Joe Goode Performance Group

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

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Virtual Open House 5.0

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The Joe Goode Annex presents Virtual Open House 5.0!

we are very excited to bring you our new series of Virtual Open Houses – a platform for digital performance.

Still seeking BIPOC artists! Submit your video here.

Show date: Friday, February 26 @ 7pm PST, streamed via Twitch.tv/joegoodeannex – please note, audiences will need to register via Twitch in order to participate in the live chat feature. We recommend it! To do so, you will need to create a username + pw (all free!) so please plan ahead and give yourself time to do so! You WILL be able to VIEW ONLY the stream without an account.

Suggested donations $5-30 encouraged to support artist stipends, future programs, and our tech team.

VOH 5.0 Artists: Carmina Marquez (they/she) + Maneesh Raj Madahar (he/him) | Chhoti Maa (Vreni Michelini Castillo – she / they / elle) | Chibueze Crouch (she/hers) | pateldanceworks (Bhumi Patel – she/they) | Sandra Scheuber (she/her)

“we are learning how to be an accessible, virtual venue- while resisting white supremacy’s perpetuation of scarcity, merit & perfectionism in art making. we will not be evaluating any submissions for merit + aim to build a platform that matched our values.” GG, Melissa, and Nico of JGPG

some inside info on the selection of artists for this round
Our process was primarily on first-come first-served basis, with some light arranging by JGPG staff team GG, Melissa, Nicole—to work towards a balanced set of artists based on the following:

  • We held a minimum of 4 out of the 5 slots for BIPOC artists.
  • Work highlighting Queer/Trans Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC) visibility/bodies in the work itself
  • Having a range and balance of age, ability and career stage
  • This is not a merit-based ‘selection’ process. We will not be personally evaluating submitted content.
  • We are able to offer $50 stipends for each work

stay tuned for future open houses

LINK TO LIVE STREAM on TWITCH.TV – join at 7pm pst!

Virtual Open House 4.0

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The Joe Goode Annex presents Virtual Open House 4.0!

we are very excited to bring you our new series of Virtual Open Houses – a platform for digital performance.

Show date: Friday, December 18 @ 7pm PST, streamed via Twitch.tv/joegoodeannex – please note, audiences will need to register via Twitch in order to participate in the live chat feature. We recommend it! To do so, you will need to create a username + pw (all free!) so please plan ahead and give yourself time to do so! You WILL be able to VIEW ONLY the stream without an account.

Suggested donations $5-30 encouraged to support artist stipends, future programs, and our tech team.

Artist Lineup:
Anandha Ray (she/her)
Andreina Maldoando (she/her)
Jeffrey Yip (he/him)
Sarah Bush (she/they) of Sarah Bush Dance with Julianna Cressman, KJ Dahlaw, Risa Ofelia Diaz, courtney hope, Frances Teves Sedayao
Tiff Tonel (they/them)

“we are learning how to be an accessible, virtual venue- while resisting white supremacy’s perpetuation of scarcity, merit & perfectionism in art making. we will not be evaluating any submissions for merit + aim to build a platform that matched our values.” GG, Melissa, and Nico of JGPG

some inside info on the selection of artists for this round
Our process was primarily on first-come first-served basis, with some light arranging by JGPG staff team GG, Melissa, Nicole—to work towards a balanced set of artists based on the following:

  • We held a minimum of 4 out of the 5 slots for BIPOC artists.
  • Work highlighting Queer/Trans Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC) visibility/bodies in the work itself
  • Having a range and balance of age, ability and career stage

stay tuned for future open houses in 2021

LINK TO LIVE STREAM on TWITCH.TV – join at 7pm pst!

Virtual Open House 3.0

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The Joe Goode Annex presents Virtual Open House 2.0!

LINK TO LIVE STREAM on TWITCH.TV – join at 7pm pst!

we are very excited to bring you the first in a new series of Virtual Open Houses – a platform for digital performance.

Show date: Friday, November 20 @ 7pm PST, streamed via Twitch.tv/joegoodeannex – please note, audiences will need to register via Twitch in order to participate in the live chat feature. We recommend it! To do so, you will need to create a username + pw (all free!) so please plan ahead and give yourself time to do so! You WILL be able to VIEW ONLY the stream without an account.

