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DANCE/THEATRE
April 22-25, 2010

Inspired by Theatre/Created through Dance.  Peter G. Kalivas, project artistic director, engages local choreographers to bring past Diversionary productions to life through new dance pieces.  Underwritten by California Institute for Contemporary Arts, and supported by a grant from the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.

Creative Team

Peter G. Kalivas is the artistic director of Dance/Theatre. “What is inspiration (motivate, stimulate, incite extended ideas), what inspires us?” asked Kalivas of himself and the choreographers. “How does one take this inspiration and then cross mediums or genre of expression?” Kalivas has been a critically acclaimed dancer, choreographer and teacher for more than twenty years whose performances and choreography have been presented worldwide. A Fulbright Scholar, Dance Specialist and Cultural Envoy for the U.S. Department of Education and Culture in Washington D.C., he gives master classes, provides residencies at major Colleges, Universities, and Festivals and creates work for professional companies in addition to his own, The PGK Project (A Contemporary Dance Company), www.thepgkproject.com

Very much interested in presenting realistic and human conditions in performance, for the April 2009 program, Kalivas created a new duet for himself and dancer Justin Viernes, as inspired by David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly. The play is drawn from real life events, involving the strange tale of a French diplomat who carried on a twenty year relationship with a Chinese opera star without (he contended) being aware that his "perfect woman" was really a man. Kalivas' work untangles betrayal, exploitation, exoticism and fantasy, allowing these to unravel through movement. An original member of Sean Curran Company in New York, Kalivas was a member of Malashock Dance & Company and The San Diego Ballet and has performed with Jean Isaacs and The San Diego Opera.

Press Photos from 2009

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Inspired by Bent, dance created by Deven P. Brawley. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg	Inspired by M. Butterfly, dance created by Peter G. Kalivas. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg
Inspired by Jeffrey, dance created by Bradley R. Lundberg. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg	Inspired by Jeffrey, dance created by Bradley R. Lundberg. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg
Inspired by M. Butterfly, dance created by Peter G. Kalivas. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg	Inspired by Jeffrey, dance created by Bradley R. Lundberg. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg
Inspired by Bent, dance created by Deven P. Brawley. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg	Inspired by M. Butterfly, dance created by Peter G. Kalivas. Photo credit: Manuel Rotenberg

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