January February 2019 In Dance

Dancers' Group Announces 2017 CA$H Dance Grant Recipients

FIND SPACE, CREATE Highlighting venues and studio spaces around the Bay Area

START PLANNING NOW All Dance All Free All Week

Virginia Matthews Throughout 2019, Sonoma, Marin, & San Francisco Approaching 70 - 50 Years of a Life in Dance: A Solo Retrospective is an exploration of solo work choreographed by Matthews from 1975 to the present. CA$H for: facility rental

María de la Rosa May/June 2019, Location TBA

ka·nei·see | collective March 2019, San Francisco

CA$H, the bi-annual awards that support Bay Area dance artists and organizations has announced the latest round of grantees. $42,000 in grants are being awarded to seven individual artists and seven dance organizations in support of artistic proj- ects—each grant award is $3,000. CA$H supports artists from diverse cultural back- grounds and creative practices. Projects supported this round feature hip hop, per- formance ritual, Mexican cultural dance and music traditions, Butoh, modern, Flamenco, dance theater, circus, LGBTQ+-focused and feminist works. The CA$H program, which has been sup- porting dance-makers for the past 19 years, is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Grants for the Arts.

The Milkbar Previously in East Oakland, MilkBar moved to its new Richmond location in 2016. The main studio features a 24’ x 32’ sprung marley dance floor, with white walls and high sloping ceilings (between 15’ to 26’). It’s a quiet reflective space in an old industrial gem with views of the Richmond hills. Adjoining the main space is a 1000 sq.ft. space that includes a workshop, storage, bathrooms, kitchenette, and seating / green room area. In addition to offering the space for rent, MilkBar is the home studio for Mary Armentrout Dance Theater, video artist Ian Winters, and video production company 37 North, a thriving artists residency program, the MilkBar salon program, and a number of other east bay dance and performance groups. 241 A South 1st St, Richmond Rental rates start at $20/hr with discount available for longer-term or regular renters bayareaspaces.org/spaces/8901 milkbar.org

Las Peteneras is a concert performance explor- ing female archetypes and ultimately, feminism and female leadership in Mexican cultural dance and music traditions. CA$H for: artist fees Chris Evans March 2019, Oakland Reconstructions is a site specific, North- Oakland based performance ritual connecting the impact of post-Civil War reconstruction on the psyches of Black people in the US to the ongoing economic reconstructions of North Oakland. CA$H for: artist fees Hien Huynh March 2019, San Francisco of metal and skin is a duet performance between Hien Huynh and his mother, Moui Lu, uniting mother and son through understanding her imprisonment in post-war Vietnam, physi- cal injuries, and recollection. CA$H for: artist fees, marketing, admin expenses Supporting research for XXX Rated Planet: The Epigenetics of Femicide , a multimedia dance production that uses street dance, documen- tary theater, and choreopoetry to explore gender-based sexual violence. CA$H for: research Nicole Klaymoon May 2019, San Francisco

Drawing inspiration from the feminist battle cry, “Nevertheless, she persisted,” Neverthe- less surveys the field of gender-based harass- ment from the subtle to the violent, in a mar- riage of song and dance, comedy and horror. In collaboration with Cat Call Choir. CA$H for: artist fees

APRIL 27–MAY 6, 2018

REGISTER YOUR FREE EVENT(S)

• Share your work during the 2018 Festival • Last year, over 20,000 partici- pants enjoyed nearly 400 classes, performances, and more

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by Thursday, Feb 8 to be considered for our annual printed event guide

Kristin Damrow & Company February 2019, San Francisco

Dance Exhibit is a performance plus discussion event responding to the unique architecture, sounds, and light at the Minnesota Street Project. CA$H for: artist fees

Impact is a contemporary dance piece inspired by Brutalist architecture and the egalitarian

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society it represents. CA$H for: artist fees Oneness Butoh March 2019, Hayward

20 YEARS OF ALL DANCE, ALL FREE, ALL WEEK

ORGANIZATIONS : Brannigan Dance Works March 2019, San Francisco

Ode to Minamata is a collaborative butoh and taiko performance that pays tribute to the many generations of people from Minamata, Japan, who have died of mercury poisoning from careless toxic waste dumping. CA$H for: artist fees San Francisco Flamenco Company January 2019, San Francisco Volver is a contemporary flamenco production featuring musical collaborations with master musicians Amir Haddad and Ali Paris. CA$H for: artist fees

Bones (part 2) is a new work reflecting nature itself, accessing the innate wisdom and feminine intuition that lives with bodies and the earth. CA$H for: artist fees

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THE 14 FALL 2018 DANCE GRANTEES ARE: India Davis June 2019, Oakland

APRIL 26 – MAY 5, 2019

James Graham Dance Theatre April 2019, San Francisco

Start planning for the 21st annual Bay Area Dance Week now!

• Host a free event – a class, perfor- mance, open house, workshop, lec- dem, film screening, or flash mob. • Last year, over 20,000 participants took part in over 400 free events. • Register your free event(s) by Thurs- day, February 7 to be considered for the annual printed event guide.

Wavelength is an experimental multimedia dance work exploring the relationship between the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, whales/whaling,

The Grass is Sleeping is a new dancetheatre piece looking at mental health, the rising gap between rich and poor, and a changing San Francisco. CA$H for: artist fees

and climate change. CA$H for: artist fees

The Anata Project June 2019, San Francisco

BIG SALT is a new contemporary dance work about the clash between love and ambition in motherhood. CA$H for: costume design & artist fees

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Professional Learning for Dance Educators

AUDITION & WORKSHOP

ODC Theater Presents little seismic dance company Divining February 14-16, 8pm odc.dance/divining

FEBRUARY 17, 2019 / LOS ANGELES GLORYA KAUFMAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER AUDITIONS For places on our Undergraduate FD/BA Honours Degree in Ballet & Contemporary Dance. WORKSHOPS For aspiring young dancers, aged 14-19 years, who are considering their next steps in dance training. Further info and application instructions can be found on our website and via our Facebook Page.

Motivation & Creativity

February 2, 1-5pm, $125 Explore ways to support student confidence & meaning-making

Equity in Dance Panel

Perspectives On Trauma w/ Mary Claire Heffron February 23, 2:30-5pm, Free Dance artists & educators discuss race, power, & privilege March 9, 1-5pm, $125 Learn about impacts of trauma & creating healing & resilience additional workshops at lunadanceinstitute.org 10% Dancers’ Group/NDEO/CDEA & 50% student discounts 605 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 510.883.1118

ODC Theater Presents Risa Jaroslow & Dancers At Your Service February 21-23, 8pm odc.dance/service

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