Joe Goode Performance Group

Promotes understanding, compassion and tolerance among people through the innovative use of dance and theater

Performance

“Vitales” by A Pulso Dance Project

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Vitales is a showcase of Contemporary works created by A Pulso Artistic Director’s Andi Salazar and Guest Choreographers Francesca Cipponeri, Stephanie Tobon, and Sawako Gannon, that came to life with the idea of sharing different perspectives around the theme of survival surrounding the questions of why we are alive, and what motivates us to keep fighting to be so in a world in which survival has become a real challenge.

Each choreographer brings their own vision to live in a night full of dance, energy and community.

“Vitales” by A Pulso Dance Project runs Friday and Saturday, October 21st & 22nd @ 8pm | Sunday Ocober 23rd @ 6pm

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COVID Protocols: The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times. No concessions will be available. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid test dated within 72 hours of the event are required. Children under 5 may attend without proof of vaccination or a negative test. Fully vaccinated performers may be unmasked on stage. Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

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Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible theater (ramp to front entrance, no internal stairs) with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats. The Annex has two single-stall all-gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs. Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

Shruti Abhishek presents MARGAM

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Margam marks Shruti Abhishek’s first full length solo work as Bharatanatyam dancer in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a gift to herself after being in the United States for a decade and a celebration of belonging, community, and motherhood all still being found in a new homeland.

Before embarking on her solo journey in the United States, Shruti studied with Rohini Singhi, and this performance is an homage to both her early training and the continued process of revealing the multiple layers that inhabit Bharatanatyam, an art form that is her second skin. Shruti owes her practice to her teachers and to the hereditary dancers and their tireless work.

Since 2012, she has been learning from Vaibhav Arekar, who is also the Director and Choreographer of Margam. Ensemble musicians are Sindhu Natarajan on Vocal, Vikram Raghukumar on Violin, Srinath Bala on Mridangam (percussion), and Vaibhav Arekar on Nattuvangam (Cymbals).

Margam will be presented at Joe Goode Annex (401 Alabama St, San Francisco) on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 6 pm.  Margam means a path or a course followed.  It is one full definite course where in dance items are performed in a traditional order.

COVID Protocols:

The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times. No concessions will be available. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid test dated within 72 hours of the event are required. Children under 5 may attend without proof of vaccination or a negative test. Fully vaccinated performers may be unmasked on stage. Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

Accessibility:

Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible theater (ramp to front entrance, no internal stairs) with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats. The Annex has two single-stall all-gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs. Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

Rogelio Lopez & Dancers presents Entre Despierto Y Dormido

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You know that thing? When you feel like you can never be yourself because the “NORM” says you are too Gay and too Mexican, so they just cast you aside like a glittery sombrero? This piece is very that. Foxes, Bunnies, Femme Boys – Oh my! – are the travelers Entre Despierto y Dormido. In this new work by Rogelio Lopez and Dancers, fantasies, anxieties, and a floral print merge on a search for an essential essence that has been shamed away. A search that feels futile because the “self” has been stripped, replaced, and tweaked so often that authenticity exists merely as a concept. This piece is an outpouring cry of a person who has put to sleep so much of himself in order to “succeed” in a society that constantly reminds him that he doesn’t belong.

Friday, October 14th | 8:00pm

Saturday, October 15th | 7:00pm

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COVID Protocols

The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times. No concessions will be available. Proof of vaccination or a negative covid test dated within 72 hours of the event are required. Children under 5 may attend without proof of vaccination or a negative test. Fully vaccinated performers may be unmasked on stage. Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

 

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ACCESSIBILITY

Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible theater (ramp to front entrance, no internal stairs) with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats. The Annex has two single-stall all-gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs. Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

The Arangham presents: Nauka Charithram

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We are happy to share our new initiative “The Arangham- A platform for creative endeavors” with you all.  Mission : Create a space for artists to share their work and creative ideas with the community.

 

The Nauka Charitam is a shorter play in one Act with 21 kritis set in 13 ragas and 43 verses in the Telgu in different metres. It is the most popular of Thyagaraja’s operas as the story is of captivating interest.  The opera is full of delightful music and beautiful poetry.  There are 47 padyas, 51 vachanas and 21 kritis (set to 13 ragas) in Nauka Charitham.  Krishna has been depicted as a boy of about seven years of age.  The play describes a boat journey by the Gopis and the 7 years old Krishna on the Yamuna river.  Krishna creates an illusory storm to challenge the pride of the Gopis.  Saint Thyagaraja portrays the surrender of the Gopis to Krishna.  The play has 21 Kritis with the first and the last kriti in the same Raga ‘Suratti’.