Artist Lineup:
Jhia Jackson (she/they), Madeline Miller (she/her), Noah + Ashley / Visceral Roots (they/them), Peekaboo (they/them), Rebekah Enderle (she/her)

“we are learning how to be an accessible, virtual venue- while resisting white supremacy’s perpetuation of scarcity, merit & perfectionism in art making. we will not be evaluating any submissions for merit + aim to build a platform that matched our values.” GG, Melissa, and Nico of JGPG

some inside info on the selection of artists for this round
Our process was primarily on first-come first-served basis, with some light arranging by JGPG staff team GG, Melissa, Nicole—to work towards a balanced set of artists based on the following:

  • We held a minimum of 4 out of the 5 slots for BIPOC artists.
  • Work highlighting Queer/Trans Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC) visibility/bodies in the work itself
  • Having a range and balance of age, ability and career stage

stay tuned for future open houses:
*Virtual Open House 4.0* Friday, Dec 18 – 7p PST

THE JUST IN CASE WOMAN

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THE JUST IN CASE WOMAN

We are delighted to invite you to a webinar to share a work in progress of the dance installation THE JUST IN CASE WOMAN, a project directed and choreographed by Diana Lara in collaboration with visual artist Kim Campisano. The webinar will be hosted by Joe Good Annex.

THE JUST IN CASE WOMAN explores the relation between survival and search for safety in this fast paced, complex, and unsteady world in the 21st century. It is a movement installation that includes dance, soundscapes and video to explore the world of the JIC woman. The dance installation will be presented in the gallery of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts during the spring of next year.

In the webinar we will present excerpts of videos recorded and edited by Kim Campisano using choreographies created by Diana Lara with performers Gizeh Muniz and Amy Wasilewski. The idea is to have a conversation about our experiences in the process of creation of the project. The 45-minutes of sharing will be followed by a Q&A.

Save the date: Saturday November 7, 7:00-8:30 pm PST.  A zoom link will be sent close to the date of the event.

Project director and choreographer: Diana Lara

Collaborator and visual artist:  Kim Campisano

Performers: Gizeh Muniz, and Amy Wasilewski

Interviewees: Roberta Chavez, Mariah Rankine-Landers, Mary Fonte, Gizeh Muniz

Moderator: Maica Folch

Music: Tanya Tagaq, and music commissioned and performed by Cobrabob

 

With the generous support from the San Francisco Arts Commission/individual artist grant, the Joe Goode Annex, and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.

Virtual Open House 2.0

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The Joe Goode Annex presents Virtual Open House 2.0!

LINK TO LIVE STREAM on TWITCH.TV – join at 7pm pst!

we are very excited to bring you the first in a new series of Virtual Open Houses – a platform for digital performance.

Show date: Friday, Oct 30th 2020 @ 7pm PST, streamed via Twitch.tv/joegoodeannex – please note, audiences will need to register via Twitch in order to participate in the live chat feature. We recommend it! To do so, you will need to create a username + pw (all free!) so please plan ahead and give yourself time to do so! You WILL be able to VIEW ONLY the stream without an account.

Artist Lineup:

Daria Garina (he/him) in collaboration with Calia Sagastume (she/they)
Ali Montgomery (she/they) / Soul Liberation
Robert Moses (he/him) / Robert Moses KIN
Megan Lowe (she/her) in collaboration with Sonsherée Giles
Andréa Spearman (she/her) / A. Spearman & Co.
Bahiya Movement – Afia Thompson (she/her) in collaboration with Bianca Mendoza (Binki Danz)

“we are learning how to be an accessible, virtual venue- while resisting white supremacy’s perpetuation of scarcity, merit & perfectionism in art making. we will not be evaluating any submissions for merit + aim to build a platform that matched our values.” GG, Melissa, and Nico of JGPG

some inside info on the selection of artists for this round
Our process was primarily on first-come first-served basis, with some light arranging by JGPG staff team GG, Melissa, Nicole—to work towards a balanced set of artists based on the following:

  • We held a minimum of 4 out of the 5 slots for BIPOC artists.
  • Work highlighting Queer/Trans Black Indigenous People of Color (QTBIPOC) visibility/bodies in the work itself
  • Having a range and balance of age, ability and career stage

stay tuned for future open houses:
*Virtual Open House 3.0* Friday, Nov 20 – 7p PST
*Virtual Open House 4.0* Friday, Dec 18 – 7p PST

Virtual Festival: GUSH

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GUSH

the Joe Goode Annex Festival
May 26-31, 2020

Joe Goode Performance Group’s first-ever festival at the Annex is now adapting its goal for artistic dialogue & proximity — into a scaled-back, virtual platform — to occur during its originally scheduled time. GUSH aims to honor and uplift the ongoing work of dance-making (and now, during a pandemic), in its messiness, resilience, and persistence.

Access virtual streaming of: classes, interactive short works for feedback, and talks with artists. GUSH features Joe Goode Performance Group, GERALDCASELDANCE, and NAKA Dance Theater — as they experiment with shared creative prompts and explore what their virtual artistic practices look like.

 “All the artists in this festival exude a depth of passion and commitment to an idea — in whatever mode of performance they take on. As we prepare to present work that is wholly and unapologetically itself, we have a lot to gush over.” —Joe Goode

Close together. Process-curious. Plentiful.

SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL EVENTS

Tuesday, May 26, 10-11am: Movement for Humans Class with Joe Goode
An all-levels gentle movement class, taught by Joe Goode on Zoom – $0-20 Sliding scale

Tuesday, May 26, 7-9pm: GUSH Opening Night Peach Party with GG & Nicole
A remote dance party – themed after the fuzzy, gushing, juicy peach. Invitation: wear peach-colored attire!

Wednesday, May 27, 1-2pm: NAKA Dance Theater in Conversation with Rosa-Linda Fregoso and Members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas
This conversation will be in Spanish with English interpretation. A virtual conversation with Rosa-Linda Fregoso and members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas—as part of NAKA Dance Theater’s BUSCARTE Project

Wednesday, May 27, 6-7pm: Feature Artist Practice – NAKA Dance Theater’s BUSCARTE
José Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama will present excerpts of BUSCARTE (Searching for You), a performance that contemplates the forensic anthropology findings in the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa Teachers’ College who were forcibly disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico in 2014.

Thursday, May 28, 4-6pm: Dancing Around Race with Gerald Casel
Gerald Casel will be joined by Rebecca Chaleff, Sammay Dizon, Kimani Fowlin, David Herrera, Yayoi Kambara, Kate Mattingly, Raissa Simpson, and Tria Blu Wakpa to hold space for this unique gathering during GUSH, paying particular attention to how systemic racial inequity is playing out during this pandemic. Moderated by Bhumi Patel, we will be asking how and where we go from here as well as sharing thoughts on imagining an alternative future that is equitable and just.

Thursday, May 28, 6-6:30pm: Feature Artist Practice – Queer Realities with Joe Goode Performance Group
Joe and dancers tell mini-stories of queerness by revisiting JGPG repertoire from their home spaces. Featuring performances by Melecio Estrella, Damara Ganley, Joe Goode, Molly Katzman, and Patricia West.

Friday, May 29: 4-5pm: Feature Artist Practice –Not About Race Dance with GERALDCASELDANCE
GCD will discuss the process of making Not About Race Dance,  a collaborative choreographic response to the unmarked predominance of whiteness in US postmodern dance. The work cites Neil Greenberg’s Not About AIDS Dance to connect the silence around the AIDS epidemic with the unacknowledged racial politics of postmodern dance.

Friday, May 29, 7-8:30pm: The Case of the 43 Disappeared Students of Ayotzinapa: A virtual conversation with Omar Garcia
This virtual conversation will be in Spanish with English interpretation. As part of NAKA Dance Theater’s BUSCARTE Project and in association with EastSide Arts Alliance, NAKA dialogues with Omar Garcia, a survivor of the student massacre of September 26, 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.

