Past Events

GLASSlands returns at YBCA!

GLASSlands (2017) is an evening-length work which explores proximity, visibility, technology and connection in a culture of ever increasing emotional and intimate distances. Choreographed by Printz Dance Project Artistic Director Stacey Printz, GLASSlands features set design by Sean Riley. The set pieces are large, transparent pod-like structures, or “bubble rooms” that inhabit the performance space, providing a plastic world that dancers populate and explore. As human, face-to-face interaction is dismantled and technology-driven encounters become more pervasive, GLASSlands explores how our ability to communicate and connect is impacted.

Friday, May 11 & Saturday, May 12 at 9pm
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
TICKETS
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Photo by Jeff Zender

A new work "Cosmic" for NightLife at California Academy of Sciences

Join us for a brand-new work, Cosmic, created for California Academy of Science's SpaceQuest NightLife on Thursday, April 19th! Doors open at 6pm. Performers: Michaela Burns, Suzy Myre, Juliann Witt, and Katerina Wong

A piece inspired by the Voyager space mission, the Golden Record, NASA space sounds, Stephen Hawking and our human connection to space.
More info and tickets
Facebook Event

photographs by Erin Brethauer

CONCEPT series: 22 with RAWdance

RAWdance’s beloved salon serves up a fresh dose of unique, high quality dance art in a lavish setting, but with a living room vibe. Five Bay Area choreographers join RAWdance to share works-in-progress and revamped repertory tailored for intimate viewing. Artists include: Alyssandra Katherine Dance Project, Arletta, Anderson & Adam Smith, Diane Frank, Sean Dorsey Dance, Sydney Franz, and RAWdance

For the CONCEPT series, choreographers are encouraged to share work at any point of creation, offering new perspectives into the artistic process. RAWdance Co-Artistic Directors, Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein are active hosts, serving treats (and that dose of banter) in between the works. The series takes place in the lavish Green Room in the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, creating a rare opportunity to see dance in one of the most beautiful spaces in the city. And as always, the series is pay-what-you-can.

March 30 & 31
No advanced ticket sales
Children welcome
Popcorn, coffee, and snacks will be provided
Photo by Margo Moritz

Carnivale at Grace Cathedral with RAWdance

RAWdance performs excerpts from the company's 2012 ode to love and equality, Two by 24: Love on Loop. The performance and gala evening benefit Grace Cathedral’s mission elevating compassion, inclusivity, creativity, and learning.
Tuesday, Feb. 13
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8x8x8 with detour dance

A response to the lack of suitable, affordable performance spaces for choreographers working in the San Francisco Bay Area, 8x8x8 challenges eight choreographers to create work for an alternative venue, typically a bar or nightclub. Ticket prices are minimal - $8 at the door - encouraging both dance lovers and the non-dance audience to view dance in a low-key setting. By bringing dance to unusual venues typically reserved for live music, 8x8x8 is a successful new experiment in choreography, presentation, and audience development.

The 8's are back with another stellar lineup including Evie Ladin, Bandelion, dana e. fitchett, Aviva Rose-Williams, Nol Simonse and more! I'm excited to be joining Eric Garcia and detour dance for this exciting event!

January 25, 2018 8pm
The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

$8 cover, 21 and over with ID
tickets are available for purchase only at the door

A Charlie Brown Christmas with the San Francisco Symphony

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the entire Peanuts gang are back at Davies Symphony Hall! With singers, dancers, and actors performing in front of an animated background, and Vince Guaraldi’s timeless music performed live by the Symphony, this beloved holiday classic is sure to bring festive cheer to people of all ages. This will be my 3rd year performing with the Symphony and we can't wait to take on this holiday classic once more!

Thursday, December 21, 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Friday, December 22, 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Saturday, December 23, 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, December 24, 2:00pm
at Davis Symphony Hall
TICKETS

RAWdance's Concept Series 21

This Thanksgiving weekend the CONCEPT series provides a fun, local, cultural alternative to the consumer mayhem of Black Friday. RAWdance’s beloved series serves up a fresh dose of unique, high quality dance art in a lavish setting, but with a living room vibe. Five Bay Area choreographers, including Kristin Damrow, Rogelio Lopez, and Diane Frank, join RAWdance to share works- in-progress fresh from the studio and revamped repertory tailored for intimate viewing. A modern-day salon hosted by RAWdance’s Artistic Directors, Ryan T Smith and Wendy Rein, the CONCEPT series brings dancing and innovative choreography up-close and personal through this celebrated pay-what-you-can event. Now in its 21st round, the series continues in the Green Room at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center — a rare opportunity to see dance in one of the most beautiful rooms of the city.

Pay-What-You-Can, at the door
No advanced ticket sales
Popcorn, coffee, and snacks will be provided

Friday, November 24, 8pm
Saturday, November 25, 3pm
Saturday, November 25, 7pm

Green Room
San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

On tour with Pop-Up Magazine!

I'm more than thrilled to be joining the incredible creative team of Pop-Up Magazine on their upcoming Fall tour. I will be collaborating with a beautiful author and filmmaker to tell their story as a part of this evening of live magazine for stage, screen and a live audience. I hope you'll join us at one of our performances!
popupmagazine.com

Tour details:
Oct 18 - Bay Area at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA
Oct 21 - Los Angeles at The Theater at Ace Hotel
Oct 23 - Portland at Revolution Hall
Oct 30 - New York at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
Nov 1 - Washington D.C. at Lincoln Theatre
Nov 3 - Twin Cities at Fitzgerald Theater

Photos by Erin Brethauer courtesy of Pop-Up Magazine

Co-Lab with RAWdance for San Francisco Film Festival

The 5th anniversary of the collaborative program pairs local professional choreographers and filmmakers to create short dance films for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. RAWdance’s artistic directors/choreographers Wendy Rein and Ryan T. Smith will collaborate with filmmaker Shelley Lewis, whose short films and commercials have garnered numerous awards. The second team of “Co-Lab” artists will pair choreographer Robert Dekkers, founder and artistic director of Post:Ballet with commercial and music video director Marta Dymek.

These artists met for the first time and was challenged to create their short dance films in just three days on location in San Francisco this September. The two original interdisciplinary works for the screen will be premiered on the closing night of the fall festival at the Brava Theater Center. I had the privilege of serving as a choreographic consultant on this exciting new project!
The new film screens on Sunday, October 22 at 6:30pm.

Premiere of "Ma" with Bellwether Dance Project in SEAM

A new collective on the San Francisco/Bay Area dance landscape makes their inaugural appearance this Fall at Dance Mission in a shared evening program. With a focus on helping to navigate the complex relationship that is art-making and motherhood, SEAM (Support and Elevate Artist Mothers) is thrilled to present work by Tanya Bello, Kristen Daley, Amy Foley and Yayoi Kambara. I'm looking forward to dancing in Amy Foley's newest piece!
Fri-Sat, Sept 29th-30th at 8:00pm; October 1st at 7:00pm
$25, TICKETS

Premiere of a new solo at PUSHfest 2017

It's an honor to have been selected this year to showcase a new solo entitled "Accredit" at PUSH Dance Company's PUSHfest. Inspired by my dance teaching residency in St. Louis, I hope you will consider joining me as I embark on this new work.

Program A
Friday September 22, 8pm
Sunday September 24, 4:30pm
at ODC Theater
http://www.pushdance.org/festival

YBCA Transform Fest with RAWdance

This September at YBCA’s Transform Fest, RAWdance responds to the question “Why Citizenship?” with a new commission looking at the recurring history of clashes between power structures and society’s intellectuals and culture makers. Commissioned works are designed to activate an immersive installation by sculptor and architect Giacomo Castagnola. RAWdance shares a double bill with Fauxnique. More Information HERE

Program B
8PM Friday, September 15
8PM Saturday, September 23
at YBCA Forum

Printz Dance Project performs at Sound Summit

Sound Summit ’17 celebrates the 50th anniversary of both the Magic Mountain Festival (the first rock festival in America) and the Summer of Love in fitting fashion as two pillars of the Grateful Dead join forces to headline an eclectic day of music high above the bay on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. PDP performs at this stunning event - join us and enjoy!
September 9, 2017
Mountain Theater ~ Mount Tamalpais State Park
http://soundsummit.net/

"Speck" Returns for California Academy of Science's NightLife

"Speck" is back diving into the far beyond with this specially crafted iteration for California Academy of Science's Motion NightLife. "Speck" takes the Voyager Golden Record as primary source material, and uses it as a launching pad for considering what bits of our humanity are most relevant, most universal, and most important. The Golden Record was and is a grand project, and Katerina's "Speck" is a compelling and inspired piece about humans, space exploration, and the myriad connections between the far away and the here-and-now.

California Academy of Sciences: Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Drive
August 24th
The evening begins at 6pm with performances at 7:30pm & 8:30pm
with dancers Michaela Burns, Carly Johnson, Juliann Witt and Katerina Wong
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Special thanks to FACT/SF and CounterPulse for commissioning the original work as a part of JuMP 2016. Photo by Kegan Marling.

