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2008  •  09  • 11

Dec 18

Labayen Dance/SF

The Christmas Fundraising Event will treat all to a sneak preview of  the world premiere of Enrico Labayen’s  “Icarus at the Edge of Recession”  

    

Guest artists David Chase, former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company and Clover Mathis, former principal dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey Dance Company and Enrico Labayen, will essay the roles of Daedelous, The Sun and Icarus, respectively.

For tax deductable donation, Please make check out to Dance Brigade (Labayen Dance/SF’s fiscal sponsor) and write Labayen dance on the memo line.

Dec 15-16

CALI & CO dance

'down-to-earth'

•  The 'down-to-earth' evening will include excerpts of the upcoming MOVE Thru Me collaboration with CALI & CO dance & Local SF band The WELCOME MATT as well as the first versions of Fitted for Solitude and SPECIAL guests including students from the SF Conservatory of Dance and Tim Frick.

Dec 12

ArtFace Performance Group presents

Special Garage fundraiser!

featuring modern dance, burlesque, theatre and music from Malinda Trimble, Sergio Lobito, Isabelle Sjashem,  Michelle Navarrete, Vince Guiterrez,  Jeanne Platt and The Mischievous Maidens.

Dec 10-11

RAW presents

Tanya Bello's Project. B.

Mayuko Hosoai & Chin-chin Hsu

Triquetra (2010) performed by Norma Fong, Mayuko Hosoai, and Chin-chin Hsu and and souterrain, performed by

Diana Broker, Kelly Del Rosario, Norma Fong, Mayuko Hosoai, and Chin- chin Hsu.

Also new work by Mayuko Hosoai and Chin-chin Hsu.

PHOTO by Margo Moritz

Dec 8-9

RandenTrixieTrashinaCann presents

Legacy

a new queer, dance-theatre work,

an autobiographical journey

Dec 3-4   •   RAW presents

Human Creature

Human Creature (at right ) presents four new works with original text and choreography by directors Derek Harris and Meegan Hertensteiner with an original composition by composer Mark Hertensteiner.

Jessica Damon

& Dancers

Coated is inspired by wondering what it must feel like to become coated in oil. This work addresses a reality in which our “progress” becomes our eventual demise, and in which unconsidered innovation undermines the innovator.

Dec 1-2

A Collage Theater Project

(work-in-progress) presents A Mix Tape For Ophelia, conceived and directed by Matisse Michalski . created with and Performed by Macklin Kowal, Rozelle Polido, Kiele Stewart-Funai, Brittany Delany and Sarah Fiske. Angela Mazziotta presents SMACKdab, a new work about discovering where one belongs.

Angela Mazziotta

presents SMACKdab, a new work about discovering where one belongs.

Also featuring new choreography by

Whitney Stevenson

Photo of

Angela Mazziotta

by  Phil Buck 

November 23

RAW presents

One Night Stand

An evening of new contemporary dance featuring new choreographers beginning their residencies at The Garage.

Kristine Anderson

Alison Williams

& Requisitedance (left)

November 17-18

Jenni Bregman

RAW presents Intimate City, a contemporary dance performance that enters the crowded or small spaces of urban life to look at something that can be simultaneously ubiquitous and elusive: Intimacy in the City. A glimpse of how we share our minds, hearts and personal space with lovers, friends and strangers.

AIRspace presents

Josh Klipp

AIRspace presents Chet & Ella: music and dance celebrating the voices of Chet Baker and Ella Fitzgerald. Featuring the voice and movement by jazz singer and choreographer Joshua Klipp and performances by Freeplay Dance Crew, Sarah Bush Dance Project, Funk4Soul, and Dylan Martin.

photo by Sarah Deragon

November 15 & November 19-22

Back Alley Theater Company presents

BEYOND THERAPY by Christopher Durang

produced by arrangement with Samuel French

Directed by Jeff Bedillion and starring Katharine Otis, Toby Morris,

Linda Sparks, Brett Arnott, Jeff Bedillion and Max Crain

Oct 29 - Nov 14

The Garage's resident theatre company presents a new work written by company member Val Faschman.

Autistic kids forced into high school classes with gang bangers, and the teachers who try to channel the chaos into education.This physical theatre piece, through multiple viewpoints, unlocks the inner visions of the inhabitants of a high school of Developmentally and Behaviorally Disabled kids and their teachers.

pustheatre.org

Nov 10-11

kelly kemp & company   •   detour dance   •   Labayen Dance/SF

Kelly Kemp presents her company’s latest project, which highlights a series of threshold incidents that shape a person's identity, ego, and social relevance, exploiting the kinds of life-impacting moments that foster opportunity for personal growth. Photo of kemp & co by B. Epstein

detour dance presents Drift. In this dance film, a pair of vagabond’s hitchhikes, stumbles, and inch their way through striking landscapes. detour dance is led by Kat Cole and Eric Garcia, a San Francisco-based contemporary dance company that creates movement for the stage and film. Their works tackle the idiosyncrasies and quirky tenderness of human relationships set against the backdrop of our everyday lives.

