Reserve your spot to see Flourish by Sonsherée Giles & Megan Lowe, presented by Flora & Ferment

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What:
To "flourish" is to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. In this site-specific dance performance, Sonsherée and Megan will joyfully activate the benches, tables, walls, stairs, and lofts of this beloved East Bay place of gathering. Come drink some delicious cider, and enjoy invigorating dance!

When:
December 12th-13th, 2024
Thursday and Friday at 7pm

Where:

Note:
Must be 21 years of age or older to enter the space as required by the venue

No Late Entry

Photos by:
Jorge Luis Garcia
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Flora and Ferment is a sweet little cider bar in on Solano Street it Berkeley. You will have the opportunity to see dance up close in an intimate setting. Space is quite limited, so we definitely recommend reserving your spots in advance!
Suggested Donation to reserve your spot to see Flourish is $10-$50 per ticket.
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We don't want money to be a barrier to anyone's participation, which is why tickets to see Flourish are sliding scale, and no one turned away for lack of funds. Your donations are incredibly helpful and much appreciated, and will contribute towards artist fees. Here is some helpful information to consider:
  • All of the artists involved in bringing this show to life have donated their time and talents. Collectively, over 100 hours of work have gone towards sharing this performance with community.
  • Flora and Ferment have generously provided their space for this residency, including hosting all rehearsals and performances. Make sure to enjoy some of their delicious cider during the show, and come back to visit!
To reserve your spot, please send your donation via Venmo or Paypal to @MeganLoweDances with the subject/description "Flourish Tickets". If choosing to donate through PayPal, please use the "Send to friends and family" option.

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About the Artists
Sonsherée and Megan have been making dances together since 2016! Here is a bit more info about them:

Sonsherée Giles (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and costume designer. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend Mills College and received an MFA in performance/choreography. She enjoys making dances based on observations of animals, landscapes, art history, and daily life experiences. From 2005-2021, she worked for AXIS Dance Company as a performing/teaching artist, rehearsal director and associate director. She has shared her choreography, taught dance and performed for audiences in the United States, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Russia, Scotland, Canada, China, and Japan. Sonsherée received an Isadora Duncan Award for ensemble performance, and a Homer Avila Award for Excellence in the field of integrated dance. ~ www.Sonsheree.com

Megan Lowe
(she/they) is a dancer, choreographer, performer, aerialist, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, teacher, and administrator of Chinese and Irish descent, making dance art in the San Francisco Bay Area, situated on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land. Her creations through Megan Lowe Dances explore complex identities and experiences by tackling unusual physical situations and inventing compelling solutions, opening up the imagination to what is possible. Her recent choreographic works have been seen at Fort Mason, ODC, de Young Museum, Legion of Honor Museum, and The Annex, as well as in SF Aerial Arts Festival, the United States of Asian America Festival, SF Trolley Dances, CAAMFest, and on KQED Live. She won an Izzie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Ensemble for “HOME(in)STEAD”, a site-specific dance she created with Johnny Huy Nguyen at the historical David Ireland House / 500 Capp Street. Megan has performed with Flyaway Productions, Lenora Lee Dance, Dance Brigade, Scott Wells & Dancers, Lizz Roman & Dancers, Epiphany Productions, and more. She is a teaching / choreographing artist for Joe Goode Performance Group, Bandaloop, Flyaway, and her alma mater Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, where she currently works as the Program Associate. Check out more about Megan at www.MeganLoweDances.com.
Let's Stay Connected!
We would love to see you at our upcoming shows! Please keep the following on your radar:

EMERGENCE
featuring works by Faith Elder, Rose Huey, Suzanne Gallo, Megan Lowe, Rachel Maxwell, Annalise Ritter, Olivia Sander, and Roel Seeber.

December 14th, 2024
Saturday at 8pm

BANDALOOP Studios
1601 18th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Join us for an evening of vertical dance featuring established and emerging Bay Area artists. Stemming from the estuary of artistic research come six dynamic, tender, and evocative works in progress. Roel and Megan will be sharing their duet COLLIDING TOPOGRAPHIES again in this show.

​More info and tickets here!


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Just a Shadow
by Megan Lowe Dances

April 4th-6th, 2025
Fri./Sat. at 7:30pm
Sun. at 3:30pm

ODC Theater
3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Just a Shadow is a performance journey in service to artists who have lost loved ones prematurely. With a title inspired by a poem Artistic Director Megan Lowe’s mother wrote shortly before she died, the project stems from Megan’s desire to process the loss of her mother and sister through art, and co-create a space of mutual support with collaborators who are also dealing with recent loss. Just a Shadow brings together 7 powerful artists—AJ Gardner, Sonsherée Giles, Josh Icban, Megan Lowe, Frances Teves Sedayao, Roel Seeber, and Shira Yaziv—to make 6 distinct duets that highlight the unique strengths and creative modalities of each collaborator, including contemporary dance, site-specific dance, vertical dance, turf dance, contact improvisation, and live music.

More information and ticket link coming soon.

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