Concept o4 performs for "WILD" exhibit at Root Division

A one night only evening of performances that compliments the visual art exhibition Wild curated by Marisa Aragona. Performances invite a dialogue into how we attempt to contain, capture and confine the deep, infinite wild space of both our natural and pedestrian world. The immediacy of movement, live singing and interactive digital media compliments the visual exhibition’s exploration of external and internal wild space. Concept o4 will be performing among other wonderful artists!

Saturday, August 12
7-10pm
Root Division: 1131 Mission Street, SF

PDP performs at the Battery

Excited to bring back a short excerpt of Soul+Mates for a private event at the exclusive Battery club in San Francisco.

Thursday, July 13

"Thighs and Wages" with Bellwether Dance Project

Excited to be joining Amy Foley and the dancers of Bellwether Dance to revisit her work "Thighs and Wages" for this year's Summer Performance Festival.

Join us July 6 & 8 at 8pm
at Joe Goode Annex
499 Alabama St, SF
TICKETS
Read this beautiful preview of the work by Heather Desaulniers

RoundAntennae's Insight 6 with Concept o4

Join RoundAntennae, artists and friends in watching the culmination of June’s OTHER VIEWS 4 workshop period. Emma Halladey Lanier, Natasha Adorlee Johnson and Lindsey Renee Derry will show their latest projects and KT will lead discussion. This event is FREE and will be at the ODC Dance Commons, Argyle Studio.

Friday, June 30th
7:30-9pm
ODC Dance Commons Argyle Studio

Choreofest with RAWdance

As part of the annual Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, ChoreoFest highlights the spectacular strength, diversity, and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a three-day mini festival of site specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Co-Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, the inaugural ChoreoFest will feature nine local companies in three truly special performances throughout the Gardens’ lawns and architecture. I've been honored to serve as a rehearsal director/choreographer for this new work, Requiem, featuring 16 dancers in Jessie Square. We perform every show, so please stop by at this FREE event!

6pm Friday, June 9
1pm Saturday, June 10
1pm Sunday, June 11

Yerba Buena Gardens: Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Street
Read our review

GLASSlands - premiere with Printz Dance Project

A dance exploration of proximity, visibility, technology and intimacy.
Printz Dance Project's collaborative team of Artistic Director, Stacey Printz, designers Sean Riley and Wolfgang Wachlovsky, and a dynamic group of dance artists join forces for a new work premiering at Z Space this spring entitled, GLASSlands.

Thursday, May 4th at 8pm
Friday, May 5th at 8pm
Saturday, May 6th at 6pm and 8:30pm
at Z Space
450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA

IMPRINT screens at the tiny dance film festival

Tiny Dance Film Festival is a film festival based in San Francisco that features short dance films (10 minutes or under) from across the globe. TDFF prioritizes films that stretch into new territory, challenge dominant narratives, and most importantly — embrace brevity.

The 5th Anniversary Tiny Dance Film Festival will take place March 25-26, 2017 at Roxie Theater in San Francisco.

My dance film, IMPRINT, will be a part of Program A on Sat, March 25 at 5pm!
TIX/INFO: www.detourdance.com/tdff

RAWdance's Concept Series 20

The CONCEPT series returns to San Francisco's beautiful Green Room, located in the SF War Memorial & Performing Arts Center. Named the “Best Way to Sample S.F.’s Contemporary Dance Scene” by SF Weekly, the CONCEPT series serves up a biannual helping of compelling veteran and emerging choreographic voices.

For CONCEPT series: 20, RAWdance will be joined by guest artists Nol Simonse, Holly Johnston/LEDGES AND BONES, Alma Esperanza Cunningham Movement, Nancy Karp + Dancers, and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company.

Saturday, March 25th at 8pm
Sunday, March 26th at 3pm & 7pm

The Green Room at the SF War Memorial
401 Van Ness Avenue (2nd floor), San Francisco

Pay-What-You-Can
Coffee, popcorn, and other snacks served
No advanced ticket sales
http://rawdance.org/projects/concept-series/

Teaching Residency with Dance St. Louis

Dance St. Louis brings teaching artists from their performing companies for intensive three-week residencies each semester, culminating in free attendance at matinees. In the 2016-2017 51st anniversary season, residencies are with Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company (New York City) and RAWdance (San Francisco), and reach about 200 under-served students at urban middle and high schools.

I'm excited to be heading to St. Louis for 3 weeks as a resident teaching artist to participate in such an amazing organization!

http://www.dancestlouis.org/residency-program/

A Charlie Brown Christmas LIVE! with the San Francisco Symphony

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and the entire Peanuts gang bring this television classic to life. With live actors, an animated backdrop, and Vince Guaraldi’s timeless music performed by the San Francisco Symphony, it’s A Charlie Brown Christmas experience you won’t want to miss. This family-friendly concert begins with Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I) singing holiday favorites with the SF Symphony and SF Symphony Chorus.

Dec 21-24, 2016
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In the Woods Again, Again

In the Woods Again, Again is a dance, kinetic art, and live music experience. As an audience member, you'll join fellow guests for a drink and snack before entering the moving art gallery. The space will be transformed by interactive art pieces, a live musical group in the center of the exhibit and a one hour dance performance that will take place around you as you move through the space.

The show revolves around a group of people connected to each other through tragedy. As they figure out their world together in this new light, we watch relationships unfold and close, and new connections be fueled by this brush with mortality. In the the midst of abstracted depictions of what our mind looks like after trauma and the way we cope, the show illustrates on many planes, our fundamental need to connect as humans and how we can find ourselves lost along the way.

Please join us for this special event as Concept o4 partners with Little Boxes Theater to create this immersive piece. Kinetic art dreamed up and executed by Conor Grebel with music composition by Ayaka Matsui and Natasha Adorlee Johnson. The work will be danced by Juliann Witt, Katerina Wong, Alec Guthrie and Maggie Stack.

Nov 17-20
at Little Boxes Theater
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Past/Present - an unplugged tasting menu of dance

Past repertory will be shared up-close and personal, swathed in the intimate space of Z Below. This event is a BENEFIT show to spark funding for PDP's upcoming NEW evening-length work premiering at Z Space May 2017

Nov 10-12
THURSDAY - 8pm, $35 Benefit Night + silent auction + reception
FRIDAY - 8pm
SAT. - 6pm + 8:30pm
General Seating $20
Supporter $35 (includes drink ticket)
PDP VIP Package - $100
•Includes Nov show + May show + PDP t-shirt + drink ticket

TICKETS
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World Premiere of "Crooked and Dangerous" a dance theatre work inspired by the 2016 Elections for Cutting Ball Theatre's Avant GardARAMA!

Cutting Ball has produced Avant GardARAMA! twice in the past – showcasing short works by Gertrude Stein, Susan-Lori Parks, Mac Wellman, Richard Foreman, and Eugenie Chan – but this incarnation, coming October 2016, shatters the mold: featuring a total of seven short works, championed by seven directors, in a single evening of performance. I'm so honored to be creating a new short dance theater duet inspired by the insanity, the fear, and the disillusionment surrounding the 2016 Presidential Elections entitled "Crooked and Dangerous." I've enlisted the phenomenal duo of Louis Acquisto and Suzy Myre to collaborate on this new adventure.I hope you will join me for this awesome festival!

We were mentioned as a pick for Bay Area Fall Arts Preview in the Chronicle!
October 5 – October 23
Learn more about CuttingBall Theater
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What the critics/audience are saying...

"'Crooked and Dangerous,' has real merit; dancers Louis Acquisto and Suzy Myre achieve the impressive feat of recontextualizing sound bites from the election so that you hear them afresh, as decontextualized bits of writing worthy of a literary (and for them, a fiercely physicalized) close read."
- Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle

"Crooked and Dangerous is a political movement piece in every sense of the term. For some present and potential horrors, there are no words, making this richly choreographed and staged piece all the more meaningful. Performers Suzy Myre and Louis Acquisto leave nothing on the stage in one of the most moving and relevant works I’ve seen this year."
- DogMom's Dish Blog

RAWdance Concept Series: 19

Mark your calendars for the biannual CONCEPT series, returning for its 19th round this October to the beautiful Green Room, located in the SF War Memorial & Performing Arts Center.

Named the “Best Way to Sample S.F.’s Contemporary Dance Scene” by SF Weekly, the CONCEPT series serves up some of the Bay Area’s most compelling veteran and emerging choreographic voices. A pay-what-you-can affair, the series promises to fulfill your cravings for quality dance art while keeping your belly full of popcorn. The CONCEPT series: 19 features choreographic offerings by Sharp & Fine, Victor Talledos, 13th Floor, Julie-Ann Gambino, and James Graham Dance Theatre, alongside two new excerpts from RAWdance.Saturday, October 8 at 8pm
Sunday, October 9 at 3pm & 7pm

at The Green Room
Veteran’s Building at the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

New Work Developed with new PUSHLab for PUSHfest 2016 at ODC Theater

photo by Alan Kimara Dixon

Thrilled to be participating with PUSH Dance Company as Resident Choreographer for the third year in a row at PUSHfest in ODC Theater! This year, we're piloting a new program where we develop original works for PUSHfest in our PUSHLab. We're in the midst of fantastic rehearsals with a group of extremely talented artists at LINES Dance Center and will be premiering a new work "Passage" featuring live performance by Keeva A Capella!

