Oahu Fringe 2017
"Tiny Seismic" and "Mango Dreams" Production
Tiny Seismic is a shared dance and new media program with dance artists Peiling Kao, Kara Miller, and Friends. This event includes improvisation and video dance installations with live and digital performers.
Tiny Seismic is a shared dance and new media program with dance artists Peiling Kao, Kara Miller, and Friends. This event includes improvisation and video dance installations with live and digital performers.
Oahu Fringe 2017
Butoh dance moment in StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS', "United We?" with Kara Miller in the collaborative installment piece, "Tiny Seismic", January 2017.
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS: Gray Area
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS was invited to perform with four other talented colleagues: Jhalak Miller, Sami Akuna, Mireva Minerbi, and SheenRu Yong, in the Fest á Corps, Poitier, France. This is a rehearsal clip from section one of my ten minute solo, Gray Area.
Delegates were required to present a twenty minute ensemble piece. Our group, The Spinning Goats, also performed ten minute solos. All solos were accompanied by an art installation. We used visual projections, art, and live streaming to enrich the experience.
Delegates were required to present a twenty minute ensemble piece. Our group, The Spinning Goats, also performed ten minute solos. All solos were accompanied by an art installation. We used visual projections, art, and live streaming to enrich the experience.
Tamane "Atlantis" Official Music Video
Oahu's ukulele virtuoso, Tamane Gardner invited me and fellow local artists to help create one of her latest music videos. We shot footage for about twelve hours to capture the illusion of being under the sea.
Shot and Edited by Etienne Aurelius
Dj: Jerome James
Dancers: Sequoia, Rose Wolfe, Rose's friend, Alexis, Becky McGarvey, Nathaniel Lampley,
Shot and Edited by Etienne Aurelius
Dj: Jerome James
Dancers: Sequoia, Rose Wolfe, Rose's friend, Alexis, Becky McGarvey, Nathaniel Lampley,
Just Imagine
American Me? War, Ethos, and A Chip Called Blue
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS' exploration of being an American during wartime overseas. How are we as Americans perceived by our host countries? What do the colors of our flag mean? Do we live by our own ideals? Is there a social-political cost for perpetual foreign and domestic war?
Paintings and accompanied Modern Butoh choreography by Sequoia Carr-Brown.
Paintings and accompanied Modern Butoh choreography by Sequoia Carr-Brown.
"Southern Roses", Isadora Duncan
"RammDance is a professional dance company,dance school, and community center."
The company is trained in Isadora Duncan technique by Founder, Creative Director, and Choreographer, Courtney Ramm.
The company is trained in Isadora Duncan technique by Founder, Creative Director, and Choreographer, Courtney Ramm.
Ramm Dance Company, "Three Graces"
"RammDance Anniversary Performance on February 25, 2017. Three Graces, choreographed by Isadora Duncan. Dancers: RammDance Company: Sequoia Carr-Brown, Laura Heslop, Courtney Ramm. Videography/Editing: Robyn Ocepek McCreary."
"Shadowland" Cover (Lion King: The Musical) by Honolulu Broadway Babies 2014
Choreography by Sequoia Carr-Brown and character, "Nala" performed by Sequoia Carr-Brown.
"Los Angeles artist, Trisha Mae performs "Shadowland" from the broadway musical, The Lion King with the cast of Honolulu Broadway Babies 10th Anniversary Concert at The Leeward Theatre in Hawaii, an event supporting Best Buddies Hawaii and those with developmental disabilities."
"Los Angeles artist, Trisha Mae performs "Shadowland" from the broadway musical, The Lion King with the cast of Honolulu Broadway Babies 10th Anniversary Concert at The Leeward Theatre in Hawaii, an event supporting Best Buddies Hawaii and those with developmental disabilities."
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS: American Me?
"American Me" marks the third installment of my life work exploring American history and social systems, Constructed: Red, White, and Blue.
