Production Details

Young Gods, Reimagined is reference to one of the company’s seminal works, a treatise on age and beauty originally created in 1999 during the company’s residency at ODC Theater. STEAMROLLER re-investigates the work by interviewing former company members to delve into their experiences of the creative process. Choreography from the original work will be reconfigured so former dancers can engage with new dancers cast for the performance. Interview recordings and archival footage are woven throughout the performance to create an immersive experience for the audience.

There will be an onstage conversation with the artists following the performance on Saturday June 17.

Artistic Director Jesselito Bie moved to the Bay Area in 1992 to dance with the High Risk Group and has since performed with many local companies such as Scott Wells and Dancers, Stephen Pelton Dance Company, Cid Perlman/Nesting Dolls, Kulintang Arts, Erika Shurch Performance Project, Jerome Bel, Krista DeNio/ETS, Joe Landini and Kim Epifano/Epiphany Productions. Jesselito has been the artistic director of STEAMROLLER Dance Company since 1994. He has also received awards for his choreography from the SF Bay Guardian, the 360 Award from CSUEB for all around Outstanding and Outrageous Queer Dance Work. He was also a participant in ODC Theater's Sandbox residency program and was a 2019 mentee in the CHIME residency program and Joe Goode’s The Feedback. He is currently the director of artist relations at SAFEhouse Arts. Jesselito has been a resident artist at SAFEhouse Arts since 2015.

Artist Biographies

Except from Young Gods (1999)
Except from the premiere of Young Gods at ODC Theater in 1999.