Investigates what is possible when trans, gender non-conforming, and queer communities are encouraged to think expansively and optimistically about their futures, at a time when threats to these communities have escalated.
A new site-specific dance creation rooted in a dialogue in dance between traditional Congolese movement, Afro Urban dance styles, and Hip Hop. The project is a collaboration between Oakland-based Fua Dia Congo and Paris-based Ambiance Facil and seeks to tell a story about the resilience of African movement across space and time by bridging the […]
A new experimental performance piece grounded in research of the intersections of movement, culture, sensory difference, and physical diversity in live performance. (in)Visible will address the disproportionate prevalence in our culture of sight as a tool of perception and will explore more diverse modes of perceiving.
Explores the fluid boundaries between self and other, fostering tolerance for difference as well as rapid change catalyzed by new technologies. Synthetic Nature will combine oral traditions, Magical Realism, music and 3D projection mapping to tell the story of human evolution in three acts, guiding audiences through the diversity and progress of human history, probing […]
An immersive multimedia bharatanatyam dance production which explores increasing income disparities within the local South Asian community.
An interactive and immersive performance which explores the issue of activist burnout through the story of a disabled, gender non-conforming, burnt-out activist. The production will use immersive theater technologies to engage the audience as co-creators and interventionists in the story’s unfolding.
A site-specific, interdisciplinary play which examines the commodification of spirituality and enlightenment. The play, by Jon Bernson, takes the form of a guided meditation, set in a futuristic corporate high-rise and uses Bernson’s immersive storytelling techniques to guide the audience through a quest for individual awakening and truth.
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.