"American Me" was performed at Ong King Cultural Art's Center, Honolulu 2017
"American Me" was performed at Ong King Cultural Art's Center, Honolulu 2017
kNOw Ego
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS founder and Creative Director, Sequoia Carr-Browns performs a Butoh piece, "kNOw Ego", 2015, in The Art + The Ink: Journey to the Heart Sutra production at Doris Duke and Cupola Theatre. Accompanied by Singing Crystal Bowls artist, Katie Fisher. This collaborative project featured local and international artists invited by Willow Chang's, Passport Productions:
-Master calligrapher Baikei Uehira
-Taiko master Kenny Endo
-Abhijit Banerjee, master tabla artist from India
-Japanese dancer and swordsman Ikuhiko Aoyama
-Artist and instructor Andy Lee
-Twirling Girlish Hoop Dance Company
-Dancer Willow Chang
-Japanese Butoh dancer Lori Ohtani/Tangentz
-Slack key musician Danny Carvalho
-Bassist Ernie Provencher
-Performance artist Eric West aka Professor Pandemonium
-Martial artist and poet Michael Hamilton
-Mendhi (henna) artist Maya Ball
-Master calligrapher Baikei Uehira
-Taiko master Kenny Endo
-Abhijit Banerjee, master tabla artist from India
-Japanese dancer and swordsman Ikuhiko Aoyama
-Artist and instructor Andy Lee
-Twirling Girlish Hoop Dance Company
-Dancer Willow Chang
-Japanese Butoh dancer Lori Ohtani/Tangentz
-Slack key musician Danny Carvalho
-Bassist Ernie Provencher
-Performance artist Eric West aka Professor Pandemonium
-Martial artist and poet Michael Hamilton
-Mendhi (henna) artist Maya Ball
Hawaii Stars Concert 2017
Honolulu Broadway Babies winners Tammy and Isaac Lau won first place in this annual competition. Under the direction of Kristian Lei and Sequoia Carr-Brown, they performed, "Hamilton". The Laus segment begins at 33:37 minutes. Enjoy the entire show of Oahu's extraordinary and talented performers.
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS: Nothing but Footprints
SFXP collaborates with The Spinning Goats mixed media art collective to explore climate change and community activism. This July, we're taking the third installment of our project to a dance invitational in Seoul,Korea.
On January 20, 2019, 8- 11 am at Waimanalo Bay Park, Oahu, we facilitated a dance research, potluck, and beach cleanup project, "A Slow Awakening".
On January 20, 2019, 8- 11 am at Waimanalo Bay Park, Oahu, we facilitated a dance research, potluck, and beach cleanup project, "A Slow Awakening".
Spinning Goats: "A Slow Awakening"
The Spinning Goat's second installment and community project, "A Slow Awakening". We explore climate change and the concepts of belonging, loneliness, denial, and nurturing for the planet and one another.
Honolulu Broadway Babies and J.E.T.H School interview with the Honolulu Advertiser, 2017.
Hawaii Stars Winners 2017
J.E.T.H Continuing Education and Performing Arts School wins the Harry & Jeanette Weinbery Foundation's contest for people with extraordinary abilities.
Oahu Fringe 2015
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS' collaborative living art installment with Spatial Sculptures. "Framed" was inspired by famous works of art. Sequoia's performance and concept, Untitled, Jackson Pollock,1948.
Art Exhibition Amberg, Germany
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS launch of Constructed: Red, White, and Blue, at Mayr Gallery, Amberg. The local paper, Amberger Zeitung printed a full page review of my work.
United We?
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS' art installation explores Noam Chompsky's, concept of Manufactured Consent" and the normalizing of fascism in
America.
"United We?" was performed at Oahu Fringe Festival, 2017 as a collaborative project with Peiling Kao and Kara Miller's, "Tiny Seismic" production.
America.
"United We?" was performed at Oahu Fringe Festival, 2017 as a collaborative project with Peiling Kao and Kara Miller's, "Tiny Seismic" production.
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STRANGE FRUIT XPRESS
History Art Dance Activism
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS (SFXP) is a collaborative performance art company that celebrates American history, art, and dance. Their mixed media projects explore intersectional social-political issues and progress. SFXP also creates art for the sake of art. The company's movement philosophy incorporates varied techniques of Modern, African, and Butoh.
StRaNgE FrUiT XPrEsS' mission is to engage the community about American social systems through empowering performances, art installments, and workshops. StRanGe FrUiT XPrEsS focuses on developing genuinely creative forms of expression in mind, body, and spirit.
Until the story of the hunt is told by the lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
African Proverb
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