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ACTIVE REPERTORY

Leyya Tawil and Mike Khoury

solo and duet improvisations for dance and violin 

MOCAD, MI

CAID, MI

Bohemian National Home, MI

Green Door, VT

Mahaney CFA, VT

Oberlin College, OH

interview with Mike

Entropy Stereo

 

Grace on a Friday Night

 

to premiere in 2008-09

photo preview by

Jimmy Ryan photography

 

Capital Life

(2008)

Dancers:  Isabelle Sjahsam, Jacqueline Lounsbury, Jeremiah Crank, Janet Collard, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart and Ken Scott.

Music by Mark Gergis

Costumes by Leigh Anne Martin

Set Design by Malinda Trimble

 

PREMIERE and ADDITIONAL:

Dance New Amsterdam, NYC

Mahaney Center for the Arts, VT

SF International Arts Festival, CA

 

LAND

premiered:

10-14 JULY 07

OAKLAND ART GALLERY

collaborators:

David Szlasa

Topher Keyes

Phill Weber

Leigh Anne Martin

performers:

Isabelle Sjahsam

Erin Mei-Ling Stuart

Angelina Vasile

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additional: 

USF Thacher Gallery, SF

29 October 2007-

6 January 2008

 

Map of the World/

land.mine

premiere: 

18-26 May 2007, TAC Studio, Oakland California

additional performances:

6 October 2007, Mahaney Center for the Arts, VT

11 January 2008, MT Space, Beirut  Lebanon

16 February 2009, Studio 303, Montreal Canada

 

Solo by Leyya Tawil

Music by Topher Keyes, Mark Gergis

Costume by Scott Tallenger, Leigh Anne Martin

RA

RAINCOAT REBELLION

created and premiered at the

University of Michigan

School of Music, Dance & Theatre

Department of Dance

 

Premiere Date:  February 1-4, 2007

 

MUSIC BY STEPHEN RUSH

COSTUMES AND SET BY JEFFERY BAUER

LIGHTING BY MARY COLE

Performed by the University Dancers

 

 

" ...fast-paced, impressively structured explosion of pure movement."

Rita Felciano for Dance View Times

(read article)

 

" energy abounding "  Voice of Dance

" highly stylish"    San Francisco Chronicle

Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Original music by Topher Keyes

Lighting by Matthew Antaky

Costumes by Leigh Anne Martin

Set design by Malinda Trimble

Photo by Liz Payne

Premiere:  2-11 June 2006

Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

 

GAME

 

"Tall, elegant, with limbs designed for the stratosphere, in her intensity she suggested a tornado, yet her demeanor spoke of control and professionalism."

Rita Felciano for SF Bay Guardian

 

Choreography/Performance by Leyya Tawil
Original music by Topher Keyes

Lighting by Matthew Antaky

Video by Cristina Waltz

Photo by Lydia Daniller

Premiere: 11-27 March 2004.

Venue 9, San Francisco