30th Dancing Poetry Festival, Part 2
In memory of Richard Angilly
Cofounder of the Poetic Dance Theater Company
And the Dancing Poetry Festival
Opening: Elizabeth Hack, San Francisco Peace and Hope
Masks of Wisdom: Poem written and read by Richard Angilly, Painting: Nile Dawn by Tanya Joyce, performed by the Poetic Dance Theater Company
Organic Music: Poem written and read by Richard Angilly, performed by The Poet and the Dancer—Richard and Natica Angilly, visual effects by Arthur Levinson
Goddess of Avebury: Poem by Richard Angilly, read by Tanya Joyce, performed by Dhyanis
Annual search for poetry for the Dancing Poetry Festival by Natica Angilly
Award Winning Poets
Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA, If Ever, He’s Still Here, Why Song Birds Sing
Shinko Fushimi, Ibaraki, Japan: Seeking Neptune
Ken Peterson, Alameda, CA: Too Climate
Kuei-shen Lee, Taipei, Taiwan: Muse, read in English and Chinese by his friend, Jing Wa
In Passage Written and read by Richard Angilly, performed by the Poetic Dance Theater Company. Winner of the International Poetry Film Festival, filmed and edited by Bill Levinson, AlphaSpectrum Studios
We need to Send Out More Birds: Edited by Natica Angilly and the Rodrigues Family featuring memories and poetry of Richard Angilly, an anthology available on Amazon
Poet’s Sunrise: poem written by Richard Angilly, read by Cathy Dana and Tanya Joyce, performed by Natica Angilly
Award Winning Poets
Allegra Silberstein: Davis, CA, Story of Love, for Richard Angilly; Dance of the Colors
Jabez Churchill: Ukiah, CA, Farewell to Richard
Romeo Alcala Cruz, Hayward, CA, Poem Using a Filipino Image, Purple Yam
James B. Nicola, New York, NY, Inspection
Jon (J.J.) Shearer, Sonoma, CA, Ferris Wheel
Laura Plummer, Gloucester, MA, How to Love the Moon A 2023 Grand Prize Winning Poem
How to Love the Moon: by Laura Plummer, Glaucester, MA, 2023 Grand Prize Winning Poem
read by Tanya Joyce, performed by the Poetic Dance Theater Company
Vocabulary for Poetic Dance: a talk and dance demonstration by Natica Angilly
Bouquets to Poetry and Peace: poem written and read by Natica Angilly, Ikebana Dance performed by Takako Miyashita
What Poetry Does for Us: talk by Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Award Winning Poets
Phyllis Meshalum, Sebastopol, CA, Community Swing Dance, A New Quilt for Martin Luther King, Jr., read by her husband, Jerry Meshalum
Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, Touchings—Remembering Richard Angilly, The Photograph, All Over America
Children of the Universe, poem written by Richard Angilly, read by Don Klose, performed by the Ma’Shuka Mira Murjan
Award Winning Poets
Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA, Clarissima Mundi Lumina; October Rain, California Greening; Sometimes at the Edge of Sleep; Evensong
Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village, Different Diamonds, a 2023 Grand Prize Winning Poem
Different Diamonds, written by Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village, read by Tanya Joyce, performed by Poetic Dance Theater Company
JoAnne Tucker, Costa Rica, Elegy for Helen Tamiris, Choreographer of “Dance for Walt Whitman”, Colorado, 1958
Pat Doyne, Hayward, CA, Poems that Leap and Lilt—Dedicated to Richard Angilly, Indian Wedding Dance
Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL, A Musical Gift, Their Voices Live On, Escape Artists
Natica: Closing Words
Welcome to Wonderland, signature finale for the Poetic Dance Theater Company, written by Richard Angilly, read by Tanya Joyce, performed by the entire 2023 Poetic Dance Theater Company and all who wanted to participate
Poetic Dance Theater Company and support: Natica Angilly, Takako Miyashita, Cindy Levinson, Arthur Levinson, Shantee Baker, Loywanner Haddadou, Ronda Hollie, Alyza Lee Salomon, Cathy Dana, Wanda Ingmire
Support performers: Dhyanis, Faith, Ma’Shuka Mira Murjan, Don, Megan, Helen, Ameranta, Danielle, Frank
Videographer: Arthur Levinson of AlfaSpectrum Studios
Photographer: Judy Hardin Cheung, George Hollie
