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Hello Community,  This email contains info about a film screening this week, a new piece of writing remembering a conversation I had with Quincy Jones in 2018, and a recap of what Wicks Works has been up to in 2024 as we look ahead! Image from Baby Lady and the Ham performance at SF Aerial Arts Festival, August 2024. Photo by  Austin Forbord, courtesy of Zaccho Dance Theater. My ancestral and choreographic research lead me to talk with Quincy Jones in his Bel Aire home June 2018. When he died on November 4, my conversation with him came flooding back to me and this piece started to write itself. Learn about Quincy's start in Hollywood, film score history, and the origins of my nickname "Baby Lady" here: Convo with Q   Screening this week!  Vertical Dance Movie Night - Sunday, December 15, 2024 @ Bandaloop Studios, 6 pm  Counterweight on Tower Top (trailer) is excerpted footage from a film that looped on a 360 degree LED screen on the top of Salesforce Tower in San Francisco throughout September 2024.    Wicks Works has had an abundant 10th anniversary year and is excited to look ahead to  2025.  We are so grateful to our grantors and donors who supported the creation of five plus new works this year. Our work reached thousands of viewers! Below is a brief recap of what we made in 2024 with community support. Followed by what is coming 2025. First: Helen Wicks by Robbie Sweeny. Second: Erin Yen, Glamputee, Helen Wicks by audience member Radio Vision A new solo by Helen Wicks that is an ode to the lineage of music composition teacher Nadia Boulanger and the origins of broadcast television Project AeriALL with Glamputee Aerial rope and drag with custom accessible rigging for disabled performing artist Alex Locust / Glamputee  Baby Lady & The Ham A dynamic comedic duo made in collaboration between Helen Wicks and Saharla Vetsch that explores mutual support on a counterweight pulley system designed by Dave Freitag. Presented at SF Aerial Arts Festival, August 2024 Power Plays production with Dragons Dance / Erin Yen - a shared co-production July, 2024 @ SPACE 124 Suspended in Laughter - a Helen Wicks original low flying aerial dance that swings between joy and despair Counterweight on Tower Top, Salesforce Tower - September's featured artist commissioned by Jim Campbell Studio - made in collaboration with Clio Gevirtz New writing: Convo with Quincy Jones + An exciting new collaboration not yet announced coming soon!  Power Plays team, Erin Yen / Dragons Dance (yellow), Glamputee (purple), Helen Wicks (red) First and third photo by Robbie Sweeny  Like many small arts organizations, we rely on the support of individual gifts to pay artists and production teams.    We are going to continue to develop these projects and mount  Power RePlays  in 2025.  We are raising an additional $7,000 to balance cover production costs.   Thank you for considering a tax-deductible year end gift.  SUPPORT WICKS WORKS HERE We can also accept matching donations from your workplace through Benevity.  Photo of Erin Yen and audience participant at Power Plays in July. Photo by Robbie Sweeny  In case you missed it - here is a taste of Baby Lady and the Ham 1 minute trailer:  Baby Lady and the Ham Trailer - Collaboration between Saharla Vetsch and Helen Wicks  Sending our best to you and your loved ones throughout the holiday season. Feel free to be in touch with any thoughts or questions!  Helen Wicks in Suspended in Laughter, July 2024 Photo by Robbie Sweeny Cheers, Helen and the Wicks Works Team Copyright © 2024 Helen Wicks, All rights reserved.