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Public Programs
Poets’ Lunch
Presented by YBCA
Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12–2 PM
Listen to a poetry reading, enjoy a catered lunch, and experience cultural offerings from Indigenous poets, scholars and activists.
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Performances
MU–Connector/When the land stands alone
Dohee Lee presented by YBCA
Friday, June 23 & Saturday, June 24, 2023, 7-9:30 PM
A multi-part ritual theater experience from Korean shamanistic performance artist Dohee Lee.
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Performances
The Black (W)hole: calling our young ancestors home
Presented by Destiny Arts Center
Saturday, February 25, 2023
An immersive experience featuring dance, poetry, video, and visual art.
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Performances
Wicked Bodies
Presented by YBCA
October 28–30, 2022
Wicked Bodies reflects on many issues centering women and their bodies.
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Performances
19th Annual San Francisco Trolley Dances
Presented by Epiphany Dance Theater
October 22–23, 2022
Events
Generations of Filipinx Power
SF Urban Film Fest
Saturday, August 28, 2021
A night of artist talks, one-act plays, and film screenings celebrating Filipinx power in South of Market.
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Events
Reopening Celebration
August 7, 2021 11:00am - 6:00pm
Join us in person to experience new interactive artist activations, intimate conversations, and more.
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Performances
Rightfully Ours
Co-presented by San Francisco Girls Chorus and Berkeley Ballet Theater
February 29, 2020, 7:30 PM
Inspired by the legacy of the women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Dance
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Presented by San Francisco Performances
February 19–23, 2020
The West Coast premiere of Taylor’s final work, “Concertiana,” and other signature dances that defined dance in America.
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Performances
Transitions
Presented by The Nocturnists
January 16, 2020, 7:00 PM
Join us for an evening of medical storytelling on the theme of “Transitions.”
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Dance
The Christmas Ballet
Presented by Smuin Contemporary Ballet
December 12–23, 2019
Light up your holiday season with Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet!
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Dance
Fall Season 2019
Presented by Alonzo King LINES Ballet
October 1–6, 2019
Experience the communion of jazz luminaries Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran with dance pioneer Alonzo King.
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Dance
Four Acts of Light & Wonder
Presented by Garrett + Moulton Productions
August 9–11, 2019
An evening of radiant dance and live music celebrating the irrepressible nature of the human spirit.
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Performances
A Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders
UnderCover presented by YBCA
May 16—18, 2019
UnderCover honors the album with a genre-bending tribute show.
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Performances
We Have Iré
Paul S. Flores presented by YBCA
May 10–12, 2019
A multidisciplinary theater work exploring the true stories of Afro-Cuban immigrants living in the United States.
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Performances
Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite
Holcombe Waller presented by YBCA
November 16–17, 2018
A performance that remembers those who suffered persecution for their sexual orientation and gender expression.
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Performances
Transform Fest Fall 2017: Program C
Presented by YBCA
September 16 & 21, 2017
Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Larry Arrington, Sandra Lawson Ndu, Minoosh Zomorodinia & Fogbeast perform.
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Performances
Transform Fest Fall 2017: Program B
Presented by YBCA
September 15 & 23, 2017
Fauxnique and RAWdance perform.
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Performances
Transform Fest Fall 2017: Program A
Presented by YBCA
September 14 & 22, 2017
Visual and performance artist Jesse Hewit and street-dance theater company Embodiment Project perform.
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Festival
Transform Fest Fall 2017
Presented by YBCA
September 14–23, 2017
Seven newly commissioned performances by prolific Bay Area artists—spanning from contemporary dance to experimental performance—to pop-up installations, community conversations, and even a late-night party that creates dance floor citizenship
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Performances
Last Blue Couch in the Sky
Kim Epifano presented by YBCA
June 2–4, 2017
Featuring site-specific dance and performance happenings in the street, on fire escapes, and throughout public space.
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Performances
Dearest Home
Kyle Abraham presented by YBCA
May 16–20, 2017
A work about love, longing, and loss that weaves together movement and vulnerability with cross-cultural conversation and community action.
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Performances
For You
Erika Chong Shuch presented by YBCA
April 1, 2017
Erika Chong Shuch crafts performances informed and inspired by select submissions from local creatives.
