Urban Jazz Dance Company (UJDC) will create a new evening-length dance work exploring vibration, movement and visual rhythm choreographed by Antoine Hunter with Deaf engineer Bobby Cox and UJDC dancers, premiering in San Francisco in November 2027.
“Dabke Drag Drums Against Displacement (DDD≠D)” is a community-engaged performance project commissioned by Vital Arts, featuring lead artist Shams Amal. Integrating Dabke dance, drag and queer Palestinian poetry, the project culminates in June 2027 with a community processional in Oakland and a world premiere at Brava Theater in San Francisco.
“Sacred Becoming” is a new work featuring dancers, live musicians and immersive visual media addressing whitewashing, erasure, anti-Blackness and systemic oppression.
“The Power of Our Differences” is a new 40-minute multi-generational contemporary dance work commissioned by AXIS, choreographed by Artistic Director Nadia Adame with composer Paul Shapera, dramaturg Mark Swetz and the AXIS ensemble. Drawing from Adame’s lived experience as a disabled artist, the piece moves from solo introspection into collective motion, centering disability as a […]
“GATHERING OF FLOWERS: Stories of Solidarity Across Latinx & AAPI Diaspora” is a new play by Kat Evasco and Liliana Herrera, created with Latinx and AAPI community members driven by a clear artistic vision: to create a polyvocal theatrical work that refuses the single protagonist’s arc and instead holds multiple voices, languages and truths on […]
“Going Out of Business” is a three-part series of site-specific, immersive Drag installations by lead artists Mama Celeste and KaiKai Bee Michaels. It invokes the historical legacy of queer community organizing during times of economic turmoil and political upheaval.
“What We Carry” is a multidisciplinary, immersive performance exploring the intersecting experiences of US veterans and refugees impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, developed through a long-term community-driven process. It premieres in spring 2027.
“AFTERLANDS” is a site-responsive, three-act theatrical experiment that reimagines the “Great American Play” through a queer, collaborative and process-driven lens.
“Land and Us–Future Ritual” is a full-length dance and performance art piece exploring land-human connections in Asian mythologies and the complex hope of seeking refuge in a new place.
“Blue Gold” is an interdisciplinary dance and music work by Duniya Dance and Drum Company and co-choreographers Joti Singh and Kara Mack, exploring indigo’s global histories—connecting colonization, slavery, resistance and climate justice.
