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Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now ~ 2011
The 7th Annual Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now celebrating African and African-American dance and culture!
Non-profit Art Organizations AAAPAC and K*Star*Productions have joined forces to present a comprehensive Festival celebrating the diverse artistic expression within the context of African and African American dance and culture. The festival strives to offer multi-faceted programming that addresses the needs of artists: networking, mentoring, training, outreach, and the community: affordable/accessible programming, cultural enrichment and arts education.
Performances of the 2011 Black Choreographers Festival are:
Weekend 1:
February 11 &12 8pm
and February 13 Family Matinee
at Oakland's Laney College Theater (900 Fallon Street)
*Post-performance curtain talk after performance on Friday February 11th
Artists featured: Paco Gomes, Mahea Uchiyama, Tyler Knowlin, Zak & Naomi Diouf, & Raissa Simpson
Youth Family Matinee Companies: Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble, Art of Ballet, On Demand, Destiny Arts & others...
Weekend 2: (TICKETS NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE - FOR ONLINE PURCHASE PLEASE GO TO https://www.openrangeweb.net/hosts/odctheater.org/tickets/buy.php)
February 17, 18, 19, and 20
Friday and Saturday performances are at 8pm; Sunday at 7pm at San Francisco's ODC Theather(3153 17th Street)
*Post-performance curtain talk after performance on Sunday February 20th
Artist Featured:
PROGRAM A (Thurs/Sat 8pm)
Raissa Simpson
Kyle Abraham
Portsha Jefferson
PROGRAM B (Fri 8pm / Sun 7pm)
Deborah Vaughan
Ramon Ramos Alayo
Gregory Dawson
Weekend 3:
February 25, 26, & 27
Friday and Saturday performances are at 8pm; Sunday at 7pm at San Franciscos Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street)
*Post-performance curtain talks take place after performance on Friday February 25th
Artists Featured:
Friday February 25th
Byb Chanel Bibene
Denice Simpson
Michael Velez
Jamar Welch
Jamie Wright
Shelia Coleman
Jetta Martin
Saturday February 26th
Byb Chanel Bibene
Denice Simpson
Sheena Johnson
Jamar Welch
Michael Velez
Stephanie Powell
Tania Santiago
Sunday February 27th
Jasmine Porter
Jetta Martin
Jamar Welch
Jamie Wright
Sheena Johnson
Eurydice Ross
Tania Santiago
Stephanie Powell
$20 general (At Door)
$15 advance/students/seniors/
$10 children 12 and under and family matinee
Special discount for groups of 10 or more.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or for ODC at https://www.openrangeweb.net/hosts/odctheater.org/tickets/buy.php
Phone Reservations:
Oakland 888.819.9106
San Francisco's Dance Mission Box Office.: (415) 273-4633. For more information go online to www.bcfhereandnow.com
About the Black Choreographers Festival (BCF):
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now serves the community by providing a forum to increase the visibility of African American dance. BCF celebrates the ingenuity and uniqueness of African and African American choreographers by highlighting the importance of the African and African American experience in dance. BCF integral to the Bay Area arts community as it presents local and national artists in a series of contemporary and traditional concerts, showcases, mentoring, educational programs, community partnerships, symposia and archival documentation. BCF endeavors to foster a new generation of audiences and supporters to ensure the longevity of both established and emerging artists. For more information visit www.bcfhereandnow.com
About The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition (AAAPAC):
A San Francisco based non-profit organization, AAAPAC was founded in 1995 by a collective of artists who were looking to create better performance opportunities for African and African American performing artists as well as produce shows that reflect the aesthetic and cultural representation of the African and African American experience. As AAAPACs executive director, Laura Elaine Ellis has co-produced successful events such as the Labor of Love Dance Series, The Quilt Project: Pieces of Me, and the Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now. Funding Awards for past projects
include: San Francisco Grants for the Arts, CA$H, The Creative Work Fund, The Irvine Foundation, Zellerbach Family Fund, The Walter and Elise Haas Fund and the LEF Foundation.
About K*Star*Productions (K*S*P):
Kendra Kimbrough Barnes founded K*S*P in 1996. The mission of K*S*P is to make cultural exchange experiences accessible to the community at large with a focus on African-American constituents. K*S*P attains this goal by forming alliances, traveling, producing concerts & master classes, hosting public symposiums, and providing professional development services. K*S*P has produced 12 seasons of the Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble and has received funding awards from the Zellerbach Family Fund, Oakland Cultural Arts, the Irvine Foundation, the Alameda Arts Commission, and the East Bay Community Foundation.
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CA 94607
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