HOME(in)STEAD
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, and 500 Capp Street Foundation
Present
HOME(in)Stead
June 24th-26th, 2022
+ New Dates Added: July 1st-3rd, 2022
Friday and Saturday at 5pm and 8pm
Sunday at 4pm and 7pm
David Ireland House
500 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
An Isadora Duncan Dance Award Winner for
Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Ensemble
Made into a dance film that is that has shown in
San Francisco, Denver, Toronto, and Istanbul
An Izzie Award winning site-specific duet about feeling, creating, and healing home. From a field of more than 60 applications, Bay Area dancers Megan Lowe and Johnny Huy Nguyễn were selected as the first ever performance artists-in-residence at 500 Capp Street Foundation. HOME(in)STEAD is an hour-long site-specific dance experience for intimate audiences of just 12-15 per performance. The dancers move from front door to salon, through hallways and bedrooms, and up to the roof, utilizing the entirety of late conceptual artist David Ireland’s unique historic house turned work of art to explore themes of home and the intersection of dance, sculpture, and performance. The piece features original music by cello player Peekaboo and lighting by Rico Duenas.