 

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COVID Protocols:

The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times.  No concessions will be available.  Proof of vaccination or a negative covid test dated within 72 hours of the event are required.  Children under 5 may attend without proof of vaccination or a negative test.  Fully vaccinated performers may be unmasked on stage.  Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care.  Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

 

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ACCESSIBILITY INFO

Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible theater (ramp to front entrance, no internal stairs) with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs.  Theater seats are movable and have no armrests.  Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats.  The Annex has two single-stall all-gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs.

Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

LASOS | REYES Dance

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LASOS, Spanish word for ties, is a new work of film and live performance exploring the links between childhood trauma and chronic pain within the context of Latin American culture and traditions.

Conceived and directed by Jocelyn Reyes, LASOS mines the artist’s personal story of recovery from debilitating pain. Like many first-generation Latin Americans living in the U.S., Reyes received a loving but severe upbringing in which corporal punishment was commonplace. After moving to San Francisco in 2017, she began to develop signs of fibromyalgia, a condition which eventually overwhelmed her central nervous system leaving her bedridden for months. LASOS explores the journey Reyes made in the year that followed, uncovering the hidden ties between her childhood experience of abuse and her present-day affliction. With LASOS, Reyes aims to give hope that it’s possible to break the cycle of suffering just as it’s possible to break the cycle of violence.

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Thursday, September 29 | 8pm

Friday, September 30 | 8pm
(7:15pm – pre-show discussion with pain psychologist Valerie Wei-Yee Jackson)

Saturday, October 1 | 8pm
(with post-show reception)

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In the creation of LASOS, Reyes will be collaborating with movement artists Jess Bozzo, Caitlin Hicks, Maya Mohsin and Brooke Terry, music composers Emmet Webster, Michael Webster and Wolf Woodcock, lighting designer Grisel Torres and costume designer Monique Prieto.

LASOS is generously supported by the Joe Goode Performance Group Co-Production Program, the CA$H Grant from Dancers’ Group and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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COVID PROTOCOLS:

  • The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times. No concessions will be available.
  • Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test dated within 72 hours of the event are required. Children under 5 may attend without proof of vaccination or a negative test.
  • Fully vaccinated performers may be unmasked on stage. Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care.

Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

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ACCESSIBILITY

Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible theater (ramp to front entrance, no internal stairs) with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats. The Annex has two single-stall all-gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs.

Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

2022 FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival

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The 2022 FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival brings together an array of contemporary dance works by choreographers from the Bay Area and beyond. This year’s Festival features premieres by FACT/SF, Amit Patel & Ishika Seth, Chinchin Hsu, Sharp & Fine, Drama Tops (Seattle), and slowdanger (Pittsburgh). All 6 groups will perform each evening, and both evenings of the Festival will be followed by a short post-show discussion. The Festival has an estimated run time of 80-minutes, with one intermission.

The 2022 Festival unfolds over two weekends, the first at the Joe Goode Annex (July 29 & 30) and the second at ODC Theater (August 5-7). The second weekend includes a world premiere by FACT/SF and a regional premiere by DISCO RIOT (San Diego). More info: factsf.org

The FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival is part of FACT/SF Fieldwork, a set of programs that nourish the contemporary dance ecology by providing opportunities, support, and material resources to fellow artists. In addition to the Festival, Fieldwork currently includes Production Support Grants, Fiscal Sponsorship, Summer Dance Lab Scholarships, and our touring platform, PORT (Peer Organized Reciprocal Touring).

This year’s Festival was curated via an open self-nomination process in which artists were paid to self-nominate themselves for consideration. Every artist received a meeting with members of the 8-person curatorial panel, and curation by the panel was done by consensus. FACT/SF will open its next round of self-nominations in October 2022 for programming in 2023.

The 2022 FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival is supported by FACT/SF Individual Donors and a Legacy Grant from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation. FACT/SF is additionally supported by the California Arts Council and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. This year’s Festival kicks off FACT/SF’s 15th anniversary season, which will continue through 2023.

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COVID Protocols: The Annex requires audiences to be masked at all times within the theatre. Concessions will be available, which audiences may consume outside, or in the lobby, replacing their mask after each sip. Proof of vaccination is required and boosters encouraged. All performers, technicians, and staff at the Annex and in the Festival are vaccinated.

Our COVID policies are based on scientific knowledge, the current local conditions of the pandemic, and our ethos of accessibility and community care. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

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Access Accommodations: Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible space with wheelchair seating available for up to six power or manual wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats. The Annex has two single room all gender restrooms that are accessible for power and manual wheelchairs. Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating or need any additional accommodations.

