Dancing Poetry

Presenting poetry and dance as a unified art form

Photos by Judy Hardin Cheung unless otherwise indicated. (GH) indicates a photo taken by George Hollie. PROGRAM Welcome: Raoul Epling, Master of Ceremonies, assisted by Judy Hardin Cheung Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company: Homage to Greece -- Voice of the Poet, by Richard Angilly -- and To the Dead and Unpublished Poet by Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, President 22nd World Congress of Poets held in Larissa, Greece Artistic Director and Choreographer: Natica Angilly     Dancers: Wanda Ingmire, Cindy Levinson, Sarahanne Lum, Nancy Merritt, Shukriya DeVine, Loywanner Haddadou, Ronda Hollie, Carolyn Williams, Mary Peterson, Lee Salomon, Elnora, Takako Miyshita, Natica Angilly, Golden Seal Award: awarded to the 22nd World Congress of Poets President, Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Laureate Man of Letters, Larissa, Greece -- accepted by the Honorable Consul General of Greece, Ioannis Andreadas Presented by Mary Rudge, Poet Laureate of Alameda, AEI President Natica Angilly, and AEI Vice President Arthur Chang Reader, Choreographer, Dancer: Lois Flood Prize Winning Poets Judith Arcana, Portland, OR, Eight Katy Brown, Davis, CA, The Map to Eden    Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT, Woman Shaking a Rug and A Little Night Music    Lourdes Costales, Alameda, CA, Obon Festival Redwood Empire Chinese Association Teen Cultural Dancers: Flying Kites Written and Read by: Judy Hardin Cheung Dance instructor: Judy Elliott Dancers: Meesha Heydon, Jasmine Elliott, Savannah Heydon, Emily Mangus, Kiana Sherwood Prize Winning Poets Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA, about her body Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA, New Life  Barbara DuBois, Socorro, NM, Vivaldi  Don Feliz, Sacramento, CA, Journal Entry: Leaving Mount Vernon Dancers of the Pharaohs: Come, Come Along written and read by Richard Angilly Choreographer/Artistic Director: Shukriya DeVine Dancers: Shukriya DeVine, Loywanner Haddadou, Wanda Ingmire, Ronda Hollie, Caroline Williams, Mary Peterson Dancers of the Pharaohs: It's All About Balance Poet: Mary Rudge, Poet Laureate of Alameda. This poem is presented by Mary Rudge in connection with the 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Choreographer! Artistic Director: Shukriya De Vine Dancers: Shukriya DeVine, Loywanner Haddadou, Wanda Ingmire, Ronda Hollie, Caroline Williams Prize Winning Poets Dorothy Fletcher, Jacksonville, FL, Cromwell's Horses Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA, Baccarat at Deauville, 1928 Reem Hisham Adeeb Hijiawi, Long Beach, CA, Angel of My Heart Tuju Taksu Balanese Mask Dance, Sense of Something Coming, Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke Dancers: Maru Matthaei and William Witter Masks by Ida Bagua Oka and Maru Mathaei Music by William Witter Tanya Joyce: Speaking of Art IFusion: Presentation Grand Prize Winner: Amazing Masks by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA Read at the podium by Claire J. Baker, read during performance by Richard Angilly Dancers: Wanda Ingmire, Nancy Merritt, Cindy Levinson, Sarahanne Lum, Shukriya DeVine, Loywanner Haddadou, Ronda Hollie, Carolyn Williams, Mary Peterson Intermission: 15 minutes. Raoul Epling, our colorful Master of Ceremonies with a tuxedo change for every act Judy Cheung, Dancing Poetry Contest Chair and Vice President of Artists Embassy International, assisted MC Raoul Epling. (GH) Our program opened with Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company heralding the afternoon with a dance of clarions in an Homage to Greece, remembering the World Congress of Poets held in Larissa, Greece, June 29-July 3, 2011. NAPDTC was a featured dance troupe of the event. The next number by NAPDTC was to a poem written by Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets held in Greece, "To the Dead and Unpublished Poet. A formal ceremony to present a Golden Seal Book Award to Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., was officiated by Mary Rudge, Poet Laureate of Alameda; Arthur Chang, Vice President of Artists Embassy International, and Richard Angilly, Treasurer of AEI; received by the Vice Consul of the Greek Embassy of San Francisco The Vice Consul of the Greek Embassy receives congratulations from Natica Angilly, President of Artists Embassy International, for Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D. Judith Arcana, Portland OR, was our first prize winning poet to read with her poem "Eight." Katy Brown, Davis, CA, read "The Map to Eden." Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT, read "Woman Shaking a Rug" and "A Little Night Music" Lourdes Costalses, Alameda, CA, read "Obon Festival" The Redwood Empire Chinese Association Teen Cultural Dancers presented "Flying Kites" Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA read, "about her body." Jan Dederick, El Cerrito, CA read "New Life." Barbara DuBois, Socorro, NM, read "Vivaldi." Don Feliz, Sacramento, CA, read "Journal Entry: Leaving Mount Vernon." He is receiving his award from Judy Cheung, Vice President of AEI. (GH) Dancers of the Pharoahs performed "Come, Come Along," by Richard Angilly Dancers of the Pharoahs with "It's All About Balance," by Mary Rudge, Poet Laureate of Alameda. This dance was was performed in connection with the 100 Thousand Poets for Change occuring in many venues throughout San Francisco and the USA Dorothy Fletcher, Jacksonville, FL, read "Cromwell's Horses." Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA, read "Baccarat at Deauville, 1928." Laverne is the most awarded poet over the years for the Dancing Poetry Festival Reem Hisham Adeeb Jijiawi, Long Beach, CA read "Angel of My Heart." Tuju Taksu Balanese Mask Dance performed "Sense of Something Coming," poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. Masks created by Ida Bagua Oka and Maru Mathaei Tanya Joyce gave a brief talk about the fusion of art, especially as depicted at the Dancing Poetry Festival Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, reads her Grand Prize Winning Poem, "Amazing Masks." Grand Prize winning poem, "Amazing Masks," by Clire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, performed by Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, using double-sided mounted masks created by Natica Angilly. For the second half of the program please look at the "DPF 2011 2nd half page INTERMISSION: a great time to thuroughly read the program, admire the gold sconces on the walls, the beautiful fresco on the domed ceiling of the theater, visit with new and old friends, and stretch your legs.