Grantee Database
CAPACITOR
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,250.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Capacitor Performance will collaborate with the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) to create STEM Portals: Pollination, a new choreographic performance in collaboration with the Bay Area deaf community and in conjunction with Capacitor’s STEM Portals educational program for dance students utilizing ballet, modern dance, circus arts to introduce and embody basic science concepts to spark curiosity and activate the potential for STEM careers – particularly focused on girls+ from underserved Bay Area communities.
Capacitor will present a series of 8 performances and 4 workshops, Oct 5-15, 2023 at CAS. The performance will feature a performance ensemble led by Capacitor Artistic Director, Jodi Lomask; Urban Jazz Dance artistic director, Antoine Hunter; and mixed ensemble of hearing and deaf dancers. Workshops will be led by Capacitor Education Director, Coral Martin.
Organization Summary
Capacitor has developed a niche for melding the performing arts with the sciences and new technologies. Sometimes called the “Cirque du Soleil of Environmental Science,” the company reflects the elements of technology, science, environmental conservation, expressive movement, and spectacular feats of flexibility, agility, and athletics that we meticulously integrate into our work. Lomask designs movement sculptures out of steel, bungee, fiberglass, silicone, and wood, with vivid projected visuals and transformative costumes. In the spirit of scientific inquiry, Capacitor uses a laboratory-style creative process, called Capacitor Lab. We assemble a cross-disciplinary team of artists, scientists, and technologists to explore a specific concept, find common threads, and create a shared vocabulary. From this collaboration a performance is born, taking us and our audiences to unexpected places.
Organization
Capacitor Performance
Address
1695 18th Street #205
SAN FRANCISCO
94107
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 308-1952
Congressional District
California Assembly district 17
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
