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the Bcollective collaborates with many fellow artist-bees to create interactive
performances and educational workshops. past collaborations have included:
nala walla, keeth monta apgar, maureen
freehill, yvonne jarosz,
and linda mae case. see artist bios below.
NALA WALLA
nala walla is a transdisciplinary performer, teacher and community activist
who emphasizes the central role that the participatory arts play in healing
fractured ecologies and communities. her BODYECOLOGY and BODYVERSITY curriculums
synthesize bodybased art forms with principles of deep ecology in order
to move beyond the rational, and facilitate a wholistic, wholebody understanding
of permaculture. nala bridges her ecologic and artistic sensibilities
through the Bcollective, an arts and ecology homestead on a tiny island
in the puget sound.
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 KEETH
MONTA APGAR
keeth monta apgar brings his background in music to the Bcollective as
a songwriter and sound designer. in his seventeen years of writing, keeth
has created over four hundred song compositions. his untraditional style
weaves ambient field recordings with live instrumentation, lush jazz chords,
and image-evoking lyrics.
keeth received his degree in ethnomusicology from mary washington university,
studied the didgeridoo in australia, and plays the mbira – a “thumb
piano” from zimbabwe. he records and performs with his pop project
the harmonica pocket, composes music for dance companies, and writes and
performs children's music.
www.harmonicapocket.com
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 MAUREEN
FREEHILL
maureen has performed and taught butoh, dance, theater and yoga for over
20 years. her training includes an MFA in Directing Asian Performance
and a y0ga teacher certification. for nearly five years, she lived in
Japan performing and studying with butoh master Kazuo Ohno. she recently
moved to the port townsend area from seattle where she was director of
the seattle central community college drama department. she now teaches
yoga and butoh in port townsend and performs with the Bcollective and
the Poetic Justice Theater Ensemble.
www.prettyartnumb.org
www.maureenfreehill.com
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 YVONNE
JAROSZ
yvonne has spent her lifetime in the pursuit of community, spirituality
and deep connection. in that vein she has lived in several creatively
organized communities in the u.s. and mexico. she presently lives in community
in washington state with members of the Bcollective. she is a painter,
a weaver, a dream guide, a family member, and is becoming ever so slowly
a loving human being.
www.thedreamline.com
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LINDA MAE CASE
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