Masterclass with Artist Jo Kreiter
Join artist / activist Jo Kreiter, Artistic Director of Flyaway Productions, for a special dance masterclass on the set of The Wait Room! Coming to the CAC May 27-29, 2022, The Wait Room is an aerial dance work that explores the traumas and challenges faced by women whose families have been fractured by the prison system.
Jo Kreiter. Photo by Vincent Tullo for The New York Times
The Wait Room, featuring dancers Bianca Cabrera, Laura Elaine, Ellis Mary, Starr Hope, Sonsherée Giles, and Clarissa Dyas
The Wait Room, featuring dancer Sonsherée Giles
This is a class for the physically willing. Students will learn repertory from Flyaway Productions' new work and will investigate issues of instability, hope, and resistance in physical language, as these states relate to incarceration. The class will take place on the set and apparatus for The Wait Room, located in the CAC's St. Joseph Street parking lot (located at the intersection of St. Joseph and Magazine Streets).
No previous dance experience is required! Space is limited: RSVP while spots last.
In the event of rain, the event will be held inside the CAC's 2nd floor rehearsal studio, and masks will be required to be worn by all attendees.
Decarceration and the Arts with Jo Kreiter and Guests
Decarceration and the Arts is a series of online conversations with artists and activists featuring San Francisco-based artist Jo Kreiter, Artist Director of Flyaway Productions and creator of the The Wait Room, a spectacular aerial work that depicts the trauma and challenges faced by families with incarcerated loved ones. These conversations anticipate the CAC's presentation of The Wait Room in Spring of 2022.
Watch Decarceration and the Arts on the CAC's YouTube channel
In year one, Inter[SECTOR] programs feature conversations, workshops, and performances created and led by women and non-binary artist/ensembles focusing on injustices in the prison system and the impact of mass incarceration on these communities. National artists, community activists, and prison-impacted communities in New Orleans and Louisiana are collaborating on a diverse program of dance, music, and theater.
Please consider supporting our community partners who are working to end mass incarceration:
This program is part of Inter[SECTOR], the CAC’s three-year multidisciplinary arts programming centering cross-sector engagements with the fields of carceral justice, healthcare, and the environment. During the 2021-2022 season, Inter[SECTOR] examines a diversity of experiences and expressions emerging from issues of health; from the coronavirus to AIDS pandemic, technological innovations and designs in the healthcare field, to concerns of mental health, grief, disease, and ableness. Each project draws upon the artists own experiences and seeks to connect with impacted communities as well as general audiences. Learn more
The Wait Room
The Wait Room was supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Andrew Mellon Foundation); the Zellerbach Foundation; the NEA; Grants for the Arts; the California Arts Council; Pacific Eagle; and Eaton Workshop.
This presentation of The Wait Room at the CAC, as part of the Inter[SECTOR] program, is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project (with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew Mellon Foundation).
The CAC's Inter[SECTOR] program is made possible with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the RosaMary Foundation.
