A collaboration between choreographer Risa Jaroslow and composer/bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, in which musicians and dancers are all integrated into the choreography.
Re-awakens and pays homage to the ancient tradition of the African Diaspora’s dance masquerade through deeply collaborative, socially conscious performances in inner-city environments that will focus on Black Lives Matter & LGBTQIQ issues.
A new dance theater work that explores the intersection of social movements and the protest music, dance, and poetry that moved across the Americas and found a particular voice in San Francisco’s Mission District.
A play by Katori Hall and directed by Nataki Garrett. This play brings to life a complex family drama that shares the heartbreaking story of displacement, gentrification, and the price we pay.
A new three day dance festival in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens. Curated by Wendy Rein and Ryan T. Smith (RAWdance), it will showcase nine site-specific works by wide-ranging voices in the local contemporary dance field.
A new work with residents of San Francisco’s Western Addition Banneker Homes Housing Project, which will shed light on the untold stories of the city’s diminishing African American residents. The project will culminate in a site-specific performance and community celebration.
A new site specific aerial dance work by Joanna Haigood to be performed at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture during the 2nd San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival in August 2016. The performance will honor war veterans, appealing to military families, historians and dance enthusiasts.
An evening length dance performance piece exploring interspecies kinship and the liminal space between animal and human in an age of environmental collapse.
The world premiere of a contemporary reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf written and directed by Mark Jackson.
Examoines the importance of independent artists in the context of displacement through the history of Danceground Studio, a cornerstone for independent artists in San Francisco since the 1960s.