PUSHLAB
Workshops on Fridays, Aug 19-23 from 3-6pm (with a technique class taught by Raissa from 1:30-3pm)!
More information about PUSHLab

PUSHfest
Our brand new work will be performed in Program B of Pushfest!
Use code: PUSHWONG for a discounted ticket!

Program B: Saturday September 24, 8pm & Sunday September 25, 7pm
ODC Theater
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More information about PUSHfest

PUSH Dance Company Performs for the Grand Re-Opening of the Bayview Opera House

Come celebrate the re-opening of the beautifully renovated Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre. We'll be performing Point Shipyard Project for this very special occasion! All are invited to an afternoon and evening full of music, dance, games, food and more.

Saturday, September 17th,
Doors open at 1:30pm, Performances start at 2pm

Read about it in the SF Chronicle
(with a benefit performance the evening of Friday, Sept. 16th)

FACT/SF's JuMP 2016 Choreographic Residency

all photos by Devlin Shand

So honored to have been selected to create a new work for FACT/SF's JuMP Residency this Summer! Join us for our two work-in-progress showings as well as the final performances.

JuMP 2016 World Premieres: "Speck" and "Platform v1"
August 25-27
8pm
Tickets
Article about the process
New works by Katerina Wong (JuMP 2016 Choreographer) and a duet choreographed and performed by Liane Burns and Charles Slender-White
CounterPULSE

JuMP 2016 Work in Progress #1
June 19, 4-6pm
FREE
Excerpts from new works by Katerina Wong, Charles Slender-White and Liane Burns
CounterPulse

JuMP 2016 Work in Progress #2
July 10, 4-6pm
FREE
Excerpts from new works by Katerina Wong, Charles Slender-White and Liane Burns
CounterPulse

Concept o4 at Summer Performance Festival 9

See Concept o4 in SAFEhouse for the Performing Art's Summer Performance Festival 9 at ODC Theater.

July 9th at 5pm
July 10th at 9pm

836M Gallery Residency with RAWdance

RAWdance is in residence at the provocative 836M gallery in San Francisco, now through June 3. Drawing inspiration from the French Natural History Museum’s La Salle des Espèces Menacées et Disparues (gallery of endangered and extinct species), this performance installation mines the tales of creatures from the natural world now lost, and reflects on the passing of a generation of groundbreaking dance makers. Among other notions it asks: How do we keep their essence alive?
The gallery itself becomes an immersive space and stage for this evolving-in-real-time collaboration with celebrated scenic designer/engineer Sean Riley. Six dancers advance a set of physical and visual responses to questions of extinction and de-extinction, loss and legacy.

Live weekly installation and rehearsals began March 15 and continue each Tuesday and Thursday from 5-7pm, Fridays from 12-3pm. Come by at one of these times to see this exciting work unfold!

Times:
5-7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays; 12-3pm Fridays

Final Showing: Thursday , June 2nd at 6pm
FREE - RSVP here

Venue:
836M
836 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

Feature in SF Chronicle
Video diary of the process by the SF Chronicle

in the woods again, again

We are excited to offer a one night preview of our current work entitled "She Goes Gently into Pine" which will premiere as a larger site-specific art installation this summer. You're invited to join us for a special night at Agape, a historic Victorian mansion in the heart of the Mission. See our work up close before it is transported to a larger space-- enjoying a collection of live dance and music, art installations and an open bar. We look forward to sharing our new work with you and enjoying a special evening of evocative art and dance together.

Saturday, May 28th
7-10:30pm
Agape Mansion in the Mission District

Full event details and tickets

Tickets online (general admission $20, sponsor $40, gold sponsor) .
Tickets also available at the door ($25).

For more information about Concept o4/Natasha Adorlee Johnson, visit: www.c-o4.com

Super Serious Postmodern Dance Variety Hour

A modern dance comedy and variety show that features some of the best choreographers in the Bay Area. This May's installment presents work by Stacey Printz, Sam Stone and Concept o4!

Thursday, May 26
8pm
at Piano Fight

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Slow Dialogues: Improvisational Performance with PDP

Our opening reception features a performance by Printz Dance Project, who will activate an array of bamboo structures by designer Maria Blaisse, this Friday at 6pm: http://ybca.org/slow-dialogues

Slow Dialogues is curated by Slow Research Lab, a Netherlands-based multidisciplinary research and curatorial platform that seeks to explore an expanded field of human awareness and activity through research residencies, workshops, exhibitions, reading groups, immersive study experiences, and dialogues"

"In Traveling Geometry (2008-16), designer Maria Blaisse exhibits a dynamic array of sculptural bamboo forms, demonstrating her vision for the near-future: a humanity-built environment that is flexible and closer to nature. Two woven structures are displayed alongside film and photographs in which dancers engage them in graceful interplay. Another collection of simple bamboo lines suspended from the Grand Lobby ceiling activate the upper registers of the building, and will occasionally be lowered down to the lobby floor and engaged by live performers during the exhibition; a work exploring different scales.

Project Tremolo's "Beneath It All" at SJDanceCo's ChoreProject

ChoreoProject Awards Concert is a performance open to local professional choreographers. We're excited to bring Project Tremolo's last work to San Jose!

March 11th @ 2:30pm and 7:00pm
March 12th @ 2:30pm and 7:00pm

At SJSU Dance Theater

Hover Space on tour to the Virgin Islands

We're bringing Hover Space to St. Thomas! Along with our performance on Saturday, March 5th at the Reichhold Center for the Arts, we'll also be participating in an outreach program which includes a special master class and show.

Hover Space is an exploration of the middle ground, between the extremes, in the juicy, rich spaces where life really happens. This is the space where risk, action, fear, and movement thrive. Stacey’s vision for a floating stage space to represent this middle ground has led to a collaboration with designer and engineer Sean Riley on what has been dubbed the “Hover Floor”, a 12 by 16 foot stage space suspended from the ceiling of the theater on four chain motors.
March 5, 8PM
Reichhold Center for the Arts
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

http://www.reichholdcenter.org/
http://www.printzdance.org/hover-space/

Gallery Opening Showing for Sunshine Jones and Mark Farina

Jenni Bregman brings together a small, intimate group of dancers to celebrate the opening of two fantastic local artists in a chic, urban gallery, Luna Reinne, located in the Mission.

Luna Rienne features visual artists working in contemporary mediums who integrate elements of urban culture with traditional techniques.

Friday 2/12 at 8pm
Luna Rienne
3318 22nd btw Valencia/Guerrero
http://lunarienne.com/

The Super Serious Post Modern Dance Variety Hour at Pianofight

The first super serious show of the year is coming up!

Coming to you LIVE from the PianoFight main stage in downtown SF it's The Super Serious Postmodern Dance Variety Hour, a show that combines heavy hitting dance talent with PianoFight's crack team of comedy writers and performers. Music video dance kareoke? We got that. A dance drinking game? We got that too. The best modern dance solos in the bay? Oh you better believe we've got that! The night will be hosted by the incomparable Louis Acquisto and feature some amazing young artists from all around the bay.

PianoFight
144 Taylor St
Friday, January 29
8pm

Tickets!
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A Charlie Brown Christmas—Live!

Your favorite Peanuts pals—Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and their friends—return to Davies Symphony Hall for an unforgettable live-action performance of A Charlie Brown Christmas. As special treat, the incredible Jodi Benson (the original voice of Ariel from Disney’s animated film classic The Little Mermaid) joins the gang this year, starting the night off with a spirited journey through carols, sing-alongs, and other Christmas classics.

Fri, Dec 18, at 4:00pm
Sat, Dec 19 at 2:00pm
Sun, Dec 20 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 2:00pm

Hover Space at ZSPACE

Printz Dance Project is thrilled to bring HoverSpace back to the Bay Area in a two-evening engagement at ZSPACE. This evening length work is an exploration of the middle ground, between the extremes, in the juicy, rich spaces where life really happens. This is the space where risk, action, fear, and movement thrive. Stacey’s vision for a floating stage space to represent this middle ground has led to a collaboration with designer and engineer Sean Riley on what has been dubbed the “Hover Floor”, a 12 by 16 foot stage space suspended from the ceiling of the theater on four chain motors.

Thurs. Dec 3rd
Fri., Dec 4th
ZSPACE

New work-in-progress for the Super Serious Post-modern Dance Variety Hour at Pianofight

Join us for round two of this outrageously fun and scrumptious look at the lighter-side of the modern dance world. A show that interweaves some beautiful, stimulating short solo works with games inspired by the dance world (including tons of amazing audience participation), it's a fun alternative to your everyday night out. Bring your buddies, your dates, your co-workers, and your dance partners. And if you haven't been to PianoFight yet, we assure you, it'll be your next favorite destination in the TL for laughter, drinks and amazing live music.

Saturday, Oct 24 at 10:30pm
PianoFight
144 Taylor St, SF
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Featuring solos by Suzy Myre, Colin Epstein, Bianca Mendoza, and Katerina Wong
Produced by Louis Acquisto, Suzy Myre and PianoFight

New work, "Infinite and Enough" for Pushfest

Photo by Matt Haber

Honored to be creating a new work on PUSH Dance Company as their Resident Choreographer for this year's PUSHfest 2015, a part of the company's 10th anniversary season.

