I am presently dancing with the OCCIDENTAL FOLD AND HISTORICAL DANCE TROOP
Enjoy the videos below
Enjoy the videos below
Snow Storm Waltz February 13, 2016 at Occidental College
November 12 2016 at UCLA
Cotton Eyed Joe May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Terrestrial Square May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Encore Square May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Demo Reel for Occidental Historical and Folk Dance Troop, October 2017
Rumanian Suite at the S. Gabriel Civic Auditorium, December 2018
November 12 2016 at UCLA
Cotton Eyed Joe May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Terrestrial Square May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Encore Square May 28, 2017, at State Wide
Demo Reel for Occidental Historical and Folk Dance Troop, October 2017
Rumanian Suite at the S. Gabriel Civic Auditorium, December 2018
This side show displays Folk Dance Shows and Teaching.
Grandma gave me this passion when I was 5. I took my first fix at age 18, thanks to teacher Nelly Baldelli.
These are the dances I perform and teach
(Most dances I teach are also tunes I play)
Scroll down for past avant-garde performances
and theater
The following work spans from 1995 to 2001
About 2 titles a year, performed in many locations, worldwide
One woman shows - or - the trio O'Brien O'Brien and Roden
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Click on images for slide shows, video clips and more info
About 2 titles a year, performed in many locations, worldwide
One woman shows - or - the trio O'Brien O'Brien and Roden
*
Click on images for slide shows, video clips and more info
You can read what Meiling Cheng wrote about some of those performances in her book "In Other Los Angeleses"
here
here
I have taught a number of movement/performance workshop.
They often ended with a collaborative performance.
Here is some documentation.
They often ended with a collaborative performance.
Here is some documentation.
Below is a gallery of images from 1989 to 1994
Avant-garde Theatre, Children Theatre, Street Theatre
with Abraxa Teatro, L'Oblo' dellOblio and free-lance of course
Click on images for slideshows, fliers, press, videos