Event

What Just Happened

A Performance by NINA WISE
Guest appearance by ANNA HALPRIN
and Motion Theater Artists Annabelle Berrios,
Davida Taurek, Ishiah Benben, Marianna Seger & Rob Pavey

In her signature style, Nina Wise builds an improvised performance based on the personal and political events that have transpired over the previous 24 hours. Wise's Autobiographical performances, known for their warmth and compassion, weave irony, physicality and insight into complex, spontaneous and very funny narratives.
Renowned dancer Anna Halprin will perform The Courtesan and the Crone
and five Motion Theater Artists will weave spontaneous performances based on their past 24 hours.

"You leave a Nina Wise performance uplifted, as if you've seen something fresh, moving and above all, deeply human." - Ashland Tribune

NINA WISE is known for her provocative and original performance works. Her pieces have garnered seven Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards, and she has received, among other prestigious honors, three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. She is the founder of Motion Theater, a transformative improvisation practice, and lectures and teaches at varied venues nationwide. She is the author of A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life: Self Expression and Spiritual Practice for Those Who Have Time for Neither.

photo credit Nina Wise: Irene Young / photo credit Anna Halprin: Kent Reno