September 18-20
ODC Theater
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Program A: Friday, Sept. 18 at 8pm and Sunday Sept. 20th at 4pm - Raissa Simpson's "Disequilibrium" and other festival artists
Program B: Saturday, Sept 19 at 8pm and Sunday, Sept. 20th at 7pm - Katerina Wong's new work, "Infinite and Enough" for PUSH Dance Company and other festival artists

More information
Blog article about new work

Hover Space tours to Mexico

Created in 2005 , the Chihuahua International Festival "Meeting in Culture" has effectively established itself as one of the most important cultural festivals in Mexico , thanks not only to an artistic programming that brings together regional , national and international cast , but also by its focus on recognition of the plurality and multicultural coexistence. The festival has been held every year over 600 events of different art disciplines , such as theater, dance , music , literature, film , painting and photography ; has leading national and international at 67 municipalities in the state of Chihuahua shows and has gathered hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Aug 9-16
https://www.facebook.com/festivalchihuahua

Coming to you LIVE from the PianoFight main stage in downtown SF it's The Super Serious Postmodern Dance Variety Hour, a show that combines heavy hitting dance talent with PianoFight's crack team of comedy writers and performers. Music video dance kareoke? We got that. A dance drinking game? We got that too. The best modern dance solos in the bay? Oh you better believe we've got that! The night will be hosted by the incomparable Louis Aquisto and features dancers from Printz Dance Project, LEVYDance, RAWDance, PianoFight, and MORE. Stay after for live music and danceing at PianoFight's bar!

PianoFight
144 Taylor St
Friday, July 31
8pm

RAWdance's premere of "Through my fingers to the deep"

The site-specific Through my fingers to the deep, commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, features an original score by San Francisco-based composer Joel St. Julien. An award-winning modern dance company known for transforming unexpected public spaces with emotionally charged movement, RAWdance is a dynamic force on the Bay Area cultural scene that has earned a reputation for pushing into exciting new territory. Founded by choreographers Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, RAWdance is dedicated to exposing the intimate core of our relationships and identities via athletic works driven by human interactions. In 2014 the company earned an SF Bay Guardian Goldie Award for its contribution to San Francisco arts.

July 17-18, 7-8pm
July 19, 1-2pm
FREE
@ Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade

www.rawdance.org

Rarefied Bear and Project Tremolo at SPF8

Rarefied Bear presents "L'Inconnue de la Seine"
Produced by SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts. Acquisto presents "L'Inconnue de la Seine" in the form of story ballet, which looks at themes of loneliness and isolation, and attempts to find the beauty and unity in them.

Project Tremolo presents "Beneath It All"
The edge that we teeter on is so fine that it seems we spend more time overboard than we do in sync, yet still, we manage to resurface time and time again. In our newest work, "Beneath It All" the dancers of Project Tremolo, will explore the minute sparks in our daily lives that awaken to lead us out of the vast nothingness that overtakes us all too often, from the inside out.
Summer Performance Festival 8
Thursday, July 9th at 7pm
Saturday, July 11th at 3:30pm
ODC Theater

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Robert Moses' Kin's BY Series & Draft

I had the pleasure of performing as a guest artist in Robert Moses' KIN's "DRAFT" alongside some of the Bay Area's most stellar artists. Read our write-up in the SF Chronicle by Alan Ullrich in which I was honored to get a mention!

SF Chronicle Review

June 18-21 @ ODC Theater

"36 Questions", a new work by Katerina Wong for the San Francisco International Arts Festival

So honored to show a new work at this year's SFIAF! And I had the honor to curate my evening, and invite two companies who I respect and adore, ka.nei.see l collective and Detour Dance for a shared bill.

My newest piece, 36 Questions, explores the concepts of intimacy, vulnerability, tolerance and human connection through the lens of scientific procedure. Inspired by psychologist Arthur Aron’s well-known study and its recent resurgence in pop culture, 36 Questions utilizes his sequence of increasingly penetrating prompts to unearth the foundation of human relationships through a shared experience of mutual vulnerability.

Dancers: Alex Carrington, Shareen DeRyan, Juliann Witt and Katerina Wong

Fri. June 5 9:00pm
Sat. June 6 4:30pm
Sun. June 7 8:00pm

Fort Mason's Fleet Room
Tickets: $20-$25 General Admission

http://www.sfiaf.org/katerina_wong_36_questions

Photos by Rob Best

Jounce Launch Party

Celebrate the launch of a dance game mobile app that I've had the pleasure of working on!

When:
Friday, May 15th, 6-10pm

Where:
Our headquarters at
3330 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110

RSVP required to be added to the guest list through either Eventbrite or FB event
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Join us for drinks, bites, photo booth fun, dance driven art installations, performances, and more dancing!

Performances starting at 8:00pm:
CRASH DANCE (Printz Dance Project)
All-Styles Battle
The Art of Teknique

"Beneath it all": Project Tremolo's newest work for SPF8

See Project Tremolo's newest work "Beneath It All", choreographed by Suzy Myre for SAFEhouse Arts Summer Performance Festival 8!

Work-in-progress preview
May 7-8, at 8pm
SAFEhouse Arts
1 Grove St. (at Hyde St.)

Summer Performance Festival 8
Thursday, July 9th at 7pm
Saturday, July 11th at 3:30pm
ODC Theater

Beneath It All Rehearsal Clips from Project Tremolo on Vimeo.

Printz Dance Project presents..."Crash Dance"

CRASH DANCE is the highly anticipated show and party mash-up that you don't want to miss. We are taking a vibrant, athletic and sexy contemporary jazz dance performance, pulling it out of a traditional theater setting, and dropping it into the urban-event space at The Village (969 Market). The venue will transform, via set design and installation, into a hot spot for dance, drinks, and DJs. Must be 21+ to attend. DJs will change nightly so check the website for more information!

April 10, 11, 18, 30 & May 1

The Village, 969 Market St.
Doors open at 8pm, performance starts at 9pm
$15 cover
Reserve your ticket
www.crashdancesf.com

Crash Dance 1.0 Shows this Week! from Stacey Printz on Vimeo.

third is tidal: a new film by Concept o4 at the tiny dance film festival

So excited to share that the first screening of Concept o4's newest film, Third is Tidal, featuring myself and the incredible Corey Brady with choreography by the wondrous Artistic Director, Natasha Adorlee Johnson, will be at this year's tiny dance film festival! I hope to see you there. TDFF is produced by detour dance.

3rd Tiny Dance Film Festival
April 24-25, 2015 @ 8pm

Ninth Street Independent Film Center
San Francisco, CA

Tickets: $17 Student; $20 General; $25 Supporter; $35 2-Day Festival Pass
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-tiny-dance-film-festival-tickets-15639735871

"Study on a Butterfly" at LA Women's Theatre Festival

The premiere of "Study On A Butterfly" a solo choreographed by Raissa Simpson and performed by Katerina Wong at LAWTF!

The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) empowers women artists to engage and inspire communities through the production of multidisciplinary solo performers and educational outreach. The Annual Festival honors the achievement of extraordinary women in theatre.
2pm Sunday, Mar 29

World premiere of PUSH Dance company's "Whispering Tenderness"

The Spring Season for PUSH Dance Company brings the world premiere of Raissa Simpson's "Whispering Tenderness", a new collaboration with composer Idris Ackamoor. Also performed will be Raissa's new piece developed in conjunction with UC Davis collaborators and PUSH dancers entitled "Disequilibria".

Buriel Clay Theater
African American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton Ave

8pm Friday, Mar 27
8pm Saturday, Mar 28

PUSH Dance Company performs at the Black Choreographer's Festival

The full Company returns to the prestigious Black Choreographer’s Festival for two performances or Raissa Simpson’s "Point Shipyard Project".

8pm Saturday, Feb 28
7pm Sunday, Mar 1
Dance Mission Theater • 3316 24th Street
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"Hearth and Home" returns for the SJDanceco ChoreoProject

PUSH Dance Company's 10th Anniversary kicks-off with a performance of Katerina Wong’s Hearth and Home which premiered last year at the inaugural season of PUSHfest. Join us for a chance to see the work once more in a new and wonderful recreation.

7pm Friday, Feb 27
2:30pm Saturday, Feb 28
San Jose State University • Concert Hall
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Rarefied Bear presents...L'Inconnue de la seine

See the premiere of the full-length new work by Rarefied Bear performed by dancers Camryn Kelly, Amanda Lacro, Erin McCormick, Bianca Mendoza, Suzy Myre, Nina Saraceno and Katerina Wong. Produced by SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts as a part of RAW (Resident Artist Workshop) Acquisto presents "L'Inconnue de la Seine" in the form of story ballet, which looks at themes of loneliness and isolation, and attempts to find the beauty and unity in them

January 29-30
8pm
SAFEhouse for the Arts
1 Grove St. (@ Market and 8th St.)

