Thursday May 30 * doors at 7, show at 730 * $15-25 * TICKETS
Presented in collaboration with OTS Productions...
Lucia Li - Multidisciplinary, sound artist, performance artist. Was born in Xi’an China, graduated from Maryland institute college of art in 2022. Lucia uses performance art and body language to interpret all her philosophical thoughts.
Nate Scheible is a DC-based artist who has performed and recorded in a variety of bands and ensembles spanning multiple genres over the past 25 years. Collaborators in recent years include the Bureau of Sensory Affairs (with Alma Laprida), Sarah Hughes, Nik Francis, and the band Drawn with Layne Garrett and Nenet. His background is largely based in improvisation on drums, electronics, and analog tape. His work is featured prominently on releases by the labels Warm Winters Ltd., Unifactor, Feeding Tube, and Never Anything, the most recent album being “or valleys and,” released in 2024 by Outside Time.
Amber Lucia Chabus is a DC-based artist who finds joy moving her body in spaces with other creatives. Amber graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018 with degrees in Dance and Kinesiology. She has performed professionally with Heart Stück Bernie, ReVision dance company, darlingdance, Light Switch Dance Theater, Xing Dance Theatre, Orange Grove Dance, and DanceTheYard. Amber was part of the inaugural Dance Metro DC Performance-in-Progress cohort and has had choreography shown at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Atlas Performing Arts Center, and Dance Place (Washington, DC) and at Island Grown Dance and the Built on Stilts Festival (Martha’s Vineyard). Most recently, Amber made her evening-length choreographic debut at Dance Place with Sana, Sana. When not dancing or working in Communications at Sidwell Friends School, Amber keeps her personal brand consistent with cats (shout out Donut) and the color pink.
Amber will be performing Sana, Sana: Excerpts. Sana, Sana traces matrilineal lineages to find magic, identity and healing. In this work, three performers are accompanied by a mirage of frogs in retrieving childhood comforts, spells, and remedies to heal forward. The performers explore a tribute to themselves through movement, spoken word, crocheting, pointing, pushing, and raving. An intimate and immersive evening of reflection, audiences are reminded that, like the popular children’s saying “Sana, Sana, Colita de Rana”, if you won’t heal today, you will heal tomorrow.