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.
A new play by Robert O’Hara which examines slavery in America through political satire.
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.
A multimedia public art project combining vertical dance, projection, original music and fabric puppetry. Conceived and directed by artistic director Melecio Estrella, LOOM is as an ode to intergenerational and environmental connectivity.
A dance performance which digs into our complex relationships with our digital shadows—the indelible traces of ourselves we leave behind with every online purchase, app use, web search, and photo upload. As these shadows grow with our increasing dependence on technology, so do questions of intimacy and identity, privacy and control.
An evening-length dance performance which explores how women support each other. This dance, featuring nine women of varying ages, backgrounds, and training, will dig into the struggles of women achieving safe and fulfilling lives.
Addresses Black Male identity and the ways in which it shrinks and/or diminishes over the course of a man’s life. This work illuminates what cultural and modern-day Black Male identity consists of through an examination of his relationships in sharp relief with stereotypes or uninformed generalizations.
Presents multidisciplinary arts programming and supports a regional network of Black Women artists addressing urgent social justice issues in their work and heighten their visibility in the Bay Area’s arts community. Programs challenge mainstream constructions of Black femininity and Euro-centric cultural narratives of divinity as exclusively white and male.
