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Destroy//  ALL PLACES (2012-2019)
Concept/Choreography/Composition - Leyya Mona Tawil
Premiered 27 July 2012. 
37 iterations  - 21 cities 
Built on location in each city in one day with local dancers and musicians.
In performance, the work destroys itself.

2012
SAN FRANCISCO / Kunst-Stoff w. Dominic Cramp, Mike Guarino 
SAN FRANCISCO/ UN Plaza w. Mike Guarino
SAN FRANCISCO / Kunst-Stoff w. Dominic Cramp, Mike Guarino, Ava Mendoza
SAN FRANCISCO/ Mint Plaza w. Mike Guarino
OAKLAND / TAC: Temescal Art Center w. Mike Guarino, Ava Mendoza
NEW ORLEANS / The Front w. Justin Vittitow ** missing footage **
SAN FRANCISCO / Annex w. Dominic Cramp, Mike Guarino, Ava Mendoza 
2013
AMSTERDAM / Muiderpoort w. Ava Mendoza, Nick Tamburro
AMSTERDAM / Bimhuis w. Luc Ex, Ava Mendoza, George Haddow
ROME / Duncan 3.0  Produced by CORE w. Ava Mendoza, Marco DiGasbarro
BROOKLYN / CPR: Center for Performance Research w. Ches Smith
WASH. DC/ Dance Exchange w. Nick Millevoi, Julius Masri
ATHENS / Frown Tails w. Nikos Veliotis, ILIOS (Testarossa)
BERLIN / Dock 11 w. Hilary Jeffery, Steve Heather, Richard Scott
MANHATTAN / The Tank w. Ava Mendoza, Ryan Sawyer, Devin Hoff
2014
PHOENIX/ Urban Space  w. Dominic Cramp
PHILADELPHIA/ Mascher Space  w. Nick Millevoi, Julius Masri, Devin Hoff
DETROIT/ detroit contemporary  w. Mike Khoury, Andrew Coltrane
OULU/ Oulun Tanssikomppania Ry w. Antti Rundelin, Kili Kauppi 
DEN HAAG/ CLOUD at DansLab w. Arvind Ganga, Rogier Smal, Jongkak Park
CAIRO/ TransDance Festival w. Cherif El-Masri of The Invisible Hands
2015
SAN FRANCISCO/ YBCA Grand Lobby  w. Dominic Cramp, Mike Guarino
ST.PETERSBURG/ Museum of Nonconformistart w. Sander Shifter, Evgeny Renia
PROVIDENCE/ AS220 w. Sarah Hennies
2016
SEATTLE/ Pivot Art + Culture w. Dave Abramson, Greg Kelley
BERLIN/ Ballhaus Naunynstraße / w. Mike Khoury, Dirar Kalash
2017
MINNEAPOLIS/ The Soap Factory w. Milo Fine,Benjamin J Mansavage Klein, Cyrus Pireh
2018
AUSTIN/ Museum of Human Achievement/ COTFG w. Marina Peterson, Christopher Petkus, Josh Ronsen

Destroy// All Places

In late June 2020, Leyya Tawil (Oakland, CA) and John King (NYC) began weekly recording sessions, which continued and are still ongoing. Each of their solo work was expanded and explored further through this collaborative performative practice. Individualities and commonalities blend into and through the sonic waves, emerging and subsiding, creating a new hybrid composite of place and material.

This playlist is a selection of mixed tracks from their ongoing collaborations.  See our youtube playlist for the full video archive: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfT8UkYTtPFaBkD0-Ltp0gsnlpztM8Dc

King+Tawil DUO

In late June 2020, Leyya Tawil (Oakland, CA) and John King (NYC) began weekly recording sessions, which continued and are still ongoing. Each of their solo work was expanded and explored further through this collaborative performative practice. Individualities and commonalities blend into and through the sonic waves, emerging and subsiding, creating a new hybrid composite of place and material.

This playlist is a selection of mixed tracks from their ongoing collaborations.  See (youtube link) for the full video archive.

