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
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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
S A V E T H E D A T E
Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now - 2017
Three weekends of performances
featuring premieres/new works and new voices
to the BCF stage
BCF - Oakland February, 11 & 12
BCF - SF February 18 & 19; February 25 & 26
BCF - Oakland
Malonga Casquelourd CFTA
1428 Alice Street
February 11 - 7:30pm/Februrary 12 - 4pm
Alexander Zander Brown w/ Earth Dance Mafia
Ibrahima Diouf
Marc Bamuthi Joseph (Saturday only)
Phylicia Stroud/ On Demand
Nafi Thompson / Bahiya Movement (Sunday only)
Deborah Vaughan/Dimensions Dance Theater
Special Event:
Sunday - February 12
Film Screening of
Bare Souls Bare Soul
by filmmakers Delina Patrice Brooks & Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Followed by a community conversation moderated by D. Brooks
@ 2:00pm - FREE
BCF - SF
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street
February 18 & 19 - 7:30pm
Byb Chanel Bibene
Gregory Dawson w/Frankie Lee III, Isaiah Bindel, and Donnie Duncan
Marc Bamuthi Joseph (Sunday only)
Maurya Kerr
Robert Moses w/Chrystaldawn Bell
Raissa Simpson
February 25 & 26 - 7:30pm
Next Wave Choreographers Showcase
featuring premieres and new voices:
Alexander Brown
Chris Evans
dana e. fitchett
Ashley Gayle & Noah James (BCF's 2017 - AMP Artists)
Stephanie Hewett
Erik Lee
Dazaun Soleyn
Nafi Thompson / Bahiya Movement (Saturday only)
Jamie Wright (Sunday only)
Special Events:
Friday February 24
6-7:15pm
$20
Orixa Movement with Vera Passos
Co-presented by Dance Mission Theater & BCF
Live drumming!
Vera Passos is one of Salvador, Bahia’s most acclaimed Afro-Brazilian dancers. Vera has danced for Jorge Silva Dance Company and the acclaimed Balé Folclórico da Bahia touring all throughout Brazil, Europe, Asia, the US and South America. Vera has been a guest artist with Viver Brasil since 2010, and she also choreographs for Tocandomblé and went on extensive tours with Steve Coleman. Passos began studying the demanding Silvestre Technique with creator Rosangela Silvestre in 1992, and soon became the protégé of Silvestre. Vera teaches the Silvestre Technique and Orixa Dance Movement classes Internationally and at the Annual Silvestre Technique Intensive which happens every January and August in Salvador, Brazil.
Saturday - February 25
Herencia de un Pueblo (Inheriting a Legacy)
Awarded Best Documentary and Best Cinematography SF Film Fest (2016)
Written and directed by Carmen Román
Pre-show event @ 7:15p - free
(now SignUp.com)
For more information call: 866.553.5885
TICKET / INFORMATION
Tickets on sale at brownpapertickets:
OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO
$15 Advance/Student/Seniors
$22 General at the Door
$30 BCF Patron, includes reserved seating
$10 Youth 14-under
For more information call: 866.553.5885
Festival programming subject to change.
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now – is made possible by the on-going support of the San Francisco Arts Commission, City of Oakland Cultural Arts Funding Program, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, community partners Dance Mission Theater, Dimensions Dance Theater, Laney College Theater and Dance Dept.