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2024

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Ebube Obioma & Ky Frances, photo by Robbie Sweeny

FROLIC!

March 28-30

Counterpulse | 80 Turk St. San Francisco

 

PROGRAM A

Thursday, March 28 | 7:30pm - ASL

Saturday, March 30 | 5:00pm - ASL & Audio Description

Works byIDHAZ and Nahaulle | Yvonne Onakeme Etaghene | Nol Simonse | Ebube Obioma & Ky Frances

 

PROGRAM B 

Friday, March 29 | 7:30pm - ASL

Saturday, March 30 | 7:30pm - ASL & Audio Description

Works by: Melí Gómez & Annalise Carrillo Constantz | 

Ishami Dance Company  | Quinn Dior | Ebube Obioma & Ky Frances

The Queering Dance Festival presents FROLIC! our annual extravaganza of new commissioned work by Queer and Trans Bay Area choreographers!

Co-produced by and presented at CounterPulse
Thurs-Sat March 28-30, 2024
80 Turk St. San Francisco

 

Accessibility:

  • Live ASL Interpretation every performance

  • Live Audio Description at the Saturday performances with Haptic Access Tour 1/2 hour before each show

  • Masks required for all audience members

  • Wheelchair accessible venue
    Access Questions? Email qdf@shawl-anderson.org

2023

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QDF Free Class Series!
Sunday, December 10th, 2023 | 11am-4pm
Berkeley Ballet Theater - 1370 10th Street, Berkeley CA
Pre-register highly encouraged, Drop-ins welcome
Wheelchair accessible studio
Masks optional but encouraged
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House & Contemporary Fusion 
w/ Jenelle aka JADU

 

11am-12:30pm | BBT Studio 3

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Contemporary
w/ JanpiStar

 

12:45pm-2:15pm

BBT Studio 3

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Queer Political Healing
w/ Snowflake Calvert


2:30-4pm

BBT Studio 3

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FLANNEL & FROST QDF Winter Gathering

Saturday, December 9th | 12-3pm

Telegraph Beer Garden, 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

Everything is a lot, so we are keeping it casual for our annual winter gathering! Come hang with  us at Beeryland (aka Telegraph Beer Garden) from 12 - 3 pm. Grab a drink and bring a friend as we close out the season. Wearing your finest flannel is *highly* encouraged.

 

*Free Entry, Outdoor Seating, ADA Accessible*

Hope to see you there!

QDF Free Class Series

Wed, June 7 - Sun, June 11, 2023

Berkeley Ballet Theater, 1310 10th St, Berkeley
 

Free! Pre-registration is strongly encouraged!

Undercurrent
Steph Hewett
Wed, June 7th
5-6:30pm

Studio 3
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This class will explore artistic practices of transgression through utilizing somatic and improvisational techniques. We will investigate the ways our bodies hold information and how our movements support our exploration of the body as a site of resilience and deep wisdom. 

Stephanie Hewett (she/her) is an multidisciplinary artist working within the mediums of movement and sound. She experiments with different sonic frequencies to uncover ancestral vestiges in the body and uses movement as a guide towards radical methodologies for queer and Black liberation. Originally from the Bronx, New York (Lenapehoking territory), Hewett currently lives in Oakland, CA (Ohlone-Chochenyo territory) where she DJs and produces electronic music under the moniker, Madre Guía. She holds an MFA in Dance Studies and utilizes her creative energy to access modes of resistance in the form of spiritual, physical, and sonic defense.

COME/Closer Improv Practice
Nina Haft
Thursday, June 8
5-6:30pm
BBT Studio 3
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How do we exchange energy across spaces between us? In this workshop we will improvise together, playing with everyday movements and also movements from other parts of lives. As we move into summer and approach the Solstice, we will explore balance and nourishment in our bodies and in community. Movers of all kinds, levels, styles, backgrounds and experiences are invited!

