Burden of Proof | 2026 World Premiere | Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre a program of KULARTS

Описание: KULARTS presents the latest project by “Manai” Alleluia Panis, the world premiere performance for Burden of Proof.

𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄
www.kularts-sf.org/burden-of-proof

April 17th - 19th, 2026 and April 24th - 26th, 2026.
7pm on Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays.

Bindlestiff Studios
185 6th St San Francisco, California

Inspired by the true story of Pilipina nurses Leonora Perez and Filipina Narciso, who were wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for the 1975 deaths of patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, until a judge ordered their release due to the prosecutor’s “overwhelming prejudice.”

Burden of Proof delves into the generational trauma inflicted by the American justice system and how traumatic experiences blur the line between memory and nightmare, told through the lens of the fictional Calinao immigrant family. Original sound score features text drawn from the diary of Leonora Magabo Perez and the writings of her son, Jason Magabo Perez, 2024 San Diego Poet Laureate.

This production is created with funding from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Map Fund, Zellerbach Family Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, California Arts Council, and SF Grants for the Arts.

DANCE ARTIST:
Dre ‘Poko’ Devis
Jenelle Gaerlan
Johan Raymundo Casal
Jonathan Michael Mercado
Jess DeFranco
Francis ‘Senses’ Aquino
Francis Anthony Cailles
Genevie Dela Cruz
Rosika Dater-Metron
Allegra Bautista
Marc Cunanan Chappelle

PRODUCTION & ARTISTIC TEAM:
“Manai” Alleluia Panis – Director and Choreographer
Joshua Icban – Composer
Wilfred Galila – Media Artist, Light Designer, and Tech Director
Raf Salazar – Illustrator
Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano – Costume Designer
Jason Magabo Perez – Poet and Scholar
Hana Sun Lee – KULARTS Managing Director
Johan Raymundo Casal - Rehearsal Director and Digital Media Director
Alyssa Cortez - Photographer
Ken Francis Villa - Videographer
Priscilla Cortez - Publicist
Dianne Que – Facilitator/Liaison
Brian Rivera – Vocals
Andrew Eisenman - Vocals
Nic Feliciano - Vocals