🌟 New Performance Work by Leyya Mona Tawil

Join us for a thought-provoking new performance work by Leyya Mona Tawil, in collaboration with Zari Lionudakis and John MacDougall Parker!

📅 Event Details

• When: August 14-16, 2026
  Friday at 7 PM
  Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM
• ASL Interpretation: Saturday, August 15 only
• Haptic Tour & Audio Description: Sunday, August 16 only (Haptic Tour starts at 1 PM)
• Where: EastSide Cultural Center, 2277 International Boulevard, Oakland
• Accessibility: Eastside Arts Alliance is ADA accessible.

🎟️ Tickets

Purchase Tickets Here

• $20 general
• $10 students/seniors (NOTAFLOF)

💡 About the Performance

What does happiness mean amidst genocide and collapse? Happy Days Finale invites us to explore our capacity for joy, grief, resistance, and chance in a world marked by relentless horrors and violence.

Choreographer and sound artist Leyya Mona Tawil infuses the stage with a daring energy, compelling us to rethink resilience, mourning, and community action. Accompanied by dancer Zari Lionudakis and musician John MacDougall Parker, who’ll provide an original interactive sound score, this performance unfolds uniquely each time through Tawil’s pioneering “choice-based choreography.”

With each iteration, the dance composition transforms into an evolving conversation, allowing performers and audiences to actively participate in worldbuilding. Happy Days Finale serves as a reminder of the power of art as a tool for liberation, urging us to face the challenges of today's world together.

🙌 Join Us

Come ready to question, mourn, and labor together in this inspiring journey of resilience and community. Don’t miss this unique performance by DANCE ELIXIR!

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Photography by Isaac Kopecky