FACT/SF has a ‘No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds’ policy. If you would like to attend but the sliding scale prices offered are out of range, please email [email protected]

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Calendar Page photo: Sarah Woods-LaDue for Sharp & Fine. Photo by RJ Muna. Description: A dancer in an empty space extends one hand out towards the camera while a translucent white sheet is wrapped around their body, obscuring their face, and billowing out behind them.

Ticketing Page Photo: FACT/SF in BackstitchBack. Photo by Robbie Sweeny. Description: A black and white photo of a dimly lit stage and five dancers, each of their arms extended in different directions, facing a black upstage wall.

Shifting Boundaries: Conversations with Kathak

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Monsoon Dance Company presents “Shifting Boundaries”,  featuring new work that focuses on expanding the roots of Kathak to discover new movement language and aesthetics. This work has its genesis from the mind-body debates that emerged in the practice of specific Kathak concepts. The quest is to inquire and expand the boundaries of Kathak in a contemporary context.

What emerges from this inquiry is the importance of living now; between soaring outwards and reflecting in the moment of stillness, allowing a new voice to emerge over the virtuosic nature of the movement. 

Concept & Choreography: Karishma Sharma, Artistic Director, Monsoon Dance Company
Performers: Karishma Sharma, Ruchi Gupta, Deepika Tamuly, Khushboo Shah, Coli Mangroo

Friday, June 3 | 8pm
Saturday, June 4 | 8pm

Tickets: General-$30, Supporter-$40, Student/Artist/Low-income-$17

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COVID Protocols

  • Audiences must provide proof of vaccination and be masked at all times.

Accessibility

  • The Joe Goode Annex is ADA accessible with wheelchair seating available for up to six wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests. Wheelchairs can be seated next to each other and next to theater seats.
  • Bathrooms are single-stall all-gender ADA accessible.
  • Please email [email protected] to request or inquire about other accommodations.

The Intimacy of Tango | Xicameri Productions

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Xicameri Productions presents “The Intimacy of Tango”

In this intimate evening of dance and live music, we invite you to let your guard down and open up to the subtle intimacies of Tango.  With this cross-border project we bring together the San Francisco Bay Area musicians of Full Circle Trio (Jack Van Geem, Robert Wright, and Raymond Froehlich) and the sensational Chilean dance duo, Eduardo Caballero and Valentina Leal from Valparaíso, Chile.

Friday, May 20th | 7pm

General: $20
Student: $10

Tickets will be available at the door. Credit/debit card – no cash accepted.

 

COVID PROTOCOLS

  • Audiences must provide proof of vaccination and be masked at all times.

ACCESSIBILITY

  • The Joe Goode Annex is ADA accessible. Wheelchair seating available for up to six wheelchairs next to each other or to theater seats. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests.
  • Bathrooms are single-stall all-gender ADA accessible.
  • Please email [email protected] to request or inquire about accommodations.

Nol Simonse: Death Pod / Christy Funsch: kid subjunctive

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Christy Funsch and Nol Simonse share in-progress performances of two new works: Nol’s “Death Pod” and Christy’s “kid subjunctive.” “Death Pod” asks, “how do we want to handle our own death?” with Word for Word member Jim Cave. “kid subjunctive” is a group work that renders playful futuritivity.

Saturday May 28, 2022 | 4pm – Nol Simonse’s “Death Pod” w/ ASL
Sunday May 29, 2022 | 4pm – Christy Funsch’s “kid subjunctive” w/ASL

This is a free event! Capacity is limited- please register in advance. To support Nol and Christy’s work, please consider donating at THIS LINK 

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COVID Protocols

  • Audiences must provide proof of vaccination and be masked at all times.

Accessibility

  • ASL Interpretation will be available at both showings
  • The Joe Goode Annex is ADA accessible with wheelchair seating available. for up to six wheelchairs. Theater seats are movable and have no armrests.
  • Bathrooms are single-stall all-gender ADA accessible.
  • Please email [email protected] to request or inquire about accommodations.

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Image Description: zoe huey is is in front of a blurry colorful background. They are facing away from the camera and only their head and one arm are in the photo. They have light skin and their hair is short and black. They are wearing a black, tight-fitting long-sleeved shirt with a hole in the right elbow, a short-sleeved tan T shirt and a black face mask. Their right arm is bent at the elbow with their right hand behind their head. They are bending towards the left and looking towards the right. Photo by Robbie Sweeny

I never understood why the dancer should be mute—a dumb rule in my book. I also do not view dance as separate from theater. I am interested in the performative moment as a moment of revelation, of intimacy. whatever can bring me there is fair game.

- Joe Goode