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Festival Overview
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now is an annual event
celebrating African and African American Dance and Culture with two
weekends of dynamic performances, featuring award winning Bay Area
choreographers and companies.
Lead 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.
The festival is hosting two professional development programs each year: a
mentor program- sponsoring 3 emerging artists, working with mentor
choreographers, culminating in new work being presented in the Festival and a
technical training program – sponsoring 6-8 African American men and
women, from local high schools and colleges (ages 17 – 25) to train in aspects
of technical theater, culminating in working on the stage crew amongst
seasoned professionals running the Festival.
Encouraging community participation and arts education, the festival will
sponsor a series of master classes, in Bay Area schools and dance studios; a
symposium, featuring a panel of artists, scholars and arts activists; Next
Wave Choreographers Showcase highlighting the work of emerging and mid-
career choreographers, Dance on Film series, and post-performance curtain
talks, offering the opportunity for dialogue between audiences and artists.
There is a vibrant African and African American Arts scene here that will be
acknowledged and celebrated. The entire community has pulled together to
make this event possible – partnering organizations include: ODC Theater,
Dimensions Dance Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, World Arts
West, SF Black Film Festival, Stanford University, Dance Mission Theater, SF
State University, and Laney College.
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now is made possible by the
generous support of Zellerbach Family Foundation, East Bay Community
Foundation, Rainbow Italian Ice; Individual Donors; co-presented with Dance
Mission Theater and Laney College Dance Department; fiscally sponsored by
Dimensions Dance Theater & ODC Theater.
For Festival information call:
K*STAR* Productions: 888.819.9106
AAAPAC: 866-898-2722
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now is an annual event
celebrating African and African American Dance and Culture with two
weekends of dynamic performances, featuring award winning Bay Area
choreographers and companies.
Lead 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.
The festival is hosting two professional development programs each year: a
mentor program- sponsoring 3 emerging artists, working with mentor
choreographers, culminating in new work being presented in the Festival and a
technical training program – sponsoring 6-8 African American men and
women, from local high schools and colleges (ages 17 – 25) to train in aspects
of technical theater, culminating in working on the stage crew amongst
seasoned professionals running the Festival.
Encouraging community participation and arts education, the festival will
sponsor a series of master classes, in Bay Area schools and dance studios; a
symposium, featuring a panel of artists, scholars and arts activists; Next
Wave Choreographers Showcase highlighting the work of emerging and mid-
career choreographers, Dance on Film series, and post-performance curtain
talks, offering the opportunity for dialogue between audiences and artists.
There is a vibrant African and African American Arts scene here that will be
acknowledged and celebrated. The entire community has pulled together to
make this event possible – partnering organizations include: ODC Theater,
Dimensions Dance Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, World Arts
West, SF Black Film Festival, Stanford University, Dance Mission Theater, SF
State University, and Laney College.
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now is made possible by the
generous support of Zellerbach Family Foundation, East Bay Community
Foundation, Rainbow Italian Ice; Individual Donors; co-presented with Dance
Mission Theater and Laney College Dance Department; fiscally sponsored by
Dimensions Dance Theater & ODC Theater.
For Festival information call:
K*STAR* Productions: 888.819.9106
AAAPAC: 866-898-2722
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