Jewel Tones: Spectrum

Jewel Tones explores the Buddha’s final instruction ~ “Make of yourself a light.” It investigates this final teaching through an improvisational performance arranged by a single color. It asks movers, musicians, spoken word and visual artists to evoke the energetic tones, textures and attitudes of a selected shade as entry into the unknown. It leaves open the possibility of revealing the unifying happenings of color while seeking to create a basic environment of non-discrimination for all participants. This series asks artists to risk exposing our unknown relationship to being colorful, connected and free. It will be sensational, meaning of the senses and colorful, meaning full of light. Jewel Tones runs the fourth Monday of each month from January to June and is organized by Jessie Marasa.

Jessie Marasa

Jessica Marasa is a freelance dance performance artist and non-profit administrator working and living in Chicago. Since 2008 she has participated as an ensemble member of Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak and has had the pleasure of creating and performing with Chicago’s creative talents including Ayako Kato, Kristina Isabelle, Khecari and Same Planet Different World. Jessica taught jazz, modern, and yoga as an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Chicago and is currently working towards the completion of a Somatic Movement Educator certification in the study of Body Mind Centering. More information on her work can be found at www.thewateringcandance.com.