Mission.
DANCE ELIXIR, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was founded by Leyya Mona Tawil in order to pursue a collaboration-based vision of contemporary dance research and presentation. Dance Elixir is dedicated to cultivating culturally relevant artistic communities through international and interdisciplinary work.
Overview.
Since 2003, DANCE ELIXIR has produced an annual home season in the San Francisco Bay Area and maintains a national and international touring schedule. Current works include THIEVES (2011), Quieting Heart: An Attempt (film and performance series), and Place (for premiere in 2012).
Festival appearances include Beirut International Platform On Dance 2009, Arab Dance Platform 2011 (Beirut), Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival 2010, San Francisco International Arts Festival 2008 & 2011, and the Seattle International Dance Festival 2011. DANCE ELIXIR programs have been produced at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Arab American National Museum (MI), The Flea (NYC), Alwan for the Arts (NYC), and Arts at Middlebury (VT). The company’s international engagements include Syrian National Opera House (Damascus), CESTA/Spektrum Theater (Czech Republic), Overtoom 301 (Amsterdam) and Studio 303 (Montreal, Canada).
In addition to live dance programming, DANCE ELIXIR has produced and collaborated on multiple dance-for-film projects. Tawil was recently commissioned by Dances Made to Order (Los Angeles), through which she produced “the Mechanic” in collaboration with Detroit-based conceptual artist Jeremy Kallio. The company has also worked with San Francisco filmmaker/photographer Liz Payne for her film “Angel Apparent”, based on Tawil’s choreography Duet for the Angel Apparent (2010).
Support.
The organization receives support from the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, the East Bay Community Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the W&F Hewlett Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, Theatre Bay Area's CA$H, the Clorox Company Foundation, and a group of generous individual donors and volunteers.
DANCE ELIXIR, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was founded by Leyya Mona Tawil in order to pursue a collaboration-based vision of contemporary dance research and presentation. Dance Elixir is dedicated to cultivating culturally relevant artistic communities through international and interdisciplinary work.
Overview.
Since 2003, DANCE ELIXIR has produced an annual home season in the San Francisco Bay Area and maintains a national and international touring schedule. Current works include THIEVES (2011), Quieting Heart: An Attempt (film and performance series), and Place (for premiere in 2012).
Festival appearances include Beirut International Platform On Dance 2009, Arab Dance Platform 2011 (Beirut), Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival 2010, San Francisco International Arts Festival 2008 & 2011, and the Seattle International Dance Festival 2011. DANCE ELIXIR programs have been produced at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Arab American National Museum (MI), The Flea (NYC), Alwan for the Arts (NYC), and Arts at Middlebury (VT). The company’s international engagements include Syrian National Opera House (Damascus), CESTA/Spektrum Theater (Czech Republic), Overtoom 301 (Amsterdam) and Studio 303 (Montreal, Canada).
In addition to live dance programming, DANCE ELIXIR has produced and collaborated on multiple dance-for-film projects. Tawil was recently commissioned by Dances Made to Order (Los Angeles), through which she produced “the Mechanic” in collaboration with Detroit-based conceptual artist Jeremy Kallio. The company has also worked with San Francisco filmmaker/photographer Liz Payne for her film “Angel Apparent”, based on Tawil’s choreography Duet for the Angel Apparent (2010).
Support.
The organization receives support from the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, the East Bay Community Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the W&F Hewlett Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, Theatre Bay Area's CA$H, the Clorox Company Foundation, and a group of generous individual donors and volunteers.
