[Viva] Just heard about this - TONIGHT in Vancouver!!

[Moyra Fielding]

WOW......shelly......I have a whole bunch of stuff going on.......and not
sure if I can go.......but in heart ALL.........of our lovely AMAZING
.........WONDERFUL  people like you I have in my life.........miss you.....

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 9:22 AM shelly tognazzini <shetognazzini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> --------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Sharon Brass <sharonbrass at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 10:38
> Subject: FULL CIRCLE presents: Jacob Boehme
> To:
>
>
> *PLEASE SHARE*
>
> Full Circle is pleased to announce an amazing opportunity to spend an
> evening with *Australian* Indigenous Dancer/Storyteller/Artist Jacob
> Boehme. Jacob, a two-spirited, HIV positive, dancer will also be performing
> his multi-media work "Blood on the Dance Floor" in Vancouver in early
> February!
>
> *Please join us for an evening of positive conversation with this
> remarkable artist! Come out and show Jacob how fabulous we are*!
>
> *A VIEW FROM ABROAD - POSITIVELY JACOB BOEHME*
> *MONDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2019*
> *FULL CIRCLE STUDIO -268 Keefer St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5*
> *7:00 PM - 9:00 PM *
> *Donations Welcome!*
> For more information about this event please call 604-604-0497
> *For details about his upcoming performances please see link below!*
>
> http://dancehouse.ca/portfolios/ilbijerri-jacob-boehme/
>
>
> BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR explores the legacies and memories of our
> bloodlines, our need for community, and what blood means to each of us –
> questioning how this most precious fluid unites and divides us.
>
> A choreographer, dancer and writer from the Narangga and Kaurna nations of
> South Australia, Jacob Boehme was diagnosed with HIV in 1998. In search of
> answers, he reached out to his ancestors. Through a powerful blend of
> theatre, image, text and choreography, Boehme pays homage to their
> ceremonies whilst dissecting the politics of gay, Blak and poz identities.
>
> BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR is an unapologetic, passionate and visceral
> narrative that traverses time, space and characters. A story of our need to
> love and be loved, Boehme’s striking monologue reveals our secret
> identities and our deepest fears, seeking to invoke ancestral lineage in a
> contemporary quest for courage and hope.
>
> *Supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, the
> Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne,
> Performing Lines & Tandem Works*
>
> *Biography *(from the Australian Council for the Arts):
>
> JACOB BOEHME: ARTIST, DIRECTOR, AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL'S NEW ABORIGINAL
> AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTS FELLOW
>
> Jacob Boehme is a Melbourne born artist, director and producer of Narangga
> (Yorke Peninsula) and Kaurna (Adelaide Plains) heritage.
>
> As Past Creative Director of Melbourne's YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts
> Festival, Jacob has a 20 year history working in contemporary and cultural
> Indigenous Arts sectors as a director, producer and theatre maker. Jacob
> has created multi-disciplinary theatre, dance and ceremony for stage,
> screen, large-scale public events and festivals.
>
> As part of his Fellowship, Jacob will undertake a program of strategic
> international residencies where he will partner with international First
> Nations and non-Indigenous host organisations such as Ontario Presents
> (CAN), Pulima Festival (Taiwan), and the Manchester International Festival
> - MIF (UK). Here, he will develop strategic international co-commissioning
> partnerships for the development & presentation of First Nations
> contemporary arts.
>
> Jacob will also deepen connections between Australian First Peoples &
> international First Nations artists and organisations by establishing a
> First Peoples Advisory. This is integral to his longer term aim to develop
> a blue print plan for a First Nations commissioning festival model.
>
> Jacob’s Fellowship is a focused plan of industry connection, strategic
> discussions, consultation and deep listening.  He aims to increase local
> and international platforms for experimental and cross-disciplinary First
> Nations work as well as provide artists with greater resources to produce
> ambitious works of scale.
>
> http://dancehouse.ca/portfolios/ilbijerri-jacob-boehme/
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38714481---
> In Spirit and Light,
>
> Sharon Jinkerson-Brass
>
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