Tawil + Tiberius

​The collection of collaborations between Tawil and the musicians of Tiberius - Dominic Cramp (Evangelista, Lord Tang) playing organ and electronics and Mike Guarino (Sir Richard Bishop, Oaxacan) playing drums.

VIDEO ARCHIVE 

works/
Foundry
Kool-Aid w. Dominic Cramp
DUO w. Mike Guarino
TIDAL w. Tiberius
Destroy// All Places / San Francisco, Oakland, Phoenix
Ma Series, Sacramento-CA
Tawil + Tiberius + Kelly Porter

The Grand Re-Map (2012-13)
Lars J. Brouwer  &  Leyya Mona Tawil

Development Residency/ 
Nooderparkamer/ Amsterdam      
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Tour/
The Flea/New York City
Detroit Contemporary/Detroit
Zeitgeist/New Orleans
Hi Ho Lounge/New Orleans
Arbor Cafe/Oakland
TAC/Oakland
Kunst-Stoff Arts/San Francisco

The Grand Re-Map program is supported, in part, by the public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services, Zellerbach Family Foundation and City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program.

THIEVES (2012)
Concept & Choreography: Leyya Tawil
Music Design:  Lars J. Brouwer
Performers:  Jeremiah Crank, Roche Janken, 
Isabelle Sjahsam, Leyya Tawil
Photography:  Liz Payne

Premiere/ SF International Arts Festival 2012
Touring/ Rawabet Theater, Cairo

More info and photos.
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Quieting Heart: An Attempt (2010-11)
Be quiet in your heart and the noise of the world will die into nothingness.
-Kenneth Patchen

Each work in the Quieting Heart series is referred to as “an attempt”, and is ordered using only prime numbers (divisible by 1 and itself.) 

Each attempt is a container : a space for research into location and situation. It is specific and time relevant.
Each attempt takes the form of live performance, film and/or other documentation of research. 

View Attempts #1-43

Map of the World  (2010)
&
land.mine  (2007)

Choreographed and Performed by Leyya Tawil
Music by Topher Keyes and Mark Gergis
Costume by Scott Tallenger and Leigh Anne Martin
Photo by Ghneim Zarour

Premiere and Additional
Temescal Arts Center- Oakland, CA
Mahaney Center for the Arts- Middlebury, VT
Maqamat Theater Space- Beirut, Lebanon
Studio 303- Montreal, Canada
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival 2010, Palestine
Syrian National Opera House- Damascus, Syria
Overtoom 30- Amsterdam, Netherlands

Duet for the Angel Apparent  (2009)

Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Original Music by Mark Gergis
Costumes by Cristina Lowery
Original performed by  Alex Springer, Xan Burley, Jordan Risdon, Mira Cook, Isabelle Sjahsam, Ken Scott
Photo by Liz Payne

Premiere and Additional:
Dance Mission Theater- San Francisco, CA
Alwan for the Arts- New York, NY
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival 2010, Palestine

RADAR   (2009)
Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Music by Mike Khoury and Andrew Coltrane
Originally performed by Caroline Rucker, Omar Carmical
Co-Produced by Middlebury College Dance Company

Premiere and Additional:
Spektrum Theater/CESTA- Tabor, Czech Republic
Mahaney Center for the Arts- Middlebury, Vermont
La Sala Rosa- Montreal, Quebec
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival 2010- Palestine

Grace on a Friday Night  (2009)

Choreographed and Performed by Leyya Tawil
Music by Mark Gergis, Mazen Kerbaj and Franz Hautzinger

Premiere and Additional:
Spektrum Theater/CESTA-  Tabor, Czech Republic
Mahaney Center for the Arts- Middlebury, Vermont
The Flea at DNA Theater- New York, NY
BIPOD- Beirut, Lebanon
Overtoom 301- Amsterdam, Netherlands

Capital Life  (2008)

Choreography and Concept by Leyya Tawil
Music by Mark Gergis
Costumes by Leigh Anne Martin
Set Design & Photo by Malinda Trimble
Originally performed by  Isabelle Sjahsam, Jacqueline Lounsbury, Jeremiah Crank, Janet Collard, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart and Ken Scott.

Premiere:  24-25 February 2008
Dance New Amsterdam, NYC
Additional:
Mahaney Center for the Arts, VT
SF International Arts Festival 2008, CA

LAND

Concept and Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Media Installation by  David Szlasa
Original music by Topher Keyes
Short Story by Phill Weber
Costumes by Leigh Anne Martin
Original performers: Isabelle Sjahsam, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, Angelina Vasile

premiered:  10-14 July 2007
Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland-CA

RAINCOAT REBELLION  (2007)
Commissioned by the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
School of Music, Dance & Theatre

Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Music by Stephen Rush
Costumes and Scenography by Jeffery Bauer
Lighting by Mary Cole
Originally Performed by the UM-University Dancers
Photo by Forte Productions

Premiere Date:  1-4 February 1-4 2007
Power Center for the Arts, Ann Arbor-MI

MEDIA  (2006)

" ...fast-paced, impressively structured explosion of pure movement."        Rita Felciano for Dance View Times

" energy abounding"  Voice of Dance

" highly stylish"    San Francisco Chronicle

Choreography by Leyya Tawil
Original music by Topher Keyes
Lighting by Matthew Antaky
Costumes by Leigh Anne Martin
Set design by Malinda Trimble
Photo by Liz Payne

Premiere:  2-11 June 2006
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco-CA

GAME  (2004)

"Tall, elegant, with limbs designed for the stratosphere, in her intensity she suggested a tornado, yet her demeanor spoke of control and professionalism."
Rita Felciano for SF Bay Guardian

Choreography/Performance by Leyya Tawil
Original music by Topher Keyes
Lighting by Matthew Antaky
Video by Cristina Waltz
Photo by Lydia Daniller

Premiere: 11-27 March 2004.
Venue 9, San Francisco-CA