14 Jul 2025

Compagnie Lézards bleus

 


Flyaway Productions

 

Thank you for your support of Flyaway Productions!
Youth, Umbrellas, and Belonging
In this Newsletter:
  • GIRLFLY 2025 Performances
  • Save the Date: Down on the Corner Performances
  • Flyaway Recommends
  • In Memorium: Shakiri
This Month!
GIRLFLY 2025 Performances

July 31, 2025
Thursday, 5PM + 6:30pm
(same show runs twice)

Space 124 and Jack Hammer Park
San Francisco Mission District, CA


We are in the midst of making GIRLFLY 2025 happen. Join us on July 31 for our final performances, featuring dance performances by 20 youth in the city. We are working with both steel and actual umbrellas, flying, spinning, and creating space where youth can feel belonging. We can’t wait for you to see their work.

See More About GIRLFLY
Save the Date!
DOWN ON THE CORNER
Presented by Flyaway Productions in partnership with the TurkxTaylor Initiative

October 3-4 and 9-11, 2025
Shows run at 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM, with a pre-show historical introduction each night at 7:15

Tenderloin, San Francisco
Meet on the South East Corner of Turk and Taylor Streets


Honoring the site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot; conjuring its liberation and a just transition for the future. 

FEATURING
Choreography / Direction: Jo Kreiter
Film: Leila Weefur
Music: Melanie DeMore 
Dancers/Collaborators: Ai Yin Adelski, Gabriele Christian, Becca “B” Dean, Quinn Dior, laura elaine ellis,Sonsherée Giles, MaryStarr Hope, Jhia Jackson, Megan Lowe and Saharla Vetsch
Lighting Design: Jack Beuttler
Rigging Design: Dave Freitag
Prop Design: Devon LaBelle
Costumes: Haus of Jubilee

 Free and Outside at the Corner of Turk and Taylor Streets, SF.
More details coming soon.

Flyaway Recommends
Dragons Dance at
YBG Choreofest

July 19th, 2025
Saturday, 1-2:30PM

Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco, CA

 
Featuring Flyaway dance artist Quinn Dior and several other amazing dance artists!
Get More Info on YBG Choreofest
In Memorium

Shakiri
 
Flyaway notes with tremendous sorrow the passing of Shakiri. She was one of the most inspiring artists in the Bay Area. She led with joy, invention, charisma and a sharp political mind. She taught with Jo for over 30 years at ZACCHO’s youth program and is an ongoing inspiration for how we think about teaching dance to youth. Fly high, Shakiri, as you cross over…
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Media Credits: 1) RJ Muna of Megan Lowe for Down on the Corner - 2025; 2) Jo Kreiter of GIRLFLY 2025; 3) RJ Muna of Gabriele Christian for Down on the Corner - 2025; 3) Dragons Dance; 4) Shakiri
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For more information please visit:
flyawayproductions.com

19 Jun 2025

Blue Lapis Light

 

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URBAN DREAMING: A MOVEMENT OPERA


TICKETS NOW ON SALE!✨ 


Our latest aerial sitework in ATX is finally here! This September, join us for an operatic night of dancing through the air, joining us high in the sky atop our city's buildings. Our aerialists will soar from the RBJ Residential Buildings, and you'll get a front row seat from the neighboring rooftop!


Sept 18-21 & Sept 25-28


8:15PM | Doors at 7:45PM


1320 Art Dilly Dr. 

Austin, TX 78702

DON'T FORGET COMMUNITY NIGHT


On Wednesday, September 18th, Blue Lapis Light offers ALL SEATING, including prime seating, for only $25 🥳💙

Urban Dreaming is an immersive movement opera that transcends traditional storytelling, drawing its audience into a visceral journey through our shared human experiences, the constraints that bind us, and the timeless pulse that unites all living beings.


Set against a backdrop of Austin’s urban landscape, this opera fuses contemporary and aerial dance with music to explore the confinement of the human spirit, through walls both physical and invisible. It unearths personal memories and collective trauma, transforming them into movement.


At its core, Urban Dreaming is about connection - how, despite the barriers of time, identity, and circumstance, we remain linked by an invisible thread of universal energy. Through this opera, we invite audiences to remember, to feel, and ultimately to dream together.

THANK YOU TO OUR HOSTS!


We'd like to shout out our incredible building hosts, the RBJ Residential Buildings!


RBJ Senior Housing is an Austin-based nonprofit that has provided affordable housing to older adults for 57 years. Nestled along a scenic stretch of Lady Bird Lake, its flagship location is named in honor of President Lyndon Johnson’s mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. In partnership with Blue Lapis Light, RBJ Senior Housing is celebrating the re-opening of its campus following a decade-long transformation which includes the renovation of the iconic 16-story tower, now renamed The Rebekah, and the addition of a new apartment building, The Lady Bird. This project reflects RBJ’s enduring commitment to provide affordable housing for older adults and to uphold the legacy of President Johnson, who originally envisioned this community.

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THANK YOU ATX!


We'd like to take a moment to thank the City of Austin's Economic Development Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts for making this show possible. Without your support, these vital works of art could not happen. Thank you for keeping ATX an artistic ground of supported community and vibrant growth! 

In Peace,


Sally Jacques

Artistic Director of Blue Lapis Light 



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Photography by Earl McGehee


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Blue Lapis Light | P.O. Box 1821 | Austin, TX 78767 US