Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

An iconoclastic artist, Nathalie Talec moves between live performance, installation, sculpture, and painting. The One Who Sees Blindly, her first solo exhibition in the United States, brings together many of her recurring themes.

At the point where long-held beliefs fall into decline and once-esteemed notions crumble, questions arise about those belief systems. It is at this point that John-Mark Ikeda begins his exploration of the current economic climate. Ikeda deconstructs the iconic business suit — which he equates with the failed economy — stripping it down to its component parts and pinning it to the wall like a specimen, with accompanying business accessories, in an attempt to reconstitute it as a symbol of power.

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Young Artists at Work (YAAW) program proudly joins the Bay Area National Dance Week celebration with Urbanian U(dys)topias, a free public performance in the open spaces surrounding YBCA. Come experience the latest work of the groundbreaking young artists of our community, including site-specific physical theatre meditations on notions of equality, environmentalism, economics and education.

YBCA welcomes internationally renowned choreographer David Zambrano, a monumental figure in the international dance community for more than a quarter century, with his newest work, Soul Project, a series of virtuosic solos set to live recordings of classic soul tunes by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner and Gladys Knight & The Pips. This performance is part of a debut U.S. tour of Soul Project produced by MAPP International Productions.