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The Black Choreographers Festival:
Here & Now
2012
"Verve and vivacity drove the concert
...a full house hollered its approval”
— SF Chronicle

Weekend I
Oakland
Laney College
900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA

February 10, Friday - 8:00 pm
BCF Concerts

Featuring:
Kendra Kimbrough Barnes, Robert Moses, Reginald Savage,
Latanya Tigner & Kiazi Malonga, Susana Arenas

Post-performance Q&A
Friday February 10

February 11, Saturday - 8:00pm
Word Becomes Flesh
by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
presented in association with La Peña Cultural Center
and The Living Word Project/Youth Speaks, Inc.
(to purchase tickets for this date only click here)

Featuring:
Dahlak Brathwaite, Daveed Diggs, Dion Decibels, Khalil
Anthony, Michael Turner and B.Yung

Pre-performance Events
Opening Night Reception
catered by - Holiday Fish Market
live music by Kev Choice
Friday, February 10 - 6:30 pm

REflect Film Series
Saturday, February 11 - 7:00 pm
pre-concert Events free to Festival ticket holders

February 12 Sunday
Youth Summit
Youth Summit for Pre-professional Dance Companies
By Invitation Only
For information: 888.819.9106

Family Matinee Youth Performance @ 4pm     
Featuring pre-professional Youth Companies
~Open to the Public~

Special Guest
Young, Gifted, & Black directed by Hodari Davis
Reginald Savage
(Oakland School of the Arts)
Latanya Tigner
(Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble)
Jacqueline Burgess
(Laney College Dance Department )
Dawn James
(Skyline Dancers)
Sonja Travick
(Oakland Tech Dancers )
Phylicia Stroud
(On Demand )


Festival Tickets
$25 at the door/$20 in advance
$20 students/seniors
Limited number of tickets at a special $15 early bird price ends Jan 31

$15 Next Wave Choreographers Showcase
$10 children 14 and under/Family Matinee-February 12

Special discount for groups of 10 or more.

To reserve tickets in advance call: 888-819-9106
To purchase tickets call Brown Paper Tickets: 800-838-3006
or
To purchase online click here:  




Laney College Theater, Oakland
BART – Lake Merritt Station  
Limited Street parking

BCF Special Events
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BLACK
CHOREOGRAPHERS
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