A song-creation and hula project that will celebrate the untold stories of people of African descent who came to Hawaiʻi as a direct result of colonization and enslavement. The piece celebrates the legacies of Hawai’i’s historical figures of African descent to ensure the history of marginalized people are not erased and their stories are told.

A piece conceived in and for a COVID and post-COVID world, exploring the nature of our relationship to the character of light, home and the passage of time – through the collection of a year-long data time-lapse of spectral footprint (or color) of light in homes worldwide. The data will be transformed into a live […]

A dance film based on an original poem aiming to uplift a love story out of violence, defying the common spectacularization of blackness and amplifying the devotion of two people to each other, survival and joy. Using stillness and minimalism, the piece invites witnesses to settle into a space of imagination, curiosity and receptivity.

A year-long site-specific work set in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, in a reimagined production highlighting the first recorded act of militant queer resistance against social oppression and police harassment in the US. A hybrid of theater, site-specific interactivity and living history, the piece will foster community engagement and support for the Trans community.

An interactive and experimental theater piece narrating a return journey to Africa and highlighting the voices of artists from the Bay Area in vibrant conversation with their counterparts in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. Comprising two live physical venues – one in San Francisco and one in Accra, Ghana, audiences will engage with this multimedia performance […]

A new, experimental, site-responsive work by choreographer SAMMAY Peñaflor Dizon that will push the boundaries of street dance, challenge western notions of concert dance and draw attention to ongoing policy battles concerning a woman’s right to choose and ultimately have sovereignty over her/their body.

Z Space will develop two new pieces by Bay Area native Austin Dean Ashford, an emerging solo performer whose work focuses on re-claiming classical euro-centric stories for Black audiences through rap, song, beatboxing and ukelele.

This project will work with leaders and members of the Black community in the Bay Area to shine a light on the troubling reality of police interactions. Through community workshops and performances in neighborhood-specific locations, this piece will blend improv techniques and real-life stories to educate and foster conversation around this critical topic in the […]

Created in response to the California wildfires of 2020, “BURNING WILD” is a devised performance incorporating physical theatre, song, dance, documentary video and puppetry to tell a collaged docu-myth. Born out of a call for growth and transformation, “BURNING WILD” re-envisions the intersection of ensemble theater and radical community care, using arts and wellness as […]

A dance work that redefines ability and embodiment by using robotics technologies to assist disabled dancers, exploring new movement potential and the use of apparatuses for “superhuman” movement.