Joe Goode Performance Group

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

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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

Dance Lovers 10 | James Graham Dance Theatre

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…Duets by couples, crushes, and comrades 

 

DANCE LOVERS is an annual performance event held in San Francisco around Valentine’s Day.  James Graham Dance Theatre produces and curates DANCE LOVERS. Graham invites artists to present duets in various styles/genres with diverse pairings (friends, lovers, family members). The event began in 2011 at what was then called Kunst-Stoff Arts in San Francisco.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday
May 5, 6, 7, 2022
8pm

Tickets: $20-40

Performances by:

YiTing (Gama) Hsu & Hien Huynh
Megan Lowe & Brenton Chang
SanSan Kwan & Lenora Lee
Alex Mok & Elise Sande-Kerback
Adrienne Ziluca & Vishal Kumar
Rosie Ueng & James Graham
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Joe Goode Annex is a wheelchair accessible space with ADA seating available.  Please contact [email protected] if you will be using ADA seating.

 

photo by Robbie Sweeny

ONLINE FRESH 2022 Performances ~Weekend 2~

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Weekend 2 of FRESH Online Performances presents work by Sara Shelton Mann, Albert Mathias, and casaā. All performances are at 8pm PST

Thursday, January 13 – casaā (with Audio Description)

Friday, January 14 – Sara Shelton Mann (with ASL & Audio Description)

Saturday, January 15 – Albert Mathias

 

The Kathleen Hermesdorf FRESH Festival is an annual meeting ground and platform for experimental dance, music, and performance, founded in 2009 by Kathleen Hermesdorf/Alternativa (1967-2002) in Yelamu, Ramaytush Ohlone territory, (San Francisco, CA) in collaboration with musician Albert Mathias.

Honoring and expanding this legacy, FRESH 2022 offers 2 weeks of classes,  conversations, actions, and performances centering exchange, healing, experimentation, music, dance, and embodied performance. More info at freshfestival.org/2022-performances . For questions email [email protected]. 

KHFRESH Festival 2022 is a co-production with the Joe Goode Annex and the Hope Mohr Bridge Project, and is supported by the Rainin Foundation, the Fleishacker Family Fund, the Zellerbach Family Fund, James and Margaret Hermesdorf, and the generosity of supporters like you.

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Accessibility

Access services will be offered at the following shows:

Thursday, Jan 13th – ASL

Friday, Jan 14th – ASL and Audio Description

 

Please indicate during your ticket purchase which services you will be accessing so our interpreters and describers can be prepared. Questions or requests? Email [email protected]

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photo: Sara Shelton Mann performers by Robbie Sweeney

image description: Eight performers in dresses and long coats are scattered, arms flung, and captured chaotically mid stride or jump.

ONLINE FRESH 2022 Performances ~Weekend 1~

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Weekend 1 of FRESH features performances by Snowflake Calvert & Europa Grace, FAKE Company, and Miguel Gutierrez. All performances are at 8pm PST.

 

Thursday, January 6th: Snowflake Calvert & Europa Grace

Friday, January 7th: Miguel Gutierrez

Saturday, January 8th: FAKE Company

 

The Kathleen Hermesdorf FRESH Festival is an annual meeting ground and platform for experimental dance, music, and performance, founded in 2009 by Kathleen Hermesdorf/Alternativa (1967-2002) in Yelamu, Ramaytush Ohlone territory, (San Francisco, CA) in collaboration with musician Albert Mathias.

Honoring and expanding this legacy, FRESH 2022 offers 2 weeks of classes,  conversations, actions, and performances centering exchange, healing, experimentation, music, dance, and embodied performance. More info at freshfestival.org/2022-performances . For questions email [email protected]. 

KHFRESH Festival 2022 is a co-production with the Joe Goode Annex and the Hope Mohr Bridge Project, and is supported by the Rainin Foundation, the Fleishacker Family Fund, the Zellerbach Family Fund, James and Margaret Hermesdorf, and the generosity of supporters like you.

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Accessibility

The following performances will include access services:

Thursday, Jan 6th – ASL and Audio Description

Friday, Jan 7th – ASL

Please indicate during your ticket purchase which services you will be accessing so our interpreters and describers can be prepared.  Questions or requests? Email [email protected]

COVID Safety

This will be an online event

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photo: FAKE Company by Robbie Sweeney

LINES Ballet | Training Program Winter Showcase LIVESTREAM

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Training Program dances together in performance for the first time in two years! Join the celebration.

This compelling evening will feature a collection of new works by eminent faculty artists Brett Conway, Carmen Rozestraten, and Erik Wagner as well as guest artists Chuck Wilt of UNA Projects and Sidra Bell of Sidra Bell Dance New York.

Though you cannot be with us in person, we are excited for you to join us via livestream!

Thursday, December 16 at 7:30pm PST
Friday, December 17 at 7:30pm PST

Megan Lowe Dances: Tangram

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An evening of dynamic partnering featuring Megan Lowe and Brenton Cheng that uses physical puzzles to explore relationship, geometry, and their shared Chinese heritage.

Thurs-Sun, Dec 9-12, Various Times

Megan Lowe Dances presents “Tangram”, an evening of dynamic partnering featuring Megan Lowe and Brenton Cheng that uses physical puzzles to explore relationship, geometry, and their shared Chinese heritage. Propelled by momentum, Brenton and Megan lift and are lifted by each other in ever-changing roles of mover and moved, pushing the boundaries of what is possible. “Tangram” performances have grown from the seeds of “Finger Trap” and “Maw Jaw” and continue the mission of deepening roots to heritage, deconstructing familiar tropes, and offering the fruits of those efforts back as thought-provoking dance performance.

To start off the evening, MLD will be sharing our film “Maw Jaw” created in partnership with Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, which was presented as part of the 24th annual United States of Asian America Festival in free outdoor events at Portsmouth Square and Kapwa Gardens, May/June, 2021. “Maw Jaw” rehearsals occurred outside in public spaces—activating benches, railings, poles, stairs, and play structures around San Francisco Chinatown—inviting passersby to witness and be a part of the creative process, enhancing cross-generational community engagement, and inspiring interest in dance as a tool to engage with the environment/people around us.

In a time with particularly strong anti-Chinese sentiment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making work that contributes to the visibility of Chinese American artists feels especially urgent.

Megan Lowe Dances is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group, and the “Tangram” project is honored to be supported by Kenneth Rainin Foundation NEW Program, Dancers’ Group’s CA$H Dance, FACT/SF Co-Production Grant, and generous individual donors.

THURS, December 9th, 7pm – BUY
FRI, December 10th, 8pm – BUY
SAT, December 11th, 5pm – BUY
SAT, December 11th, 8pm – BUY
SUN, December 12, 7pm – BUY

ANNEX COVID PROTOCOLS

Proof of vaccination is required for entry into this show. Please bring the physical card, a photo, or a CA-issued QR code.

Masks required at all times.

The dancers are all fully vaccinated and will be performing unmasked.

Read our full Covid-19 Protocols here.

Photo by RJ Muna

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
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