WIPat G-Son Studios

A new artist run WIP series at G-Son Studios on the first Monday of every month. Post-show talk with artists.

November 6, 2023 / Doors 7p, Show 7:30p

WIP 004: Lindsey Red-tail & Tom Tsai

Bar by Body & Ghia. Enter through the alley. Kids get in free.

Please note G-Son is not an ADA accessible space. Entrance to the space requires walking up about 20 stairs.

Program Details:

Tom Tsai / Title: Slowly, Surely / Performers: Tom Tsai, Meena Murugesan, Orlando Agawin, Jeanne Valleroy / Tom Tsai is a dance artist, filmmaker, educator, and activist. His upbringing in post-martial law Taiwan drew him to Breakin’ and Hip Hop Culture, where he learned the radical creativity of cultivating his own identity. Tom’s work in dance, film, and education is committed towards dignified portrayals of identities who experience erasure. He honors lineage, embraces cultural collision, and infuses personal and political determination with integrity, empathy, and earnestness. Tom has performed his solo works nationally, and internationally in London, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and Singapore. His work has received support from the California Arts Council, City of Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, Ghost Light Residency, and Dance Resource Center’s Homegrown Residency @ The Music Center. He is a chief collaborator with Dancing Through Prison Walls, a choreographic project that centers the experiences and imaginations of those impacted by the carceral system. tomtsai.tw / @tomtsai.t_t

Lindsey Red-tail / Title: Rainbow Serpent / Performers: Lindsey Red-tail, Rainbow, Water, Light, Tree, Ancestors / Artist/Painter: Lynnea Holland Weiss / Lindsey Red-tail is a non-binary Dance Artist/Choreographer, Medicine Gatherer and Shapeshifter in the community. Born and raised on unceded Tongva Land in Altadena, they grew up in a home of eclectic world music with Cherokee, Nahuatl/Mexican and African American roots. Moved by an Ancestor of Wind they are guided by a deep connection to Nature Spirits. “Taking time to witness Nature always in communication alongside us, we can receive messages and transform our personal narrative, creating a new story.” They have found that Nature is able to help with processing complex stories that cannot be rationalized. “When I sit and watch the Hawks circle in the breeze, I can listen for messages, I can hear our Ancestors.” Over the last decade Red-tail toured with Stephanie Zaletel/szalt dance co., where they learned the art of being present, dance as ritual and dance as everything, including the mundane. They also made their own dances with co-workers and collaborators. Red-tail taught full time at Renaissance Arts Academy grades k-12 and later as a guest artist for various schools. They have staged pieces with the LA Contemporary Dance Company, Cal State LA and Scripps College and most recently created new work for the Redcat Now Festival in 2022 and for the SEED Culture Flow Projects in 2023 with Magnolia Yang Sao Yia and fellow street dancers. @redtaildance