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Performances
The Blues Project
Dorrance Dance presented by YBCA
March 16–18, 2017
A dynamic evening of rhythm, original live music, explosive energy, and raw emotion.
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Performances
A Tribute to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
UnderCover presented by YBCA
February 16–18, 2017
Fifteen Bay Area ensembles pay homage to Grammy award–winning, iconic artist Lauryn Hill.
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Performances
Opposing Forces
Amy O'Neal presented by YBCA
February 16–18, 2017
Utilizing tropes of contemporary performance to expose fears around feminine qualities in our culture through the hyper masculine dance style of breaking.
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Performances
les vérités
Gregory Dawson presented by YBCA
January 27–28, 2017
“les vérités” builds on the rich, raw, highly energized style of movement that dawsondancesf has been building for the past decade.
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Performances
Honduran Garifuna Dance Party!
Aurelio presented by YBCA
December 4, 2016
Aurelio, a torchbearer of the Garifuna musical tradition, marries the music and the movements of his Caribbean coastal culture.
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Performances
The Poet of Havana
Carlos Varela presented by YBCA
December 3, 2016
Legendary Cuban nueva trova singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, showcases a musical style that developed in post-revolutionary Cuba.
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Performances
Edward Simon and Ensemble Venezuela
Presented by YBCA
December 2, 2016
Pianist and composer Edward Simon leads Ensemble Venezuela in creating and showcasing underrepresented Venezuelan music.
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Performances
I Am Home: A Musical Reflection on Love, Migration and Identity
Diana Gameros presented by YBCA
December 1, 2016
Diana Gameros presents an evening of Latin-influenced indie-pop, folk, jazz, and orchestral music.
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Performances
SF Sonido Fest
Presented by YBCA
December 1–4, 2016
A four-day music festival featuring a rich diversity of Latin American & Caribbean singer-songwriters.
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Performances
/pe-LO-tah/
Marc Bamuthi Joseph presented by YBCA
November 18–20, 2016
/peh-LO-tah/ links culture and sport to the complexities of soccer as a conduit for both global joy and global corruption.
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Performances
Retribution
Tanya Tagaq presented by YBCA
November 18, 2016
A complex, exhilarating, howling protest that links lack of respect for women’s rights to lack of respect for the planet, to lack of respect for Indigenous rights.
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Performances
In Concert with Nanook of The North
Tanya Tagaq presented by YBCA
November 17, 2016
Tanya Tagaq’s intense, evocative vocalizations, based on Inuit throat singing traditions, help reclaim the controversial 1922 film “Nanook of the North.”
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Performances
This Was Made Here: A Diasporic Odyssey
Meklit presented by YBCA
May 19–21, 2016
This performance teases the senses weaving American jazz and traditional Ethiopian rhythms.
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Performances
Luciano Chessa
Presented by YBCA
April 30, 2016
A retrospective self-portrait by the internationally renowned artist Luciano Chessa.
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Performances
The Unlearning
Theresa Wong presented by YBCA
April 29, 2016
This work questions whether war is a cycle that repeats itself or if it can be broken through deeper individual unlearning and learning.
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Performances
The Crossing
Edward Schocker and the Crossing Ensemble presented by YBCA
April 29, 2016
A performance that invites audiences to physically experience sound.
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Performances
Memory Trace
Pamela Z presented by YBCA
April 28, 2016
An exploration of the concept of memory inspired by her late mother’s affair with memory loss.
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Performances
echo::system–treadmill dreamtime running in place
Grisha Coleman presented by YBCA
April 15–17, 2016
A full sensory experience, the work inspires a significant perspective shift in how we interact with our environment.
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Performances
Analogy/Dora: Tramontane
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company presented by YBCA
March 10–13, 2016
A meditation on perseverance, resourcefulness, and resilience while suggesting the amorphous nature of memory.
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Performances
The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America
Vân-Ánh Võ presented by YBCA
January 22–23, 2016
The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America explores the personal and spiritual journeys of the Boat People.
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Performances
Dohee Lee: MAGO
Presented by YBCA
November 14–15, 2014
Dance, music, animation, and ritual take you on a mythical journey where continents, seas, internal landscapes, ancestral legacies, and a woman’s earthly journey intertwine.
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