LEVYdance's SOAR travels to Washington DC

“Marlowe’s ‘Soar’ for LEVYdance is about living to the fullest and thriving in any environment – a composition that seeks (and gains) a complete, full understanding of this single word.” – Critical Dance

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January 10, 2015 at 8pm
January 11, 2015 at 4pm

Dance Place, 3225 8th Street NE Washington DC 20017 google map

Soar is an immersive performance that places audiences and dancers together on stage in a “choose your own adventure” performance experience. Individuals discover personal narratives as the space continues to transform, revealing new landscapes and scenarios. See our premiere on the east coast!

Unmuted...evidence that we existed: revisted for RAWdance's Concept Series 16

photo by Lynne Fried

I am so honored to have been invited to show our piece, UNMUTED...evidence that we existed, for RAWdance's next Concept Series. We are presenting our piece alongside some killer choreographers including: RAWdance, GERALDCASELDANCE, KT Nelson (of ODC/Dance), tinypistol, and Lauren Simpson and Jenny Stulberg. I'll also be performing in RAWdance's Two x Twenty-Four. We can't wait and hope to see you there!

8pm Friday, December 12
3pm & 8pm Saturday, December 13

Joe Goode Annex
401 Alabama (@ 17th St.), SF

Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can and available at the door

http://www.rawdance.org/events/concept-series-16/

Named the “Best Way to Sample S.F.’s Contemporary Dance Scene” by SF Weekly, the biannual CONCEPT series focuses on intimacy and innovation. Come see some of the top talent of Bay Area dance in a casual environment complete with coffee and snacks. The CONCEPT series is all about making dance accessible without sacrificing the art. Choreographers are encouraged to share work at any point along the creation process, from revisiting repertory to testing out a work-in-progress fresh from the studio. The series began in 2007 and has shared the work of 64 guest artists to date, in addition to RAWdance.

Rarefied Bear work-in-progress showing at the Garage

Come see what we have been cooking up for Rarefied Bear's full length performance in January as a part of the Garage's Resident Artist Workshop. See the work-in-progress of three new pieces by Louis Acquisto along with Peter & Co. SF's "Off the Cuff".
November 19 - 20th
8pm
The Garage

Trolley Dances with Printz Dance Project

Excited to be performing with Prinzt Dance Project for this year's 11th annual Trolley Dances curated by Epiphany Productions!
http://www.epiphanydance.org/sftd14/

START POINT: Church Produce, 1798 Church St (at 30th), SF
WHEN: 10/18 (Sat.) & 10/19 (Sun.) 10/17 (Reserved Kids On Track Tours)
TOURS: 11am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:15pm, 2:00pm, 2:45pm (each tour lasts 2 hours approximately)
ARTISTS: Epiphany Productions, Alayo Dance Company, Alternativa, Misión Flamenca, Paradizo Dance, Printz Dance Project
TICKETS: Free to public. Only Muni fare is needed($2 adults, $0.75 seniors & youth)

This year’s route will span the Excelsior and Ingleside neighborhoods on Muni’s J line from 30th and Church Streets to Balboa Park Station and City College of San Francisco, featuring 16 free performances.

We will be located on Lick Wilmerding High School’s upper deck/lookout!

Guest Performance at the Museum of African Diaspora's Annual Gala

PUSH Dance Company was invited to perform at the Four Seasons for the Museum of African Diaspora's annual black tie gala. Utilizing movement from Point Shipyard Project, PUSH welcomed guests in an installation piece throughout the corridors and dining areas of the party space. It was a great experience!

Saturday, October 11th
Four Seasons, San Francisco

Work-in-progress showing at the LEVYdance Salon

LEVYdance website

Friday, September 27th @ 8pm
@ LEVY Studios, 19 Heron Street, San Francisco, CA 9410

Excited to present a new work-in-progress piece to live musical accompaniment by yours truly!

Now in it’s sixth year, the Salon is a quarterly performing arts showcase. Ten Bay Area artists of various disciplines are offered ten free hours of studio space to play, take risks, explore, and collaborate. Each artist or group shares five minutes at this Saturday evening art extravaganza. Comfy couches, free snacks, cheap cash bar, and an eclectic line-up make for one of the best performance viewing experiences in town. Stay and shake it at the Salon’s raucous post-showcase party!

Guest performance in ODC Dance's "Speaking Volumes" on Alcatraz Island for the opening of Ai Weiwei's site-specific exhibit "@Large"

Ai Wei Wei’s new installation @Large on Alcatraz will be greeted with a site-specific performance by San Francisco contemporary troupe ODC/Dance. “Speaking Volumes” will take place Sept. 26, as part of the opening night festivities.

The dance, a collaboration between ODC Artistic Director/Founder Brenda Way, photographer/filmmaker RJ Muna, ODC Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson and ODC Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada , begins at the New Industries Building and continues up a hill past the Officers Club, Military Chapel, and to the Alcatraz Cellhouse.

The performance starts at 6:30 as part of Party on the Rock” that also feature exhibition tours, cocktails and food. Cost is $1,000 info@for-site.org, 415.362.9330. The proceeds of the event will benefit FOR-SITE, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

PUSH Dance company's "Pushfest"

Sept. 19-21, 2014
ODC Theater

Fri Sept 19th, 8pm
Sat Sept 20th, 8pm
Sun Sept 21st, 4pm
Sun Sept 21st, 7pm

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PUSHfest grew out of a critical need to provide a platform for dance to be appreciated as a diverse and culturally relevant entity within San Francisco Bay Area. This unique festival offers a wide range of dance styles while inspiring dialogue and innovation. The festival showcases over 14 choreographers in two separate programs to take place in the state-of-the-art ODC Theater.

Program A: Friday, Sept. 18th @ 8pm and Sunday, Sept. 21st @ 4pm
I will be performing a new rendition of PUSH Dance Company's "Point Shipyard Project" as well as Concept o4's debut of "Hyperbolic" choreographed by Natasha Adorlee Johnson.

Program B: Saturday, Sept. 20th @ 8pm and Sunday, Sept. 21st @ 7pm*
I will be premiering my new work commissioned by PUSH Dance Company as their Resident Choreographer this season. Exploring the concept of home, the piece confronts questions of having multiple homes, rebuilding your home and finding a sense of home within another person and oneself.

*There is a chance my new piece will also show at the Sunday at 4pm performance. Check back in the near future for confirmation.

http://www.pushdance.org/pushfest

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents RAWdance

RAWdance performs a selection of company favorites from the last 10 years, all presented for free in the heart of downtown San Francisco by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. The full Festival runs from April through October, featuring an international roster of music, theatre, dance, and cultural offerings. (Full calendar)

The hour-long program will feature Checkbox (2007), a group work originally created for San Francisco’s Union Square Park; excerpts from Hiding in the Spaces Between (2011), where questions about authenticity collide with a retro-futuristic aesthetic; and After 5:00 (2007, revised 2009), the company’s signature duet that has been performed across the USA and Asia.

Performances will take place in front of the waterfall on on the Esplanade. Drop by after work or bring a picnic!

7-8pm Friday, September 5
1-2pm Saturday, September 6

Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St., between 3rd and 4th
San Francisco
Tickets:: FREE
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Excerpt of new piece with PUSH Dance Company at TAKE 5 at ODC Theater

ODC Event Website

We were honored to be a part of this awesome work-in-progress showing. Thank you to everyone who came out to share the evening with us. Your feedback was invaluable and we were so grateful to have earned free rehearsal space at ODC from your audience vote!

Be a shareholder in the creative process. See works in progress from dance artists Hope Mohr, Katerina Wong, and Anandha Ray. Discuss what you saw, what resonated, and what sparked questions. Then, exercise your share to award an artist with 15 hours of free rehearsal time. Discussion will be moderated by ODC Theater Writer-in-Residence Marie Tollon.

Fri. Sept 5, 2014 5pm

ODC Theater
Find yourself here.
3153 17th Street SF CA 94110

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Tickets $5

UNMUTED...evidence that we existed : a world premiere by Katerina Wong at the West Wave Dance Festival

I am so thoroughly honored and thrilled to be presenting a new work commissioned by the West Wave Dance Festival at Z Space this year. Please join us for the one-night-only performance!!

By 2100, over half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them not yet recorded—may disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and the human brain. – National Geographic, Enduring Voices Project

UNMUTED...evidence that we existed, is a work that seeks to explore the causes and repercussions of the world's dying languages - acknowledging achievements in globalization through technology and trade while mourning the gradual loss of diversity, distinctive culture and treasured storytelling. How do these endangered voices reflect our lives as humans, whose dependence on the digital world continues to grow, and as dancers, whose work is in essence the art of storytelling and communication?

Dancers: Louis Acquisto, Alex Carrington, Stephen DiBiase, Rebecca Morris, Suzy Myre, Katerina Wong

Wednesday, September 3rd at 8pm
ZSPACE

http://westwavesf.org/
More about our piece

photos by Lynne Fried

Project Tremolo's "Through the Layers of Weathered Glass"

Join us for the premiere of our new evening length work, "Through the Layers of Weathered Glass" at The Garage in San Francisco. Project Tremolo is a group of young artists who believe in rolling, falling, levitating, suspending, flying and slipping. It is a platform for collaboration.

I have the honor of guest choreographing a short solo for this evening length work. It will be performed Wednesday, July 23rd and Friday, August 1st.

