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Tandy
Beal...
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THE NEW YORK TIMES  |
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"Ms. Beal may be a dancer first but she is also a poet, mime, comic and compassionate storyteller who spoke from her heart to ours." ATLANTA CONSTITUTION |
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Circus:
Wrote,
directed and choreographed the Pickle Family Circus for 10 years,
the Moscow Circus in Japan for 2 years, and many corporate circus
events across the US.
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"Tandy Beal dancing solo seems to incorporate an entire dance troupe all by herself!" SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE |
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Dance:
She has created the first alternative
Nutcracker
using
dance and circus to the stunning multimedia Outside Blake's Window.
Four solo concerts in repertory. Award winning outreach and education
projects (click here for Tandy Beal
and Company info.). Tandy was featured in Dance Magazine
March 2001 edition in an article titled, "Tandy's Back, Out
from the Big Top, Choreographer-Teacher Beal Focuses Again on Dance"
(click here to view the article).
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"Tandy Beal puts her stamp all over the place, to wonderful effect." VARIETY |
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Music:
Collaborations
with: singer Bobby McFerrin over many years on stage, and on television;
Frank Zappa (and 65 life size puppets); jazz artists Art Lande,
Paul McCandless, and SoVoSo;
John Adams conducting for Cabrillo Music Festival; comedic dances
for the singing debut of Jean Stapleton in Candide; many
years collaborating with Jon Scoville.
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"It's a near miracle. Credit Tandy Beal, who conceived, directed and choreographed the show to within a hair's breadth of perfection." SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER |
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Film
and TV: Emmy
award winning Voice/Dance; MTV, The Garden; all the
characters' movement in Tim Burton's, The Nightmare Before
Christmas;
an in-house commercial for Nissan; Robert Ashley's Roots in the
Aether for PBS; segment of Thomas Moore's, Everyday Spirituality.
Chosen by American Film Institute to direct Buried Light,
on Hildegard von Bingen. Choreographies shown on the national TV
stations of Switzerland, Hong Kong and Japan.
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"Provocative, ephemeral, moving, thoughtful, mind-bending . . . simply astonishing. I confess to being transported!" SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE |
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| Awards: Highlights include: American Council on the Arts, Dance Bay Area for Innovation, Japan US Friendship Commission (twice), National Choreography Project, several commendations from the California legislature, over 25 grants from the California Arts Council and also the National Endowment for the Arts in dance and theater, including an advancement grant, a solo theater fellowship and a rare 3 year choreography fellowship. Numerous awards for children's programming and community outreach. Fully sponsored State Department tour of Eastern Europe. | |
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"Tandy Beal is one of the most incredibly gifted conjurers of magic!" BOBBY MCFERRIN
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| Commissions: Highlights include: Høvik Ballet in Oslo, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Oakland Ballet, New Performance Festival, NASA's Search for Extra Terrestrial Institute, Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, Cabrillo Music Festival, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Tokyo Seibu Theater. | |
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".exciting, mysterious, theatrical, humorous and energetic." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER |
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| Teaching: Long term teaching affiliations with the Universities of Utah, and California at Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College. Residencies at Centre de Danse Contemporaine in Angers, France; Esalen Institute. Also Mills College, University of Louvain in Brussels. Workshops in Japan, Brazil, England, Malta Greece, Norway, Denmark, Czeckoslovakia, Hong Kong and the US. | |
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"It is difficult to imagine more outstanding ambassadors for American culture.none of us can remember a troupe better received by an audience or more a pleasure to work with." AMERICAN EMBASSY, ATHENS, GREECE |
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| Performances: Besides touring her own work worldwide, she has performed with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater, Remy Charlip, Carolyn Carlson and guest appearances with the Atlanta Ballet, MOMIX, Lisa Giobbi, Oakland Ballet as well as off-Broadway. | |