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A collaborative art installation that combines video and performance in and around a shoji room HOW to FALL in LOVE in A BROTHEL explores immigrant memories, traditional routines and archival images of Korean Culture as they are morphed by 21st Century sensibilities.

An immersive multimedia public performance project that employs interactive technologies to imagine possible futures in the era of climate change. Led by artist Tiare Ribeaux and ZERO1, TransGenesis brings together members of the Bay Area queer/People of Color arts and environmentalist communities as collaborators to collectively re-imagine our relationship to the environment and each other.

Examines the devastating impact of the crack epidemic both locally and nationally. The project highlights the intergenerational trauma experienced by communities and explores intersections between the crack epidemic, the effect of natural disasters on communities of color and the current opioid epidemic.

Uplifts the experiences of individuals affected by incarceration through an ensemble cast including former inmates. Premiering as part of AfroSolo Arts Festival’s 25 year anniversary.

Examines the effects of technology on how we share information and how we perceive and interact with the world around us and one another. Through a combination of motion capture, live interactive visual effects and the expressive power of dance, IN CIVILITY seeks to offer a more embodied vision for technology.

Inspired by Archibald Motley’s paintings depicting multiracial figures of African descent. Through collaborations, choreographer Raissa Simpson will reinterpret Motley’s work in a dynamic performance and engage audiences in a timely examination of racialized bodies and identity.

Explores San Francisco’s changing culture and populations by following a group of fans tailgating during the 49ers’ last season at Candlestick stadium in the Bayview. The play will focus on the experience of low-income communities of color grappling with gentrification and displacement in San Francisco.

Follows the story of “El Comandante,” Fidel Castro, and Goyo Herrera, a Cuban exiled in Miami. “King of Cuba” presents a timely exploration of political extremism and the Latinx diaspora.

A multidisciplinary project choreographed by Butoh artist Ledoh that explores issues of climate change, self-interest and collective humanity.