Enrico Labayen presents en-Gulf-ed, which addresses the environmental impact of the BP Gulf Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on wildlife and environment. en-Gulf-ed, a work in process will premiere at Dance Mission Theatre's Manifes-tival on November 19-20, 2010.

FRIDA: Portrait, a work inspired by the self-portraits of the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

Nov 8-9            presents

Songbirds & Mermaids: two evenings of new, queer performance curated by Macklin Kowal

Photo of

Macklin Kowal

by Elazar Harel

RAW (resident artist workshop) presents

Paco Gomes & Dancers

Paco Gomes and Dancers Present Amor O: A series of new and favorite dance works around the theme of Love. Paco Gomes and guest choreographers Jorge Silva and J. Pazmino explore different aspects and stories of love.

Returning to the stage in Amor O are several of Paco Gomes’ favorite pieces of repertory. “Love Beyond Body” deals with the societal pressures for romantic relationships and the struggle to validate one’s sexuality. “Conflict” and “Two Minutes Before a Slap in the Face” deal with different ways that loving friends fight and function. 

Oct 20   •  RAW and BodiGram present

For the Love

of the Game!

photo of Aura Fischbeck by Tiffany Black

Oct 15-16     •   RAW (resident artist workshop) presents

Show and Tell

An inspiring program of new works and works in progress by some of the Bay Areas most exciting dance/theater/performance makers. The list of artists include Ashley Burnett, Abby Crain, Jessica Damon, Aura Fischbeck, Margit Galanter, Gretchen Garnett, Natalie Green, Paul Laurey, and Leigh Riley.

Sept 24-25     •   RAW (resident artist workshop) presents

Zack Bernstein, Miriam Wolodarski, Jennifer Mellor (at left), Jeni Bregman

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Friday, September 24     •    FREE!   •   Mint Plaza

Central Market Arts

CALI & CO & THE WELCOME MATT

Joshua Klipp featuring Sarah Bush Dance Project

Sep 22-23

  
PunkkiCo
Alyce Finwall Dance Theater

Sept 18   •   RAW and Avy K Productions present
The Book

is an audio-visual-kinetic multidimensional book by Erika Tsimbrovsky (choreographer/dancer), Vadim Puyandaev (visual artist), Grundik Kasyansky (sound artist/musician) and Izmail (Israel) Galin (visual artist).
Artists website:   Here

Sept 15-16     •   RAW (resident artist workshop) presents
Laura Blakely, Cason MacBride, Melissa Hudson-Bell (at left)

"EGGS," BreadnButter/Melissa Hudson Bell's recent choreographic venture is a dance theater collaboration between choreographers Melissa Hudson Bell, Celine V. Alwyn and Hannah Schwadron.

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July 9-18   •   RAW (resident artists workshop) presents a new work by Dark Porch Theatre, inspired By Court Entertainments of the Sun King, Best of Fringe Winner Martin Schwartz directs this Artistic Feast of Drama, Dance, Music, and Painting.
July 11-Aug 29   •    Gilligan’s Island   •   Live Onstage   •   Every Sunday
July 13-14   •   SPF5  presents Danse pour les Mouches (Dance for the Flies )   •   dance, music and video   •   Stéphanie Auberville (France), Bulk Foodveyor, Cheryl Leonard (Antarctica), Rajendra Serber and Matt Davignon.   More info Here
July 22   •   SFinExile Spoken-Word Series   •   We Are WhoWe Say We Are! The Barbershop Stories, Curated by Marlo Gayle   •   Performances by Meliza Bañales, Jennifer Fox Bennett, Nico Dacumos, Queen Jasmine, Manish Vaidya, Marlo Gayle
July 23-24   •   SPF5  presents For the Love of the Game!   •   BodiGram & Kate Burton

July 27-28   •   Women Gone Wise
July 30-31 and Aug 5-6  • SPF5 and Robillard Theatreworks presents Laughter in the Dark, A Dance Theater Adaptation & Visual Art Exhibit, Inspired by Vladimir Nabokov. Artistic Director Sarah Moss creates layers of beauty gleaned from old movies, classic literature, and visual art. Gorgeously executed dance theater, peppered with dark humor and brilliant imagery.
Aug 3-4   •  Tanya Bello presents her San Francisco choreographic debut with Triquetra, a new trio featuring Norma Fong, Mayuko Hasoai, and Chin-chin Hsu. Also featuring new work by Mannakin Theater & Dance: new choreography by Nathan Cottam, featuring Sara Love, Chelsea Hix, Kyle Jay and Cason MacBride

Aug 9   •    A lot of comedy today is a like a Snickers bar, a sugar rush of empty calories. Bay Area favourites Heather Gold ("I Look Like An Egg, but I Identify As A Cookie", SF Sketchfest, NPR) and Bill Santiago (Spanglish 101, Comedy Central, Mother Jones) are back in their beloved city of foodies and politics and freaks to serve up a substantive meal of laughs.  http://heathergold.com   •    http://billsantiago.com   •   Facebook site:   HERE
Aug 12-13   •   SPF5 presents  new choreography by kate elswit, shae colett, yuriy pestov
Aug 27-28   •   CALI & CO, Human Creature, sorvillo/blindsight, Angela Manizotti, Whitney Stevenson