productions are followed by a thirty-minute question and answer session with the artist, unless otherwise requested by the presenter.

*These prices do not include a $40 per diem and all travel and lodging expenses, which are the responsibility of the presenting organization.

chosen vessels dance

josé torres-tama

(Photo Credit: Jonathan Traviesa)

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ContactGesel Mason


3311 Rhode Island Ave #310 Mt. Rainier, MD 20712

www.gmasonprojects.com

Fee StructureSingle performance: $5,000 - $12,500

Multiple performances: $7,000 - $16,500One-day residency: $1,000

One-two week residency: $ 1,000 - $5,000One-month residency $4,000 - $10,000

GESEL MASON PERFORMANCE PROJECTS (www.gmasonprojects.com) uses art as a vehicle to encourage compassion and

inquiry. Artistic Director Gesel Mason’s distinctive blend of dance, theater, storytelling and humor brings visibility to voices

unheard, situations neglected or perspectives considered taboo. Her award winning projects are “ambitious, riveting and

impressively executed” (Washington Post) and have been presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bates Dance

Festival, Joyce SoHo, 651 Arts, South Dallas Cultural Center, Painted Bride, the International Contemporary Dance Conference and

Performance Festival in Poland, and the International Association of Blacks in Dance. Ms. Mason’s solo project, NO BOUNDARIES:

Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers, includes choreography by Robert Battle, Donald McKayle, Bebe Miller,

David Rousséve, Reggie Wilson, Andrea Woods, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. It was supported by New England Foundation for the Arts,

National Endowment for the Arts, and National Performance Network (NPN). Her recent project, Women, Sex, and Desire: Sometimes

You Feel Like A Ho, Sometimes You Don’t, was commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and is a NPN Creation Fund

recipient. It begins touring May 2011. Residencies and workshops engage populations diverse in age, race, class, and physical ability,

giving deeper insight and connection to the projects.

Bailey Barash screens her work and conducts interactive workshops at universities, community health centers, churches,

youth organizations, film festivals and conferences, world wide. She emphasizes the ethical and creative considerations of

film making while introducing her audience to the basics of documentary production. bbarash productions specializes in two

types of films:

Independent documentaries that open a window on issues in society and show factual information and possible solutions through the

stories of real people dealing with those issues. Subjects we’ve addressed include end-of-life decisions and hospice, aging, racism,

sexism and HIV/AIDS and African Americans.

Social marketing* videos that present the work of nonprofit, public health and social service agencies to audiences, giving them new

information , encouraging healthy behavioral changes, community support, contributions and volunteer activity. Our productions have

included videos on heart disease in low-income minority populations, aging and caregiving and the involvement of minority volunteers

in AIDS vaccine clinical trials. *Social marketing can be defined as the application of established commercial marketing techniques

to non-profit endeavors. The goal is to change the behavior of the audience in a positive way, to help them and others deal with such

issues as health, community and cultural conflict.

gesel mason performance projects

bbarash productions, llc

ContactBailey Barash


mobile: 678.358.2349

1875 McLendon Ave. NEAtlanta, GA, 30307

http://bbarash.comBailey Barash /@baileybarash

Fee StructureScreening and discussion: $500

Film Making Workshop: $500

Residency and multiple workshops: subject to specific logistics, transportation and housing; open to negotiation

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ContactTrey Hartt


2302 Falkirk Drive Richmond, VA 23236

www.theconciliationproject.orgfacebook.com/theconciliationproject

Fee StructureFull-length Performance $5,000.00

Abridged Version $2,500.00History Live

$600.00 (3 exhibits) 20 min. exhibit, 30 min. facilitated dialogue $750.00 (5 exhibits) 30 min. exhibit, 40 min. facilitated dialogue

$1,000.00 (7 exhibits) 45 min. exhibit, 45-50 min .facilitated dialogue

ContactCarlton Turner601.473.6074

[email protected]

1785 Lebanon Pinegrove RoadUtica, MS 39175

Fee StructurePerformances: $800 & upResidencies: $2500 & up

Workshops: $400 & up

*All prices are subject to adjustments due to factors including transportation, duration, lodging, etc.

The Conciliation Project works to promote, through active and challenging dramatic work, open and honest dialogue about racism

in America in order to repair its damaging legacy. As a social justice theatre organization, the ultimate goal is individual and

community transformation. We understand the temptation to ignore history and whitewash the present with niceties. But just

saying “we live in a post-race world” or “ the glass ceiling has been shattered” does not make this true. And even if we choose

politeness over candor, that doesn’t mean centuries of hurt have been healed. Our dramatic works challenge audiences to rethink their

beliefs and prejudices by:

* Presenting previously hidden historical accounts

* Encouraging candid conversations, rather than tired rhetoric.

* Replacing misconceptions with genuine understanding and acceptance.

* Igniting dialogues that have been stifled and silenced by political correctness, misunderstandings, inaccurate historical

accounts and fear.

