SpectorDance SpectorDance, Marina
The Choreographers Showcase offers local audi- ences a chance to see a wide variety of original, cutting-edge works from dance artists from around the country, celebrating the diversity and vitality of dance as a contemporary art form today. Sat, Aug 3, 7:30pm; Sun, Aug 4, 2pm, see website for ticket information. spectordance.org bananarama and Octavia Rose Hingle SAFEhouse Arts, SF Performing arts collective bananarama (Clarissa Dyas, Kassidy Friend, Nicole Maimon, and Manuel Mendoza) present a new work that stud- ies the obsession with genitalia as a predeter- mination of gender, the inherent voyeurism of a present audience, and the masculine/feminine energy dynamic. Octavia Rose Hingle imagines the future when ocean tides have seized the land at the water’s edge and the Bay Area, as we know it, is underwater in their new performance work The Gills Beneath Our Flesh . Presented by SAFEhouse’s Resident Artist Workshop. Fri-Sat, Aug 9-10, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org Four Acts of Light and Wonder features two world premieres and a US premiere set to original music and the reprise of a popular work set to Mozart. Janice Garrett presents The Over-Soul and Moulton’s newest iteration of his crowd favorite Ball Passing , the US premiere of Garrett’s Gojubi and the reprise of The Mozart (2017) all with live music. Fri-Sat, Aug 9-10, 8pm; Sun, Aug 11, 3pm, $25-42. garrettmoulton.org International Deaf Dance Festival Dance Mission Theater, SF Produced by Urban Jazz Dance company, the annual event consists of performances and workshops that highlight the important contri- butions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to our community. This year they have many local Deaf artists, some flying in from India, Colombia, Taiwan, Jamaica, Mexico, Washington DC, Arkansas and more. There will be a diversity of Sign Languages including but not limited to Colombian Sign Language, Ameri- can Sign Language, International Sign Language and Russian Sign Language. Fri-Sat, Aug 9-10, 7:30pm; Sun, Aug 11, 2pm, $12-30. realurbanjazzdance.com Garrett + Moulton Productions YBCA Theater, SF
Parangal Dance Company, part of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Jul 6-14 / Photo by RJ Muna
Mel Mark, Jul 26-27 / Photo by Eric Allen
and Kimi Okada) collaborate and cross- pollinate on a new work exploring survival and escape during trying times over the first weekend. The second weekend features works by Brenda Way. Fri-Sat, Jul 26-27 & Aug 2-3,
8pm, $30. odc.dance
NewGround Dance Company Canada College Theater, Redwood City
Star Seed , a poetic weave of dance, voice, and imagery focusing on 3 powerful seeds that live inside each of us. When these 3 seeds are planted in the human heart, a new humanity is born. Sat, Jul 27 & Aug 3, 7pm, $25. newgrounddance.com
Kathy Mata Ballet, Aug 24 / Photo by Jennifer V. Zee
Dalton Alexander Studio 210, SF
nity to witness the cycle of decay and creation through the movement language of dance. Gwendoline Hornig and collaborators explore women’s bodies, voices and agency through- out history in their new work. Presented by SAFEhouse’s Resident Artist Workshop. Fri- Sat, Aug 16-17, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org Megan Lowe Dances Athletic Playground, Emeryville Action Potential is a site-specific dynamic dance and live music adventure by Megan Lowe Dances. Audiences will be led through space, with dancers interacting with ladders, planks, bars, mats, blocks, aerial apparatus, walls, and each other. Sat, Aug 17 & 24, 6 & 8pm; Sun, Aug 18 & 25, 7pm, $20-30. actionpotential.eventbrite.com Two works will be presented that look at transformation and nurturing. Fri, Aug 23, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org Kathy Mata Ballet Mercy High School, SF The program will present classical and contemporary ballet pieces performed with live accompaniment, as well as numbers incorporating many different dance styles, including modern, lyrical fusion, contempo- rary, musical theater, character, and much more. Sat, Aug 24, 7pm, FREE . kathymataballet.org ayanadancearts SAFEhouse Arts, SF
Christina Carter, Es “Delight” Co, and Connolly Strombeck SAFEhouse Arts, SF
#Whitenoise strives to collide nostalgia for the past with current American affairs. Fri-Sat, Aug 9-10, 16-17, & 23-24; 8pm; Sun-Mon, Aug 11-12,
7pm; Sun, Aug 18 & 25, 7pm. dalexandermoves.space
Christina Carter explores the work and plea- sure of activism in her new solo. Es “Delight” Co is directed by Esra Coskun and presents a new dance work examining loss. Connolly Strombeck is also presenting new work on this program. Presented by SAFEhouse’s Resident Artist Workshop. Fri-Sat, Aug 2-3, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org
Francesca Cipponeri and Gwendoline Hornig SAFEhouse Arts, SF Francesca Cipponeri’s new work is the embodi- ment of redemption and ransom; an opportu-
Guru Shradha, part of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Jul 6-14 / Photo by RJ Muna
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