Wed-Thu, Jul 23-24 & Fri-Sat, Aug 1-2, 8pm
The Garage
715 Bryant St, SF
$10-20
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Trailer of my solo:

RAWDance Summer Season

RAWdance presents its 10th Anniversary season at Z Space, featuring two world premieres. Turing’s Apple, created in collaboration with acclaimed New York composer Richard Einhorn, takes its inspiration from the life and work of famed 20th century British mathematician and cryptographer, Alan Turing. This full company work also features scenic design by Sean Riley and costumes by Mary Domenico. Lighting design for the full evening is by David Szlasa.

The second premiere on the program, Burn In, is a dark, mesmerizing, and psychologically driven trio, featuring sound design by Joel St. Julien. Inspired by Rorschach imagery and the shadowy, stark world of film noir, the piece offers a study in contrast, both visual and emotional.

The special anniversary program will be rounded out with works by two choreographers who are part of RAWdance’s extended family: Gretchen Garnett & Dancers, and Tanya Bello’s Project B.

Press:
SF Examiner Preview
SF Chronicle Preview
SF Chronicle Review
Heather Desaulniers Review - heatherdance.com

8pm Friday, July 25
8pm Saturday, July 26
7pm Sunday, July 27

Z Space
450 Florida Street
San Francisco

SOAR: a LEVYdance World Premiere

LEVYdance announces the launch of Soar, a three-year project that combines dance, theater, and film to conjure a world beyond reality.

This first presentation of Soar conjures a world beyond reality in a choose your own adventure performance experience where the space around you continues to transform, revealing new landscapes and scenarios.

June 26-28

Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
Friday, June 27, 2014 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
Saturday, June 28, 2014 7:00 PM

Z Space
450 Florida Street San Francisco, CA

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PUSH Dance Company tours to San Jose!

PUSH is back on the road to perform at the illustrious Heritage Theater in Campbell, Ca. This is a special performance that features PUSH as a guest company, and student performances from Studio 10 Dance on June 7th.

Tickets on sale through the box office (408) 866-2700.

Brickabrack's full production of "Never Fall So Heavily Again..."

Why do we fall in love? Or out of love? What roles do fate, timing, and past experiences play in this? How do we respond to heartbreak?

Set in San Francisco, this dance theatre piece chronicles the lives of three friends as they navigate a shifting landscape of the heart's desires. Inspired by the collages of Pina Bausch and Charles Mee, NEVER FALL... takes Abby, Emma, and Raphael on a journey of empowerment, joy, heartbreak, and deliverance.

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*Facebook Event*

Details:
Friday, May 16th @ 8pm
Saturday, May 17th @ 8pm
Sunday, May 18th @ 7pm
Friday, May 23rd @ 8pm
Saturday, May 24th @ 8pm
Sunday, May 25th @ 7pm

Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th St. (at Mission St.)
San Francisco

Written & Directed by Gabriel Grilli
Choreography by Katerina Wong
Consulting Director - Anthony Williams
Stage Manager - Mario Cambern
Costume Design - Antonia Gunnarson
Lighting Design - Will Poulin
Dramaturgy - Lauren Rosenfield
Production Art - Loui Jover

Concept o4's Swinging on a Star Soiree

Saturday, May 17th at 8pm
827 Guerrero St, San Francisco, CA
Suggested Donation: $10

The May 17th event is a 1940's affair featuring the Co4 dancers performing new work and vignettes, a jazz band, film screenings, drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction, all set to take place at 827 Guerrero, a historical Victorian Mansion. The night is a celebration of Co4's work in dance and film shared with our patrons and the wonderful members of the San Francisco community. We hope to expose our organization and introduce you to our artists in an intimate setting. The proceeds and donations for the evening will help make possible our upcoming season of performances in September of 2014. The funds will also help the creation and post production of three new dance films to be released this year.

Based out of San Francisco, C-o4 aims to expose dance, movement, art, stories, and media that is relatable and accessible to all audiences through film and live performance. C-o4 is fiscally sponsored by Dancer's Group.

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PUSH Dance Company performs in Sacramento

PUSH will perform Raissa Simpson's "In the Same Place," as a part of the Department of Theatre & Dance, Sacramento State's annual dance festival, Sacramento Dance Sampler. We'll join over 16 dance companies from around Northern and Southern California in a unique blend of culture and dance.

Details: April 12 at 1:30pm AND 7:30pm
Tickets $10 http://www.csus.edu/dram/season.html
Location: Dancespace, SLN 1010, Solano Hall
Directed by Lorelei Bayne
photo credit: Lance Huntley

concept o4's "Detritus" screened at tiny dance film festival

Detritus has been selected to be screened at the Tiny Dance Film Festival. We couldn't be more ecstatic! Thank you to all involved in making this happen. If you haven't seen the film, please join us at the festival or visit our site: www.c-o4.com

Details: April 4th @ 8pm
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
145 Ninth Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA (MAP)

TICKETS:
Student/Artist - $15; General - $20; 2-day Festival Pass - $35
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For more information, please visit detourdance.com/tdff

Check out the festival's trailer:

2014 Tiny Dance Film Festival Trailer from detour dance on Vimeo.

PUSH Dance Company's Spring 2014 Season

http://www.raissasimpson.com/calendarSee a video of the performance

SPRING SEASON | SAN FRANCISCO 27-30 March 2014
Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street at Fourth St

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In this collaboration with 3rd St Youth Center & Clinic, PUSH invites audience to an extraordinary installation performance and of Point Shipyard Project at MoAD. The project showcases an original soundscore by young Bayview Hunters Point residents (ages 12-24) in relation to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup in San Francisco. Directed by Raissa Simpson, the work brings forth the struggles and adaptation to changing demographics, gentrification, and suburbanization.

Special School Day
11am Thursday, Mar 27
1pm Thursday, Mar 27

Public Performances:
12noon Friday, Mar 28 DanceAnywhere

1pm Saturday, Mar 29
3pm Saturday, Mar 29

1pm Sunday, Mar 30
3pm Sunday, Mar 30

photo by Raissa Simpson, courtesy of Push Dance Company

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Ka.nei.see dance at Dance Mission Theater's Winter Choreographer's Showcase

Join me and 5 other incredible dancers as we perform the premiere of "EMBARKED" by talented choreographer Tanya Celeste Chianese and ka.nei.see/collective at this year's Winter Choreographer's Showcase!

March 14-15, 2014
Friday & Saturday 8:00pm
Dance Mission Theater

Tickets are available at: www.brownpapertickets.com or 1800-838-3006
Tickets: $14

Featuring work by:
Tika Morgan's Reggaeton Fusion Performance Workshop
Allan Frias' Hip Hop Performance Workshop
Maurice Stokes
Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble
COterie Dance
ka * nei * see / collective
Hanna Rose Strangebye
Stephanie Patrick
Strong Pulse Dance Crew
Colombian Soul Dance Company
Binki Danz Co.
STRANDEDartists (Sat only) Showcase

Performance in Chicago with Ronnie Reddick

A whirlwind trip to the Windy City to perform for a private event in Chicago with Ronnie Reddick and his talented dancers! Can't wait to put on some fringe and shake the party up.

Wednesday, February 19th
at the Palmer House

Push Dance Company's Atlanta debut!

The company kicks-off its 2014 season with an Atlanta, Georgia debut tour to the stunningly beautiful Ferst Center with a program that includes Bitter Melon and other popular favorites.

8pm Feb 7
8pm Feb 8

Master classes and talk backs before and after each performance!

Ferst Center at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta Ga 30332
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photos by Kai Curtis; courtesy of PUSH Dance Company

Never fall so heavily again... a new production by Brickabrack

Facebook event
http://neverfallsoheavilyagain.brownpapertickets.com/

Jump on board for my second production with Bay Area dance theatre company, Brickabrack Theatre. This year we are working on a new, original piece by Writer/Director Gabriel Grilli. With a fabulously talented cast, I cannot wait to present this piece which I am proud to choreograph.

THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY of this new work in progress:
December 6, 7, & 14 -- 8pm
Lake Merritt Dance Center
Tickets $15

Why do we fall in love? Or out of love? What roles do fate, timing, and past experiences play in this? How do we respond to heartbreak?

Set in San Francisco, this dance theatre piece chronicles the lives of three friends as they navigate a shifting landscape of the heart's desires. Inspired by the collages of Pina Bausch and Charles Mee, NEVER FALL... takes Abby, Emma, and Raphael on a journey of empowerment, joy, heartbreak, and deliverance.

Written & Directed by Gabriel Grilli
Choreography by Katie Wong
Production Team: Lindsey Cook, Anthony Williams & Becca Welna
Featuring: Sarah Cartmill-Ibarra, Kimberly Lester, Hailey Yaffee, Shay Wisniewski, Molly Noble*, Kelly Sanchez, Ben Day & Ben Brady
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

photos by Molly Kate Taylor

Never Fall So Heavily Again - Dance Teaser from Molly Kate Taylor on Vimeo.

Printz Dance Project's Soul+mates

http://printzdance.org
Facebook Event

Printz Dance Project and Z Space Present Soul+Mates. An immersive dance performance + photographic exhibit + short film. Conceived and choreographed by Stacey Printz.

