Balé Techlorico
Balé Techlorico started as a multi-disciplinary ensemble blending traditional, folkloric performance forms with contemporary urban sensibilities. The performance group no longer exists; you can see a detailed history of the group's performance history here, and a list of previous ensemble members here.
This site now predominantly covers the multi-disciplinary work of Greg Beuthin, the original founder of Balé Techlorico. You can read more about Greg here.
Balé Techlorico Performance History
Balé Techlorico started as a multi-disciplinary ensemble blending traditional, folkloric performance forms with contemporary urban sensibilities. The performance group no longer exists.
Balé Techlorico's first performance was Future Folkloric at the 2004 SF Fringe Festival; since then it has appeared in festivals and showcases, and was awarded a 2005 Shotgun Lab residency to produce Cry Don't Cry.
Below are more details about the production history of Balé Techlorico. A list of all past members of the BT performance group is here.
Future Folkloric - September 2004; produced at the-Exit Theatre, SF Fringe Festival, and Off-Market Theatre, SF Fringe Extension.
Ensemble: Perry Aliado, Grady Barker, Greg Beuthin, Francine Madrid, Maria Picar
Cry Don't Cry - November 2005; produced at the Ashby Stage, through the Shotgun Theatre Lab
Ensemble: Greg Beuthin, Daveed Diggs, Parker Leventer, Nicole Lungerhausen, Janaki Ranpura.
Director / dramaturg: Christine Young
Short pieces
- Haitian cleansing, Fantasy DJ and Balé Tech Clavé - Sep 2004; OMI International Festival
- Bloco Techlorico (a marching band lead by Balé Tech) - Nov 2004; Day of the Dead Parade, San Francisco Mission District
- Drum-fu and Sambaball - Dec 2004; Studio Z, and Punch Gallery
- Drum-fu and Fantasy DJ - Feb 2005; Intersection for the Arts
- Life cycle - July 2005; San Francisco Theatre Festival
- Drum-fu - Sep 2005; OMI International Festival
- Usagi, Fantasy DJ and Santo Domingo - April 2006; Studio 123 open workshop
- Devil and the Boy, Usagi - July 2006; San Francisco Theatre Festival
Greg Beuthin - "Palmito"
Palmito is a writer and percussionist. He has studied Afro-Caribbean percussion for over a decade, performing with Liberation Ensemble, Espiritu da Samba, Santero and Los Nadies. His theatre work has been seen at the NYC Hip Hop Theatre Festival and the San Francisco and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
In addition to performing with Balé Tech, Palmito has been seen at Theatre of Yugen; Brava Theatre; Intersection for the Arts; and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.