King+Tawil 5 / 2020 07 27

King+Tawil 4 / 2020 07 21

King+Tawil 11 / 2020 10 05

John King & Leyya Tawil

King+Tawil  "Every Stone"  / 2020 11 17

King+Tawil 26 / 2021 02 09

King+Tawil 25 /2021 02 01

King+Tawil 33 / 2021 04 19

King+Tawil 36 / 2021 06 07

Destroy// Austin
Presented by COTFG 
Music/ Marina Peterson, Christopher Petkus, Josh Ronsen
Dance/ Errin Delperdang, Katherine Hodges, Lisa Anne Kobdish, Laura Mobley, Rosalyn Nasky,  Erica Gionfriddo, Cassandra Wulff

Info: https://www.danceelixirlive.org/destroy.html
video: https://vimeo.com/271393697

Museum of Human Achievement
19 May 2018
Austin TX

Destroy// Austin w. Marina Peterson, Christopher Petkus, Josh Ronsen (2018)

Destroy// Providence
Presented by AS220
Music/ Sarah Hennies
Dancers/ Michelle Winchell Struckholz, Angie Hartley, Mary Teuscher, Myah Shein, Teresa Kochis, Li Jun Lai, Mekbul J Tahir, Natasha Maria Brooks-Sperduti, Farah Saleh, Julie Nathanielsz.

AS220 Black Box Theater
Providence, RI
15 Oct 2015

Destroy// Providence w. Sarah Hennies (2015)

*excerpt
Presented by Pushkinskaya-10 Art Centre TRANSPOSITIONS Exhibit
Destroy// St. Petersburg
music/ Sander Shifter, Evgeny Renia (DUB DEPT)
dancers/ Vitaliy Kim, Katarina Urbanovich, Katarina Maran 

Museum of Non Conformist Art
St.Petersburg-RU

25 July 2015

dubdept.tumblr.com/
danceelixirlive.org/destroy.html

Destroy// St. Petersburg w. DUB DEPT (2015)

Presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ConVerge
Destroy// YBCA Grand Lobby / San Francisco
Choreography and Concept/ Leyya Mona Tawil
Music/ Tiberius (Dominic Cramp and Mike Guarino)
Dancers/ Janet Das, Rachael Dichter, Kate Knuttel, Hannah Pierce, Isabella Kulkarni, Daiane Lopes da Silva, Shoshana Green, Kate Jordan Augusto, Claire Campolo, Emily Flynn, Sriba Kwadjovie, Megan Nicely, Dasha Che, Micah Morris, Catherine Liu, Weidong Yang, Tawil
Additional Artists/ Kelly Porter, Katya Min, Mary Vericat
Photography/ Ricardo Esway

19 Feb 2015
San Francisco-CA

Destroy// YBCA Grand Lobby / San Francisco w. Tiberius (2015)

Presented by TransDance 14:  Forever  
Supported by HaRaKa (EG), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (US)

Destroy// Cairo
Choreography and Concept/ Leyya Tawil
Music/ Cherif El-Masri 
Dancers/ Yasmine Kamel, Leyya Tawil
Also/ Adham Hafez

12 Nov 2014
Rawabet Theater / Townhouse
Cairo-Egypt
danceelixirlive.org/destroy.html

Destroy// Cairo w. Cherif El Masri  (12 Nov 2014)

Presented by TransDance 14: Forever
Supported by HaRaKa (EG), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (US)

Destroy// Cairo
Choreography and Concept/ Leyya Tawil
Music/ Cherif El-Masri
Dancers/ Mona Gamil-Fagan, Yasmine Kamel, Leyya Tawil
Also/ Adham Hafez

12 Nov 2014
Rawabet Theater / Townhouse
Cairo-Egypt
danceelixirlive.org/destroy.html

Destroy// Cairo w. Cherif El Masri  (11 Nov 2014)

Destroy// Den Haag
Music/ Arvind Ganga, Rogier Smal, Jongkak Park
Dance/ Leyya Mona Tawil, Manuela Tessi
Produced by Dance Cloud

informal post-show discussion...

Destroy// Den Hague / post discussion (2014)

This is how it read:
"DANCE ELIXIR / Tiberius are joined by dancers Katie Gaydos, Sriba Kwadjovie, Sam Stone and Jana Zahler"

Destroy// had its first outpouring during Leyya Mona Tawil's residency at Kunst Stoff Arts during the summer of 2012. She had been already working with Tiberius - duo of Dominic Cramp & Mike Guarino - for some time. This was an experiment, with dancers who were willing. The score - though more detailed over time - has remained, at its ideological and conceptual core, the same over the years.

27 July 2012
Kunst Stoff Arts
San Francisco

Destroy//

"DANCE ELIXIR / Tiberius are joined by dancers Katie Gaydos, Sriba Kwadjovie, Sam Stone and Jana Zahler"

Destroy// had its first outpouring during Tawil's residency at Kunst Stoff Arts during the summer of 2012.  She had been already working with Tiberius - duo of Dominic Cramp & Mike Guarino - for some time.  This was an experiment, with dancers who were willing.  The score - though more detailed over time - has remained, at its ideological and conceptual core, the same over the years.

28 July 2012
Kunst Stoff Arts
San Francisco

Leyya Mona Tawil

Pinned to spotlight

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