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Contraband, a collection of artists led by director/choreographer Sara Shelton Mann, was a dance-based, live performance ensemble, working together from 1985 to the mid ‘90s. Based mainly in San Francisco, the group became known for its lively, electrifying performances, often politically charged and community-engaging.〔Godfrey, Stephen (16 May 1981). ''The Child an Unruly Prodigy''. The Globe and Mail.〕 By utilizing dance, music, set, text/spoken word, and site-specific work, Contraband came to develop a cross-disciplinary performance aesthetic, as well as approach to dance and dance training, that would have a profound influence on Bay Area dance, performance art, and culture, as well as performance practice abroad.〔Welsh, Anne Marie (11 Nov 1993). ''Dance Team Ecstatic, Not Static''. San Diego Union-Tribune.〕〔Shank, Theodore. 1989. ''California Performance, Volume 1/San Francisco Bay Area''. Claremont, California: Mime Journal, Pomona College Theatre Department. ISSN: 0145-787X〕 Emerging with the 1985 work ''Evol'', the group went on to combine contemporary dance with contact improvisation, live music, ritual, activism, innovative set design, and work with experiential states (see essential states), developing a more expressionistic approach to dance and theater on the West Coast.〔Hennessy, Keith (Oct 2008). ''The Experiment Called Contact Improvisation''. In Dance. http://www.dancersgroup.org/content/programs/articles/2008/2008October_134.html〕〔Johnson, Barry (1 Oct 1988). ''Contraband: Gritty, Authentic Quality''. The Oregonian.〕〔Richardson, Kip (18 Oct 1991). ''The Ascent of Mann''. The Oregonian.〕〔Welsh, Anne Marie (18 Jan 1992). ''Contraband's 'Mandala' Soft and Fluid''. San Diego Union-Tribune.〕 Many members have continued on to further professional careers in art, music, dance, and circus. Members include director Sara Shelton Mann with Lauren Elder, Keith Hennessy (Circo Zero Performance), Jess Curtis (Jess Curtis/Gravity), Norman Rutherford, Rinde Eckert, Kim Epifano (Epiphany Productions), Jules Beckman (libertivore, Collectif AOC), Elaine Buckholtz, Nina Hart, Brenda Munnell, Kathleen Hermesdorf (La Alternativa), Brook Klehm, Julie Kane, Shannon McMurchy (McGuire), and Peter Kadyk. The company dissolved in the mid-90s due to financial concerns. ==Works== Canada *''The Float'' with Belinda Weitzel, Freddie Long, John LeFan, Ernie Adams, Sara Shelton Mann *''The Child'' with Byron Brown, Andy Warshaw, Sara Shelton Mann San Francisco *''Evol'' (1985) *''Religare: Hope of the Impossible'' (1986) at the Gartland〔(Gartland Apartments Fire, Dec. 12, 1975 )〕 Pit, 16th & Valencia *''The (Invisible) War'' (1987) *''Mandala'' (1987) *''Oracle'' (1988) *''Religare II'' (1989) at Plaza West housing projects *''Mira Cycle I'' (1990) *''Mira Cycle II: The Fall'' *''Mira Cycle III: Return to Ordinary Life'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contraband (performance group)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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