Scheduled Ticketed Performances:
The performances are around 45 minutes with no intermission. Performances are best for ages 10 years and older. A2AC encourages caregivers to use their best judgment with concern to their child’s attention.
Evening – $10
- April 15 at 7:00 pm
- April 22 at 7:00 pm
Matinee – $8
- April 16 at 2:00 pm
- April 23 at 2:00 pm
IS/LAND Presents TETRA
The 2023 Main Gallery season includes expanding A2AC’s vision for the Arts. In April, IS/LAND performance collective brings their innovative approach to storytelling into the A2AC Main Gallery. Through a series of movement and sound-based performances as well as paper crane workshops in collaboration with Tsuru for Solidarity, IS/LAND seeks to honor the sacred role of paper in Asian cultural traditions.
Artists
About the Performance
IS/LAND invite the audience to witness a transformation and transcendence ceremony. Forming rolls of colorful Hanji mulberry paper into shapes and pathways of wisdom, knowledge, and healing, the movement of the dancers offers improvised ‘rituals’ as communal gestures of healing and transmutation, ultimately creating a restorative healing space for both the audience and performers.
About IS/LAND
Official Sites: Website | Instagram
IS/LAND is an interdisciplinary Performance Collaborative composed of AAPIA artists and collaborators. Their performances center movement, storytelling, and aesthetics as processes to explore the extensive and diverse landscape of AAPIA lived experience, including an increased focus on optimizing audience engagement through reflection and dialogue.
Events
TETRA Evening Shows
April 15 & April 22, 7 pm
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
IS/LAND invite the audience to witness a transformation and transcendence ceremony.
Ticket Price: $10
TETRA Matinee Performances
April 16 & April 23, 2 pm
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
IS/LAND invites the audience to witness a transformation and transcendence ceremony. Stay for a post-performance conversation between IS/LAND members and A2AC Exhibitions director Thea A. Eck.
Ticket Price: $8
A2AC PlayLab
Sunday, April 16, 10:30 am-12 pm
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
A2AC PlayLab is a new monthly family event series geared towards caregivers with young children ages 3- 9 years.
April’s A2AC PlayLab features dancers Olivia Lemmenes and Amber Kao from IS/LAND performance collaborative, who reside at the A2AC Gallery for the month. The dancers will guide caregivers and their children through a series of drawing exercises and movement exercises that lead to various “movement phrases” or short dances. Attendees will leave with a unique dance that they can perform anytime! No dance experience is necessary. This month’s A2AC PlayLab is best for ages 5 – 8 years of age. This no-fee event requires pre-registration and is sponsored by a grant from the DTE Energy Foundation.
Free. Pre-Registration Required
Tsuru for Solidarity paper crane drop-ins
Thursday, April 20: 3-6 pm
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
In conjunction with IS/LAND performance collaborative, join us in the A2AC Gallery to fold origami paper cranes as part of the national Tsuru for Solidarity movement. This free drop-in series will teach you how to fold the cranes, which will be included in IS/LAND’s Tsuru for Solidarity Tree at the Ann Arbor District Library’s downtown branch in May. Later this summer, all cranes will be transported down to the U.S./Mexico border to be part of the national Tsuru for Solidarity project.
Free. All supplies will be provided. This drop-in is best for ages 9 years and up.
Products by Bløm Meadworks available during the event.
Tsuru for Solidarity paper crane drop-ins
Saturday, April 22: 10 am-12 pm
A2AC Gallery
117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
In conjunction with IS/LAND performance collaborative, join us in the A2AC Gallery to fold origami paper cranes as part of the national Tsuru for Solidarity movement. This free drop-in series will teach you how to fold the cranes, which will be included in IS/LAND’s Tsuru for Solidarity Tree at the Ann Arbor District Library’s downtown branch in May. Later this summer, all cranes will be transported down to the U.S./Mexico border to be part of the national Tsuru for Solidarity project.
Free. All supplies will be provided. This drop-in is best for ages 9 years and up.
Coffee and tea will be available and are generously provided by our neighbors at Hyperion Coffee Co.
This activity is partly funded by