December 4-7
Z Space in San Francisco
Wednesday-Friday 8pm.
Saturday 4pm and 8pm.

Doors open for the gallery and short film 1 hour prior to curtain.

photos by Andre J. Hermann and Jeff Zender

Studies on Time: a Performance with Louis Acquisito @ the Garage

http://715bryant.org/coming.htm

New work by choreographer, Louis Acquisito will be presented alongside works by Caitlin Hafer in this awesome performance at the Garage. Joining me are fellow dancers from Printz Dance Project, Jesse Chin and Suzy Myre as well as Caitlin Hafer and Nina Seraceno. Hope to see you there!

When: November 1-2
Time: 8pm
Where: The Garage
715 Bryant St (at 5th st.), San Francisco

Alcatraz: Art Behind Bars, choreographed by Dexandro Montalvo

Join us for an unforgettable evening of never before seen performance art held on the island of Alcatraz. A collective of various esteemed Bay Area choreographers and dancers come together to create a once in a lifetime experience on this local landmark. Only 300 tickets can be reserved for this event which starts with a narrated ferry ride and ends with your personalize exploration of installments within the prison. Our group, choreographed by Dexandro, will be stationed in the dining hall.

When: October 30th
Time: 8pm
Where: Alcatraz Island

Website

Dining Hall from Island Collective on Vimeo.

"The Last of Light": a performance by Anne-rene Petrarca's Sculpted Motion @ the West Wave Dance Festival

http://www.westwavedance.org/
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Join us for our performance of "The Last of Light", a beautiful, lyrical and powerful piece choreographed by Anne-rene Petrarca. It's been chosen to be shown at WestWave Dance Festival and will be a pleasure to watch.

When: October 5th
Time: 8pm
Where: ODC Dance Commons, Studio B
351 Shotwell St, San Francisco

a new piece by Cera Byer at this year's Harvest Choreographer's Festival @ Dance Mission Theater

Come see a new group piece choreographed by Cera Byer in her unique Dunham, Graham, Afro-Haitian, house, belly-dance fusion style. It should be a very entertaining and awesome experience. I hope you will join us for it!
When: September 28th and 29th
Time: 8pm
Where: Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th St., San Francisco

Opening number for America's Cup final competition with Ronnie Reddick and dancers

Come join us at the America's Cup performance pavilion near the Embarcadero for a fun, up-beat, Great Gatsby inspired, 20s number performed by some of Ronnie Reddick's most talented dancers! So excited to perform this saucy piece with such entertaining performers.

When: September 5th
Time: 8pm
Where: America's Cup Park, Pier 27/29

Couch Stories: Printz Dance Project's Summer Residency @ the Garage

http://715bryant.org/coming.htm

An informal, intimate showing of material that will get folded into our forthcoming evening-length work, "Soul+Mates" to premiere at Z Space December 4th-8th. This is a work-in-progress lab affording PDP an opportunity to work in an up-close, personal setting - giving both the dancers and guests a chance to engage with the work in an unprocessed capacity. Join us for a showing of our work after Printz Dance Project's second official residency of the year, at the Garage.

When: August 8 & 9
Time: 8pm
Where: The Garage
715 Bryant St.
San Francisco, CA

Performance with Ronnie Reddick for Sony's Headquarter Re-opening

Commercial project with Ronnie Reddick's awesome group of dancers. Can't wait to share the stage with these talented folks and entertain some corporate employees during their mid-day celebration.

When: July 18th
Where: Sony Corporate Headquarters, Bay Area

Posing after our performance

8th anniversary Push Dance Company Home Season

http://www.raissasimpson.com/

Premiere of "UNLOCK," a new multi-tiered dance work choreographed by Raissa Simpson in collaboration with set designer Benito Steen and cellist UNWOMAN that viscerally captures Zora Neale Hurston's African American-novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. The 8th Anniversary marks the first mixed-repertory of Raissa Simpson’s works with performances by guest dance companies.

We'll also be performing "In the Same Place", "The Shipyard Project: Something Leftover from the Last" and "Bitter Melon" as well as several solos. It'll be an incredible show, and I hope you can make it!

Friday evening will be a gala with special performances by friends of Push Dance Company, including my dancers, presenting another rendition of "bills, bosses, boys and netflix: an ode to your twenty-somethings". Come join us!!

When:
June 7-9, 8pm

Where:
Zaccho Dance Theatre
1777 Yosemite Ave, #330
San Francisco

photo courtesy of Push Dance Company; credit: Anna Marie Panlilio (top) and Raissa Simpson (below)

BLOOM: Back-up Dancing with Artist L10 at this wonderful charity event

http://www.apiwellness.org/bloom_event13.html
Come join us for an evening of food, drink and entertainment hosted by the Asian Pacific Island Wellness Center.

Money raised at Bloom ensures all our community members - people of color, gay and bisexual men, transgender people, those struggling alone in fear of their health - have access to compassionate and effective medical and holistic care.

See me dancing back up with talented, local pop artist, L10!

Entertainment
Jason Brock, L10 and Ariyaphon Southiphong

Date: Friday, May 17, 2013
Time: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Location: Mer at Terra Gallery
511 Harrison St.
San Francisco, CA

Post by Elton Llo Loberternos.

Informal showing with Printz Dance Project @ ZSPACE

http://hoverspace.printzdance.org/

Join us for a casual showing of our work after Printz Dance Project's first official residency of the year at Z Space.

When: May 12
Time: 5:00pm
Where: Z Space
450 Florida St
San Francisco, CA

Push Dance Company Guest Performs With David Herrera's home season at Dance Mission Theater

http://dhperformance.org/

We will be bringing two of Raissa's critically acclaimed solo pieces at David Herrara's home season. I will be performing the powerful, "Study on a Butterfly". From sources of her struggle with degenerative joint disease, Raissa Simpson draws on experience to develop metamorphic movement. Elizabeth Sheets will also be performing solo, "Ad infinitum".

When:
April 26-28, 2013
Fri, Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm

Where:
Dance Mission Theater
3316- 24th Street

photo courtesy of Push Dance Company; credit: Matt Haber

Study on a Butterfly Highlights from pushdance on Vimeo.

The Precipice: a new original rock opera at ZSPACE, April 12-13

http://upontheprecipice.com/home/
www.facebook.com/ThePrecipiceOpera
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1117104216/the-precipice-a-dark-fairytale-told-through-music

The Precipice is an original dark fairy tale narrated through live music and dance, produced by Grateful Dead founding member, Bob Weir.

It can be described as s a theatrical ménage a trois between Cirque-du-Soleil, Alvin Ailey, and the Broadway hit Wicked, with a jazz twist. A genre-defying, highly collaborative spectacular, The Precipice merges multiple forms of storytelling onstage, including aerial silks, acrobatics, puppetry, masks, video projections, and more.

The Precipice is currently in development for a three week residency at Z Space beginning on March 25th. We will use this residency to bring to life an abridged version of the show through a collaborative process utilizing the talents of over 30 Bay Area artists including aerialists, dancers, vocalists, musicians, designers and more. This developmental workshop will culminate in two showcases on April 12th and 13th.

Come see me dance and sing in this awesome workshop!! Let me know if you'd like an invitation to the showcases.

When:
Saturday, April 12th
Sunday, April 13th

Where:
Z Space
450 Florida St, San Francisco

PUSH DANCE Comany's March Benefit and performance! and the premiere of "bills, bosses, boys and netflix..."

Push will be showing "In the Same Place," as a part of their 2nd Annual March Benefit & Performance at Terra Gallery along with exciting new performances by other Bay Area artists including me! I will be showing a new piece with the working title "bills, bosses, boys and netflix" featuring some of my favorite dancers.

WHAT: March Benefit Fundraiser
WHEN: 7pm-10pm Friday, March 15th, 2013
WHERE: Terra Gallery and Event Venue, 511 Harrison St., San Francisco, Ca 94105
TICKETS: Sliding Scale $25 - $50 Available at marchbenefit.eventbrite.com
WEBSITE: pushdance.org

See Push Dance Company's performance of "in the same place" at the terra Gallery:

Terra Gallery from pushdance on Vimeo.

Push Dance Company performs "Something Leftover from the Last" at the Black Choreographer's Festival at Dance Mission Theater

Premiere of "Something Leftover From The Last" as a part of the Shipyard Project, a collaboration between Push and 3rd St Youth Center & Clinic. Something Leftover From The Last strives to increase awareness around the cleanup of the Bayview Hunters Point District’s waterfront in relation to health risks it poses to its young residents. The project offers insight into airborne health issues such as asthma and other potentially fatal diseases through its visceral storytelling.

8pm Friday, Feb 15
8pm Saturday, Feb 16
4m & 7pm Sunday, Feb 17

Black Choreographers Festival | SAN FRANCISCO 15-17 February 2013
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 - 24th Street at Mission Buy Tickets

The Documentary: Something Leftover From The Last from pushdance on Vimeo.

OMG! presents: PUSH "A Return to the Sock Hop"

San Francisco dance music sensation L10's record release celebration for his new 2013 LP "Push" and remix EP "Push Play."

Live performance by L10 with Kelli Galdes and myself, and video premier of his new single "Oh Yeah!"

