W-I-P

Wednesday, February 1, 2011
7 P.M.

$5 general admission, $3 students and seniors
Reservations not necessary

Featuring: Marisela Barrera, Xavia/Xman Perkins, and Fandango.

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is funded in part by grants from The Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, The Texas Commission on the Arts, and The National Endowment of the Arts.

The San Antonio Dance Umbrella is funded in part by the Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts and by its members who represent the best in the San Antonio Dance Community.

W-I-P
(Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays-in-Performance)

January 11, 2012 | 7pm
No reservations are necessary

Featuring: Sarah Sanchez (movement/spoken word), Albert Delgado (Contemporary Dance Solo), & Zombie Bazaar Belly Dance (Tribal Fusion Belly Dance).

$5 general
$3 student/senior

San Antonio Dance Umbrella
www.sadu.org

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is generously supported by Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, a grant from
the Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, theFund, and Trust for Mutual Understanding.

The San Antonio Dance Umbrella is funded in part by the Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts and by its members who represent the best in the San Antonio Dance Community.

Works-in-Progress/Wednesdays-in-Performance

W. I. P.
November 9, 2011
7 p.m.
$5 general admission, $3 students and seniors
No reservations are necessary

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
7 p.m.
$5 general admission, $3 students and seniors
No reservations are necessary

Artists:

Erik Bosse
Multi-Media/Live Performance

Dr. Sreedhara
CLassical Indian Dance

Alamotion Too
Contemporary dance

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

The 2011-12 Jump-Start Performance Co. Season

Welcome to our 2011-12 season! We are excited to share our mix of returning favorites, brand-new works and social events with a theatrical twist. Take a walk on the fantastical side with fire-eating carpa performers, sexy Sumerian goddesses and charming Slovakian visitors. And if you missed (or had a great time at) Lisa Suárez’ amazing play I’ll Remember for You or Alicia Fernandez’ Big, Bad & Beautiful, you’ve got a chance to see them again. We make it easy for you this season with longer runs, lower prices for opening weekends and our eclectic, accessible programming. Keep checking back regularly because we will be updating our listing with more details and extra events all year long. See you at the theater!

- S.T. Shimi, Artistic Director

What Comes Out of Chittlins
Written and performed by Kitty Williams
Directed by Steve Bailey
September 16-17, 23-24, 30-Oct 1st 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8p.m.

Miss Charlene Hughes is back with further ruminations about her love/hate relationship with those “never-clean-enough” chittlins. In this sequel to The Great Chittlin Debate, she is joined by a cast of characters including the inventor of the chittlin stew, her great-great-great grandfather, and the ever-judging Reverend DK, as they traverse the intersection of comedy, race and eatin’ higher up on the hog.

Featuring Kitty Williams, Pamela Dean Kenny, Chuck Squier & SkuDr Jones.
Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors
Final Two Weekends: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

Día de los Muertos Ball
Presented by Rene Roberts
November 2, 2011
Wednesday at 7p.m.

An adult social dance-party fundraiser benefiting Jump-Start Performance Co. and the San Antonio AIDS foundation. Special entertainment by local talent. Guests are asked to arrive in costume with skeleton face.

$75 Table Seating
$45 General

Stranger
Written and performed by Divadlo z Pasáže & Jump-Start Performance Co.
Directed by Viera Dubacova
November 18-19, 2011 at the Sterling Houston Theater @ Jump-Start
November 20, 2011 @ Salvage Vanguard in Austin
Friday – Sunday at 7p.m.

Jump-Start Performance Co. and Divadlo z Pasáže (an ensemble of profoundly mentally challenged performers from Slovakia) will collaborate on a new joint production. The play explores the feeling of being marginalized in society and what it means to experience sudden freedom, echoing the Slovak experience following the fall of the Soviet bloc. The piece uses the metaphor of the unexpected arrival of a “guest” into the lives of a group of people stuck in a sort of limbo, freeing them from their past constraints. How does sudden freedom affect their attitudes and actions? What is normal and what is strange?
$15 general admission, $12 students & seniors in San Antonio
Ticket information for the Austin show: www.salvagevanguard.org

Performance Party 27
January 7, 2012
Saturday at 7p.m.
(Various Artists)
Our annual marathon of entertaining acts from the Company & community artists.
$10 Suggested Donation

Big, Bad and Beautiful: Still Hungry
Written by Alicia Fernandez
Presented by Daddy’s Girl Productions
January 20-22, 27-29, 2012
Friday and Saturday at 8p.m., Sunday at 3p.m.

A touching, hilarious tribute to women of size. One of our most popular shows will be performed bigger and badder than ever in memory of visionary/creator Alicia Fernandez.
Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors
Second Weekend: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

I’ll Remember for You
Written by Lisa Suárez
Directed by Laurie Dietrich
March 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 2012
Friday & Saturday 8p.m., Sunday 3p.m.

