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B L A C K C H O R E O G R A P H E R S
F E S T I V A L: H E R E & N O W
2 0 2 5
BCF is Celebrating 20 Years!!!
AWARDED ~BEST OF THE BAY
- SF BAY GUARDIAN 2009
RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF BLACK DANCE
IN THE BAY AREA, 2019
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BCF Celebrates
Bay Area National Dance Week
Join us for an afternoon of Free Classes and Community Conversation
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (3rd floor, Studio C)
1428 Alice St.,
Oakland, CA 94612
1 - 2 pm Dunham Technique with Dr. Albirda Rose
2 - 3 pm Hip Hop with Phylicia Stroud
3 - 4 pm "Here We Go Again!" with Latanya Tigner In this workshop, participants will experience how different traditional African and African Diasporic dances show up again and again in African American dance as means of rejuvenation, evidence of resilience, acts of resistance, and roads to revelation.
4 - 5 pm Community Conversation - A blend of discussion, information dissemination, and networking. *Looking at the impacts taking place lately regarding the arts: especially funding/available & affordable performance spaces and how the venues are being managed. What are the ways we can begin to have a voice in the use of these spaces, as well as how funding is allocated to support presenting our art/artists? What are the ways African-American artists/presenters can continue to take a more active role in the art and culture in Oakland and SF?
For more information contact: 888.819.9106
THE AFRICAN & AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS COALITION and K*STAR*PRODUCTIONS
Celebrating the Legacy of
African American Arts & Culture
Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now
presents
Next Wave Choreographers Showcase:
New Voices/New Works
February 20 & 21
Dance MissionTheater
3316 24th Street
San Francisco
7:30pm
Saturday - February 20
Gregory Dawson w/Frankie Lee Peterson & William Fowler
Chris Evans w/ Byb Chanel Bibene & David Boyce
Sunday - February 21
Gregory Dawson w/Frankie Lee Peterson & William Fowler
Cherie Hill
Erik Lee
Joslynn Mathis Reed
Dazaun Soleyn
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TICKET / INFORMATION
3316 - 24th Street, San Francisco
BART accessible @ 24th Street Station (across street)
General in Advance/Students/Senior Tickets: $15
General Tickets at door: $22
BCF Patron, includes reserved seating: $30
Youth 14-under/Youth Matinee: $10
Purchase tickets online:
Festival programming subject to change.
BCF is Bustin' out of February!
Dance Brigade’s Dance Mission Theater presents
D.I.R.T. Festival 2016
Dance In Revolt(ing) Times
Eighteen choreographers, three distinct programs.
What happens when artists revolt?
January 23-February 7, 2016
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St., SF CA 94110
Tickets: $22-$25 / Package rates for multiple programs available
For tickets and information: 415-826-4441 or www.dancemission.com
Curated in collaboration with The Black Choreographers Festival
Program A: January 23 & 24
Sat 8pm / Sun 7pm
Portsha Jefferson
Rainy Demerson
Latanya d. Tigner
Delina Patrice Brooks
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The Matter Of Our Lives: A Panel Discussion
Saturday Jan 23, 4pm-5pm
at Dance Mission
The Matter of Our Lives: Panel Discussion is intended to spark discussion about Personal and Social Responsibility; how to balance awareness, activism and impact, with self-care and self-preservation. How do we help save lives without sacrificing our own? The conversation is welcome to all and is facilitated by BCF: Here and Now producers, Laura Elaine Ellis and Kendra Barnes. Featured panel speakers include: Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira, Amara Tabor-Smith, Christina Krea Gomez, Candice "Antique" Davis, Rhodessa Jones, and others! Presented in collaboration with DelinaDreamProductions. This event is FREE.