Saturday, May 30, 6-7pm: Breaking Bread – Shared Artist Happy Hour
Join Joe, Gerald, and NAKA Dance Theater’s Debby, and José for an evening of conversation, remote glasses of wine, and their short responses to one another’s prompts- over a Zoom call.

Sunday, May 31, 3-4:30pm: Virtual Open House
Celebrating artists in our wider Annex community, 8 local dance-makers will share short works-in-progress in an afternoon of virtual interaction, drop in anytime! Borrowing from JGPG’s program of dialogue and learning, The Feedback, viewers will be invited to respond to a question from each artist via Zoom chat. Featuring Gabriel Christian, Sierra Don, Jhia Jackson, Nicole Maimon, Nathaniel Moore, Jocelyn Reyes, randy reyes, Molly Rose-Williams, Amy/Hannah Wasielewski and Alyssandra Wu

GUSH is made possible with support from San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Bernard Osher Foundation, Koret Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the generosity of many individuals. JGPG is further supported by Bill Graham Foundation, Caerus Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, and SV2.

GUSH: Virtual Open House

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Celebrating artists in our wider Annex community, local dance-makers will share short works-in-progress in an afternoon of virtual interaction. Drop in anytime! Borrowing from JGPG’s program of dialogue and learning, The Feedback, viewers will be invited to respond to a question from each artist via Google Doc or Zoom chat. Featuring Gabriel Christian, Sierra Don, Jhia Jackson, Nicole Maimon, Nathaniel Moore, Jocelyn Reyes, randy reyes, Molly Rose-Williams, Amy/Hannah Wasielewski and Alyssandra Wu

May 31, 3-4:30pm

LINK TO JOIN VIA ZOOM

Meeting ID: 854 7537 0072

PW: 279279

POSTPONED: LASOS

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This event is cancelled. Since the rapid progression of COVID-19, the City of San Francisco is recommending canceling “non-essential public gatherings” of over 50 people. We may be able to reschedule, but given the current uncertainty, we aren’t in a position to know when.

REYES Dance and Joe Goode Annex present LASOS

REYES Dance presents LASOS, a new contemporary dance performance, offering a hopeful insider’s perspective on family relationships haunted by generations of poverty, abuse, and drama. Accompanied by flying piñatas, Mexican-Salvadoran love songs, and imaginary friends, dancers will explore the limits of resilience, toeing the line between longing for care and longing to escape too-forceful love.

Performers: Jessica Bozzo, Sawako Gannon, Pauline Mosley, Frankie Lee Peterson, Alejandra Preciado
Choreography: Jocelyn Reyes

CANCELLED: HMD Annual Benefit Performance for Artist Pay

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This event is cancelled. Since the rapid progression of COVID-19, the City of San Francisco is recommending canceling “non-essential public gatherings” of over 50 people. We may be able to reschedule, but given the current uncertainty, we aren’t in a position to know when.

Join HMD for its Annual Benefit Performance for Artist Pay. Arrive at 7:30PM for pre-show drinks followed by the world premiere of “Ode (to forgotten bodies),” new dance by Hope Mohr, co-created with Belinda He, Jane Selna, Natalya Shoaf, and Karla Quintero, and in collaboration with sculptor Danae Mattes. Celebrate the company’s commitment to artmaking and community building at a catered post-show reception featuring delicious food by chef Steven Levine and beverages courtesy of Honig Winery.

Why Artist Pay?

Artists are leaving the Bay Area at alarming rates. In the face of this trend, HMD is pushing back with unique programs that support a network of artists and a commitment to artist pay unparalleled in the field. Artist pay makes up over 60 percent of our annual budget. Help us make it possible for artists to stay and thrive in the Bay Area.

If you are unable to attend the benefit but would like to make a contribution in support of HMD’s multidisciplinary programming, visit: www.hopemohr.org/donate

HMD is a non-profit organization and thus your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. HMD’s Federal Tax ID Number is 42-1764426.

Visual Development and Costume Design by Dana Kawano
Image by Robbie Sweeny

In an unfeeling world, to feel something, indeed to craft something is an act of redemption.

- Joe Goode