Nina Otis Haft is Artistic Director of Nina Haft & Company, a Bay Area-based contemporary dance ensemble exploring the nature of space and place. Nina has been profiled in Dance Magazine and received support from Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Hambidge Center, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Margaret Jenkins’ Dance Company (CHIME), Conney Project on Jewish Arts, California Arts Council, among other arts foundations. NHCo is known for Dance in Unexpected Places, performing in dockyards, synagogues, bars, parking lots, regional parks, cemeteries and other liminal spaces. Her work has been presented in Boston, LA, Madison, NYC, Portland, San Diego, Novosibirsk, Amman, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah. ninahaftandcompany.com

Queer Pop! Jazz Funk
Jess Bozzo
Saturday, June 10
2:45-4:15pm
BBT Studio 2
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During this jazz funk class, the focus is on feeling your f***ing fantasy baby! Jazz Funk is an industry dance style that pulls influence from all styles of dance--some include, but are not limited to, hip-hop, jazz, and heels. The majority of the class will be spent learning choreography that is rooted in musicality and full out movements that feel powerful/juicy/hot hot hot in the body. This class is a safe and supportive space for you to commit to what feels good in your body and to be perceived in the ways you want to be seen!

Jess Bozzo (she/they), originally from Sacramento, is a choreographer, teacher, and performing artist based in the SF/Bay Area. She received her BA in Dance from San Francisco State University in 2018, where she worked with local companies, ka•nei•see, ODC/Dance and Garrett+Moulton Productions. Jess is currently performing with Blind Tiger Society, Cookie Harrist, REYES Dance, and Hunniez, a local crew in Oakland, and teaches biweekly on Mondays at Full Out Studios.

Queering Ballet
Snowflake Calvert
Sunday, June 11
12:15-1:45pm
BBT Studio 2
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Queering Ballet class is for ALL Trans, Non-Binary, and Queer dancers to explore a ballet class that focuses on de-gendering and decolonizing classical ballet roles within contemporary ballet. Join us as your authentic beautiful self to have fun with us.

Snowflake Calvert (she/her) is a Two-Spirit performance artist. In her career she’s a professional dancer, drag host, and filmmaker. She produces LGBTQ+ events, co-producing Seeds and Sequins, collaborator of TRY Project; Izzie Awards committee member; and a steering committee for the Queering Dance Festival.

Full Out with Feeling
Julie Crothers
Sunday, June 11
2:00-3:30pm
BBT Studio 2
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Class will consist of a juicy follow-along warm up, a couple dramatic passes across the floor to country music triplets, and some funky fresh phrase work from Jules’ upcoming show “Holy Crap”. Class is appropriate for all levels and tools will be offered to empower participants to make choices throughout class that align with what is best for them and what they want! Full Out with Feeling is an opportunity to connect with yourself, your body, your joy, and each other, and get a little sweaty in the process.

Julie Crothers is a white, queer, disabled performer, choreographer, and community educator based in Berkeley, CA. As a maker, Julie utilizes contemporary dance, character, and comedy to tell stories, encourage self-reflection, and foster connection. In everything she creates, Julie strives to be honest, bold, and full of self-irony, and loves inviting audiences into the worlds she creates, where all are welcome.

About
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FROLIC!

Sat-Sun April 1-2

Live Oak Theater, Berkeley

5:30p & 7:30p 

Five commissioned LGBTQ+ dance artists present new work as part of the annual Queering Dance Festival!

 

Program A: Alyah Baker | Scott Duane | Emma Tome

Program B: Clarissa Dyas | Xochipilli Dance Company 

ASL Interpretation on Saturday | Live Audio Description on Sunday

2020-2021 Festival Artists
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Bernard Brown/bb moves

photo: Eric Politzer

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Octavia Rose Hingle

photo: Guerrilla Davis

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Chibueze Crouch

photo: KaliMa Amalak

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estrellx supernova

photo: Kamila Amilak

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JanpiStar

photo: Steve Disenhof

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Río Saúl

photo: José Martín García

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Zoe Huey

photo courtesy of artists

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Heather Stockton & Aiano Nakagawa

photo: Robbie Sweeny

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