Courageous Dance. Rooted in Care.
Celestial
WHAT PEOPLE Wrote
A Secret Journey
Your history together brought us to many unknown lands. You left us feeling we witnessed a secret journey. Cats. Ships passing. String. Sisters. Everyone who has peopled this room. Honoring every moment together. Honoring space. Figurative and literal. Timing of join-ups. Use of room. Start > Finish. Complete.
A Miracle in Nature
"Puzzle-like configurations of two bodies coming together. One body moving another, yet not mechanic, but purely organic. Felt like watching a miracle in nature that happened once in a hundred years; like a waterfall full of glowing stars."
an umbilical cord betweeN
"It was beautiful—a cascading shifting relationship with each other and the space that wasn't quite human, in a world where there wasn't quite verticality. But y'all also managed to be firmly connected—an umbilical cord between you. Thank you for your clarity and simplicity of structure; all felt helpful in these dark days. "
Megan Lowe + Johnny Huy Nguyen
present
Celestial
in
Oakland Chinatown's Lantern Festival
February 25th, 2023
Sunday at 7:00pm
Pacific Renaissance Plaza
388 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607
In Celestial, Johnny and Megan send their energies into to the sky and call in inspiration from the cosmos. This site-specific dance performance is a part of Oakland Chinatown's Lantern Festival, co-hosted by AAPI Healers for Liberation, Oakland Bloom, and Sticky Rice Club. On Sat. 2/24 and Sun. 25, 3pm-8pm, experience performances, arts, crafts, and a night market, celebrating the Year of the Dragon.
CREDITS
Choreographed and Performed by:
Megan Lowe and Johnny Huy Nguyễn
Live Music by:
Lawrence Tome