Back by popular demand! This funny, sad and courageously honest look at Suárez’ experiences as the primary caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer’s was listed as one of San Antonio’s Best of 2010 on Stage by the San Antonio Express News.
Featuring Lisa Suárez and Veronica Rogers.
Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors
Final Two Weekends: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

NEW WORKS FEST
June 8-9, 15-16 2012
(Various Artists; more details TBA)

In the spirit of Short Sparks, New Moves and Electric Performance Lab, Jump-Start invites you to a mini-festival of short new pieces by a rotating line-up of Company and selected community artists. Anything and everything from multi-media experiments, improvised dance pieces, staged stories and possibly some audience participation. Come and be surprised, charmed and inspired!

Hetaerae/A Carpa, Maybe
Written by Laurie Dietrich/Billy Muñoz
September 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 2012
All shows 8p.m.

A double-bill of new works about “entertainers” – who they are, why they are, and the passion (and price) of “show-biz”.

Hetaerae (Dietrich): When the curtain rises and the lights come on, who do you see onstage? Are they stereotypes or archetypes, goddesses or whores? How do they serve your needs? From Sumerian goddesses to Greek priestesses to modern-day sex workers & stage performers, Hetaerae uses ritual theatre, live music & other experimental forms to explore performance and voyeurism on a whole new level.

A Carpa, Maybe (Muñoz): El Payaso, an old performer, tells the story of the downfall of a carpa, along with the eccentric denizens who populated it: A controlling ringmaster, a gentle mind reader, manipulative triplet acrobats, a strong man, and a captured mermaid.
Opening Weekend: $12 general admission, $10 students & seniors
Final Two Weekends: $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors

Windows Series
Produced by Laurie Dietrich & Dino Foxx; featuring various artists.
Performance times TBA
Free!
This popular series of free, First Friday performances returns to grace the front window at Jump-Start with short, visually-rich, diverse performance work.
October 7, 2011
December 2, 2011
March 2, 2012
May 4, 2012

W-I-P
Produced by S.T. Shimi & Amber Ortega-Pérez; featuring various artists.
All performances at 7p.m.
$5 general admission, $3 students & seniors
An eclectic monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and movement-based performance works, accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion.
September 28, 2011
November 9, 2011
December 21, 2011
January 11, 2012
February 1, 2012
March 28, 2012
April 18, 2012
June 27, 2012

W-I-P Créme
May 30, 2012
Wednesday at 7p.m.
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors

This one-night event showcases the best new works from the W-I-P 2011-12 season.

Site-Specific W-I-P
Wednesdays-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress
June 29, 2011
7 p.m.

At The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start in the Blue Star Arts Complex
$5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens.
No reservations are necessary.

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. For the June W-I-P, audience members will meet in the lobby and will then be directed to travel from one site in the Complex to another to view the specially commissioned pieces. We will then return to the theater for brief post-show discussions with all the artists.

This month’s W-I-P will feature Dino Foxx, Natalie Goodnow & Movimiento Cihuatl.

W-I-P then takes a break for two months and returns with all-new programming in September!

Jump-Start Performance Co. is funded in part by grants from The Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, The Texas Commission on the Arts, and The National Endowment of the Arts.

Wednesdays-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress
November 3, 2010
7 p.m.

At The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start in the Blue Star Arts Complex
$5 general admission and $3 for students and senior citizens.
No reservations are necessary.

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

The line-up will feature work by Marisela Barrera, Pasion de San Antonio & San Antonio Dance Fringe.

Jump-Start Performance Co. is funded in part by grants from The Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, The Texas Commission on the Arts, and The National Endowment of the Arts.

Photo of Pasion de San Antonio.

Wednesday, September 29th at 7p.m.
$5 regular and $3 for students and senior citizens.
No reservations are necessary.

W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. It is a monthly lab space for new, in-progress dance and other movement-based performance works accompanied by a facilitated post-performance discussion. W-I-P is known for its eclecticism: modern dancers, belly dancers and performance artists have performed in the same evening and been inspired by each other, as well as expanding the audience’s perception of performance.

The line-up will feature work by Soul Fusion Dance Co., Seme Jatib & Anna de Luna

Jump-Start Performance Co. is funded in part by grants from The Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of San Antonio, The Texas Commission on the Arts, and The National Endowment of the Arts.

For more information, please call 227-JUMP.

We’re taking W-I-P outdoors in June, so bring your sunscreen!

Meet us in the lobby and then travel around the Blue Star Complex to view three specially-commissioned performance pieces. We will return to the theater for a brief post-show discussion with all the artists.

W-I-P takes a break for two months and returns with all-new programming in September.

W-I-P Crème
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
7 p.m.
$10 general admission, $8 students and seniors
No reservations required.

Dive into a delicious celebration of new work!

WIP Crème features 8 artists performing short works ranging from theatre to ballet to hip-hop. It’s a showcase for some of our favorite artists from the 2009-10 W-I-P season, and a pure celebration of completed work. The performance is followed by a tasty reception including wine and pastries. W-I-P is a collaboration with San Antonio Dance Umbrella.