Our productions illuminate the distortions of America’s racial history and provide an honest interrogation, while including marginalized,

under-represented and unheard voices. Our engagements are geared toward businesses, organizations and communities to help in

the process of eliminating racial and cultural stereotypes and the movement toward a more just and equal world.

Their name, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., is an acronym meaning Men Under Guidance Acting Before Early Extinction. It describes a duo

guided to be musicians, singers, producers, playwrights, poets and teachers, seeing themselves as artists, vessels for the word,

allowing it to move through them in various forms of hip hop, jazz, spoken word, and soul. Born Maurice S. Turner II and Carlton

A. Turner, M.U.G.A.B.E.E. slipped into this life in Mt. Vernon, New York in the early seventies. Several years later they relocated to rural

Mississippi where they began a performing career at an early age. One of their greatest assets is their willingness to learn, grow, and

evolve as artists, but truly their greatest strength is their understanding that art is used to empower and uplift all people, assisting

the evolution of human beings by providing thought-provoking entertainment in a wide range of subject matter. M.U.G.A.B.E.E. has

been performing professionally since 1995. Since 2001, M.U.G.A.B.E.E. has been working in communities across the South in the form

of residencies, workshops, performances and lectures. M.U.G.A.B.E.E. works with youth groups, adult learners, community centers,

churches, schools and universities. Creating sounds from the soul, to touch other souls.

the conciliation project

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ContactQueen Sheba/Bethsheba A. Rem


2887 Edgewater St. Atlanta, GA 30331

www.thequeensheba.org

Fee StructureSingle Solo Booking: $1500 + Travel + Lodging

Single Booking w/all woman band: $2700 + Travel + LodgingSingle Booking w/all woman band + DJ: $3300 + Travel + Lodging

Multiple Performance Solo Booking (2-3): $1200 (3-5) $1000 (5-7) $800

*Please call for multiple day bookings that include band and DJOne-Day Residency: $1000 + Travel + Lodging

Multiple-Day Residencies: 2+ $850/day Travel + LodgingMonth-Long Residency: $3000 - $5000 + Travel + Lodging

ContactPaula Larke

404.228.7978 646.271.9873

P.O.Box 513 Stone Mountain, GA 30086-0513

[email protected] www.voicesinthetreetops.org

Fee StructureSingle Performance: $500 - $1500

Multiple Performances: $1500 plus expensesOne-Day Residency: $1500

Multiple-Day Residency: $750/dayOne-Week Residency: $2500 plus travel,

transportation and lodging

Atlanta based Spoken-Soul-Hip Rock-Alternative-Word-Genius. Has 4 music videos, 7 albums including her 10-Year-Anniversary

Album: SHEBATAR-Inside the World of Queen Sheba released, appropriately on 10-10-10 and her 6th album Domino Affect, both

considered for a Grammy under the Spoken Word category; available out of the trunk (or vintage bag), iTunes, stores nationwide

and your local mom & pop. Sheba currently tours in 8 countries (9-including Alaska) to include: West Africa, Europe, Cuba, Canada

and any coffee house to coliseum in the US. Thanks to YouTube Queen Sheba was the first American Poet invited to Antigua, WI by the

Prime Minister to launch their country’s first Black History Month celebration! She also belts two Team National Poetry Slam Champion

titles, three regional Poetry Slam titles, founded, wrote and produced “Say What?!?” a collegiate performance Word-Shop driven by

Red Bull. In addition to: Taught/Teaches in over 200 colleges and universities domestic and abroad; including Poet in Residence at U of

Ill (Urbana) and the London Academy for Urban Development in London England; she was nominated for APCA Performer of the Year.

Seen in/on: 106 & Park, was the featured poet on BET’s Lyric Cafe, VH-1, The Apollo, Spoken, Spit!: A feature length film about Spoken

Word and any bootleg late-night cable station. Performed with/opened for: Alicia Keys, Louis Farrakhan, Kanye West, The Roots,

Floetry, Music Soul Child and many others. Published in: Essence, is a NAACP Image Award Nominee for works in the anthology Home

Girls Make Some Noise, S. Florida University Urban Griot, Portfolio Magazine, The Syracuse University Women in Hip-Hop, National

Featured Poet for Rolling Out magazine and was recently offered a freelance journalist position at Creative Loafing due to her voice

for LGBT civil rights. Dynamic and intellectual Queen Sheba has been asked to be the Key Note Speaker for Take Back the Night campus

vigils, Domestic Violence, AIDS awareness for young adults and the National Women in Hip-Hop conference.

Through the performing arts, Voices in the Treetops, Inc. strives to create a culture of peace by promoting integrity of character

and fostering positive, productive self-motivation. We provide arts programs for children, teens, and adults which nurture and

advocate for social and environmental responsibility, wellness, skills development, social justice, and cultural preservation. We

teach the principles of non-violent communication, using the power of music, song, and story circles to facilitate constructive dialogue

and collaboration between individuals, families, faith-based institutions, community service agencies, artists, individual community

advocates, health professionals and educators.

queen sheba

voices in the treetops, inc

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