Vertical Dancers ::Bandaloop:: Destani Featured
April 15, 2022
8:00 pm
Oakland
Outdoor Oakland
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Free Outdoor Performances in Oakland
Breuner Building at Broadway & Grand Ave.
Fri. April 15, 8pm
Sat. April 16, 5Pm* (Alphabet Rockers) & 8pm

 

Directed by Melecio Estrella, BANDALOOP’s LOOM is a trilogy of large-scale, outdoor public vertical dance pieces that deepens and challenges our perspective on the art and industry of textiles. Bringing together a collective of performing artists, climate scientists, regenerative textile artists, a visual technologist and creative riggers, the evening length piece turns a building’s façade into a giant loom where stories and dances interlace. Estrella’s collaborators include 9th generation Nigerian weaver and costume designer IB Bayo, theater artist Chibueze Crouch, composer Ben Juodvalkis, featuring vocalist Destani Wolf, visual creative technologist Osman Koç, and BANDALOOP dancers and riggers.