WHERE: club OMG!
43 sixth st
(6th & Market, across from Dotties Cafe)
http://www.clubomgsf.com/
No cover / 21+ with ID

WHEN: the event starts at 6:00pm and goes well into the night; out performance is from 9:30-10:00pm

http://www.L10now.com/
Check out our Facebook event for a list of the sick DJs who will playing that night!

rehearsal footage of our set:

Anne-rene Petrarca's Sculpted Motion performs at Shawl Anderson's annual open house

http://www.shawl-anderson.org/PERFORMANCES.htm

Come see me perform a beautiful trio choreographed by Anne-rene Petrarca one more time at Shawl Anderson Dance Center's annual free Open House! She will be showcasing a variety of other works as part of her artist-in-residency for 2012 at Shawl Anderson.

When: Sunday, December 2nd, 2:30pm
Where: Shawl Anderson Dance Center, 2704 Alcatraz Ave. Berkeley, CA
FREE!

two performances at Dance Mission's Harvest Showcase!

Come see me dance in Dance Brigade's Harvest 2012: The Fall Choreographer's Showcase!

http://www.dancemission.com/performances.html

November 2nd/3rd, 8pm: I will be performing an original solo that I've choreographed entitled, "Promise"
November 9th/10th, 8pm: I will be performing a new piece with Push Dance Company, called "In the Same Place"

Where: Dance Mission Theater: 3316 24th Street San Francisco

Raissa Simpson's In the Same Place from pushdance on Vimeo.

Danse Lumiere's "Secrets on the Way": an open rehearsal and benefit performance

Kathryn Roszak's Danse Lumière creates dances traveling through the numinous landscape of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry. Edgy, urban choreography combines with dances journeying into the wild within nature and ourselves.

Performers: Octavio Hingle-Webster, Jenner Musser, Lissa Resnick, Linnea Snyderman, and Katerina Wong.
Readings by Earll Kingston.

When: October 28th at 2:00pm
Where: Osher Studio, Arpeggio Building, 2055 Center St, Berkeley
Reservations Info: 510-233-5550 ▪ kdance@sonic.net

Check out our press release below!

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Philein/Ziru Productions' Seeking Resolve at ODC's Studio B

http://ziruproductions.com/

Join us for ZiRu Productions’ 5th Home Season!

Seeking Resolve encapsulates the imperitive to be nimble and to adapt under the constraints of conflicting cultural expectation. The evening features US and world premieres by American choreographers Philein Wang, Scott Putman, and Charles O. Anderson and Chinese choreographers Sunny Shen and Liu Yi Feng.

When: Friday, October 26 8:30pm
Saturday and Sunday, October 27-28 8:00pm
Where: ODC Dance Commons, Studio B, 351 Shotwell St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $20
Promo tickets: $13 under promo code "zirufriend" [capped at 75 tickets]

Purchase tickets online: http://www.odcdance.org/seekingresolve
Purchase tickets at ODC Theater Box Office: Wed-Fri 12-6pm. 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.

Performance with Anne-Rene Petrarca's Sculpted Motion at Mint Plaza curated by KUNST-STOFF

http://centralmarketarts.org/

FREE PERFORMANCE!!

Dance Based Artistic processes at Mint Plaza by KUNST-STOFF arts –
From Argentine Tango to Contemporary dance over one dozen companies from the Bay Are and beyond are on display at the Mint Plaza under the curation of KUNST-STOFF arts Artistic Director Yannis Adoniou.

Come see me perform with 2 other talented dancers fromin several pieces choreographed by Anne-Rene Petrarca!

Where: Mint Plaza: 5th st between Mission and Market St.
When: 3:00-4:00pm

Outdoor music performance with Eli Mars at the Castro Street Fair

http://www.castrostreetfair.org/entertainment/red-rock-stage/

Join us on the Red Rock stage as we perform alongside rising R&B artist Eli Marrs at the Castro Street Fair. Myself and 3 other extremely talented dancers will be backing Eli up in a performance of 4 original songs. You won't want to miss it!

When: October 7th, at 12:15pm
Where: Red Rock Stage: 18th St and Collingwood St, in the Castro District

The HeART of Market Performance with Stacey Printz's workshop

http://centralmarketarts.org/

The HeART of Market - Dance, Create, Connect by Alonzo King
LINES Dance Center in collaboration with the Burning Man Project, Mercy Housing,Tenderloin Boys and Girls Club and Presidio Middle School – see photography displays by community organizations and make art with the Burning Man Project. Participate in all ages dance classes from Bollywood to theater jazz and enjoy performances by LINES Ballet’s
Education programs. See the culmination of a 6-week workshop lead by Stacey Printz as this group of Bay Area dancers perform a new, original piece.

When: Saturday, October 6th, Noon- 3PM
Where: Mint Plaza

check out this photo by Weidong Yang of our performance!

Push Dance Company performs with Tori Quinn at the Bay Area Producers Conference

http://www.facebook.com/events/189421337858371/
http://pushdance.org/
http://bayareaproducersconference.com/fashion/

Push Dance Company will be attending the Bay Area Producers Conference at the Fort Mason Center (Fleet Room) with local recording artist Tori Quinn. The evening includes a fashion show, industry musicians, and performance by Push Dancers.

Date: Saturday, September 29th
Time: 8pm-11:30pm
Location: Fort Mason Center in San Francisco (Fleet Room) | 38 Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
Directions: http://www.fortmason.org/aboutus/visitor-information/directions

Tickets: $10 in advance & $20 at the door.
Purchase your tickets online: http://bayareaproducersconference.com/fashion/

Check out the Tv coverage of the show:

choreography project: BRICKABRACK's Stalking Christopher Walken--

Awarded Best of fringe festival!! - additional performance sept. 29th 7:00pm @ exit theatre

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/261950
http://www.facebook.com/events/302273753204145/

Written and Directed by Gabriel Grilli
Choreography by Katerina Wong

A comic jaunt into the mind of renowned actor and cultural phenomenon Christopher Walken.

Have you ever wondered what, exactly, is going on in Chris' head? This dance theatre dream sheds light on the dark corners of his psyche… and reveals what really happened to Natalie Wood.

Stalking Christopher Walken opens at the 2012 San Francisco Fringe Festival, in September at the Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy Street: Saturday 8th 7:30pm, Sunday 9th 7:30pm, Monday 10th 10:30pm, Wednesday 12th 7:00pm, Thursday 13th 10:30pm, Saturday 15th 6:00pm.

Learn about the project and support our Kickstarter Campaign here

Short dance film: Cherise

Starred in a short dance film titled "Cherise" by Marvelous Reel Productions.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5358620/

Bianca Cabrera's Blind Tiger Society perform Sunk in Sleep at Counterpulse

http://heybianca.com/shows.html
http://www.facebook.com/BlindTigerSociety
http://counterpulse.org/?tribe_events=sunk-in-sleep/

AUG 17-19, FRI-SUN at 8pm, 2012

Co-produced with CounterPULSE through the Summer Special program, Bianca Cabrera's Blind Tiger Society will be presenting Sunk in Sleep, a dance set in the liminal space between dreaming and waking. Evocative sets, detailed costuming and transformative makeup lend an eerie and mystical look into the wandering mind at rest. Thick with anthropomorphic metaphor and rich with image, Sunk in Sleepvacillates between narrative storylines and kinetic sensationalism. Unadulterated physical vocabulary matched with unpredictable partnering creates an atmosphere of adventure while leaving the audience with a resonant experience of peril and delight. Sunk in Sleep happens on, around and near the stage, making the entire theater the environment for play. Audience members can expect the dance to wander through meaning, meander through symbol and blur the distinction between truths and fantasy. Part daydream, part nightmare, Sunk in Sleep is a down the rabbit hole kind of exploit, taking you straight into the belly of your own beast.

Location: CounterPULSE
1310 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (at 9th Street in SoMa)

Tickets: General Admission $20

Check out a highlight reel from the show!

Bitter Melon: a 3D multi-media film/dance installation by Raissa Simpson's Push Dance Company

http://bittermelon.eventbrite.com/
http://pushdance.org/

May 25-28, 8pm/sundown

Steeped in the cultural histories of San Francisco’s African American and Filipino communities, Raissa Simpson’s Push Dance Company premieres Bitter Melon, May 25-28, 2012 in Union Square, downtown San Francisco. It features 3D video projection by Ben Wood and his collaborator David Mark onto the historic Dewey Monument. Performed by Push Dancers, the collaborative piece highlights interactions with vibrant video and sound. Uncovering the hidden realities of these parallel cultures, this new performance cracks open questions to the contradictions of life: national and cultural identity, natural disaster and war - the power of loss and redemption. Co-presented by San Francisco Arts Commission, Union Square Live, SF Recs and Parks, Zellerbach Family Foundation.
Made possible by San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Union Square Live, SF Recreation & Parks, Terra Gallery and Event Venue, SFSU Dance & Music Dept., Alonzo King Lines Dance Center/ 3D Performance Workshop

TICKET INFORMATION

Admission is FREE to all performances.
All donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible.

LOCATION
Dewey Monument, Union Square Park, San Francisco
Union Square Park is bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets
San Francisco, CA 94108