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Dream Escapes exhibition of new paintings

August 4 – September 29 / The Red Poppy Art House. Opening Reception Saturday August 4th, 6:33pm.

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“Crepitar” performance

Crepitar is a new performance by Kristi Williamson and Adrian Arias, with the Anna Halprin Performance Lab, and the co-direction and production of Brian Collentine, Kristi and Adrian. With performers: Sherri Mills, Darcie Luce, Ryan Elisabeth Reid, Michael Nugent, Kristi Williamson and Adrian Arias. Lighting by Craig Amos. Helpers Caitlin Collentine and Mara Hernandez.

Was performed at the Minnesota Street Project in a benefit for the victims of North Bay fires organized by Juana Berrio.

Photos by Mara Hernandez.

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Adrian performances 2014-2017

A selection of the most recent performances by Adrian, as a director, soloist and collaborator.

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    Dream #3.1, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, as part of PUSH Festival. September 24, 2017.
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    Dream #3.1, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, as part of PUSH Festival. September 23, 2017.
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    Dream #5.1: Traveling Poem. Make Out Room. June 7, 2017. Running time: 7 minutes.
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    Dream #5: Blue Poem. San Francisco Public Library, North Beach Branch. April 18, 2017. Running time: 29 minutes.
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    Dream #4: The Sacred Water. Dance Mission, as part of D.I.R.T. festival, March 24, 2017. Running time: 16 minutes.
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    Dream #3 at Dance Mission, as part of FLACC Festival. December 11, 2016. Running time: 5 minutes Photo by Robbie Sweeny.
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    Poetry Performance and Can-Book release at Fort Mason Readers Bookstore. August 4, 2016. Running time: 29 minutes.
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    Dream #2: When Fire visit Us. At Fort Mason Center (Gallery 308 and The Chapel). In the picture with Amelia Uzategui​. May 23, 2016. Running time 61 minutes.
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    Dream #1 at the Red Poppy Art House. With La Tania​ and Amaranth String Quartet. April 9, 2016. Running time: 61 minutes.
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    At the Red Poppy, MAPP, February 6, 2016. Red Poppy Art House. With Jackie Ramos and Misha Khalikulov. Running time: 11 minutes.
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    MAPP, February 6, 2016. Dance Mission (outside). With Jackie Ramos and Misha Khalikulov. Running time: 11 minutes.
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    "Exilio in white, pink and black" at the Red Poppy Art House. November 6, 2015. With music by Martha Rodríguez Raul Vargas and Jennifer Peringer. Running time: 44 minutes.
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    Honoring Eduardo Galeano at Somarts. October 9, 2015. With Bob Marsh on cello. Running time: 9 minutes.
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    Dream #0: When the Sky visits Nature. September 22, 2015. As part of Art in Nature Festival, with Amaranth String Quartet, Jessica Brown, Natan Daskal and Kenya Moses. Directed by Adrian. Running time: 61 minutes.
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    At MCCLA, September 13, 2015, with Sherri Mills. As part of the "Current" exhibition. Running time: 4 minutes.
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    "Basura Bella" at Museo de San Marcos, Lima Peru, as part of the Beautiful Trash exhibition. with Anaís Azul and Jose Quezada Marquez. June 23, 2015. Running time: 23 minutes.
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    At Somarts, San Francisco, January 6, 2014. Adrian with other 9 participants. Running time: 2 minutes.
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In-finite Beauty

In-finite Beauty, a new performance with Kristi Williamson @ the SF International Arts Fest 2018.

Sometimes human beings forget to observe the details of life; the beauty that is provoked when the light touches our skin, the sensation we receive from contact with others or nature, the delicate perception of time passing, the words we speak, the dreams we weave. Finding beauty in everyday life brings a sense of triumph and hope. Calling forth beauty can help us in difficult times. Kristi and Adrian will move in a sacred space to explore, together with the audience, the essence of beauty… that which is hidden within, as they create a ritual of birth, confrontation, cleansing and renewal.

In-Finite Beauty to us means the boundlessness of beauty contained inside in the finite human experience. How do we contain the infinite expanse of beauty inside the finite structure of the human identity?

K & A have worked together since 2014 in Anna Halprin’s Scoring Lab, creating scores, which serve as inspiration and basis for “In-finite Beauty”.

The performance will be on June 2nd and 3rd, 2018, and is dedicated to our teacher, guide and friend Anna Halprin, celebrating her 98th birthday.

More details coming soon