DANCE Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project (Japan) Restaurant of Many Orders
Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Thu May 19 8pm, Fri May 20 9:30pm Based on Kenji Miyazawa’s famous story for children, Restaurant is an accessible yet profound dance theater. The three performers execute unique and superb movements rooted in traditional and contemporary Japanese and other Asian physical expressions with dexterity. Often comedic, sometimes serious, they eloquently represent the elements of and relationship between humans, animals and nature.
Sara Porter (Canada) Sara Does a Solo
Southside Theater | $20--$25 Fri May 20 8pm, Sun May 22 7pm Celebrated Canadian dancer Sara Porter gives a fearless interplay of fact and fiction, memoir and fantasy, confession and caricature. With a penchant for humor and a sharp eye to visual design, Porter presents her world with intimacy and pathos, hilarity and beauty in physical stories about life as an artist and parent. Part memoir, dance performance, and stand-up comedy, Sara does a Solo is a fearless account of the body and the reflective mind unlike anything else. “A bold and beautiful account of mid-life.”
Caravan Band (USA) Jump on the Caravan
Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos (USA) Nuevos Tendencias
Making her US debut in a dance performance titled Memory Lithuanian choreographer Lora Juodkaitė dives into the depths of human memory revealing forms and layer after layer meaning in a search for one’s true self. The choreography unfolds in a geometric square that represents four points of human memory: memorization, storage of memory, reminiscence and forgetting.
The Caravan Band and Dancers perform traditionally inspired dances of the Middle Eastern world showing the diversity of the music, dance and costuming from the silk and spice roads from the Near East, Middle East and North Africa. A rich and vibrant performance in the intimate cabaret setting of Fort Mason Center's Gallery 308.
Laura Larry Arrington (USA) We /AoA
The groundbreaking Caminos Flamencos has a brand new show that seamlessly blends flamenco, Latin, and jazz in music and dance with a cast of world-class artists who are rooted in a variety of musical genres. Emmy Award-winning Artistic Director Yaelisa gathers an eclectic group of musicians and dancers in Nuevos Tendencias with an emphasis on new music by the virtuoso guitarist Jason McGuire "El Rubio.”
Surya Berthomieux in collaboration with the Musical Art Quintet (France and USA) AiME
Chapel | $20--$25 Sat May 28 3pm Gallery 308 | $20--$35 Sat May 21 7pm Can’t Stop Cryin’ for America: Black Lives Matter!, is a music work in progress in collaboration with poet performer Amanda Kemp. The work will be organized into seven vignettes named after each black victim or group killed by the police and/or white supremacists this past year: Eric Garner (New York) John Crawford III (Ohio) Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri) Tamir Rice (Ohio) Freddie Gray (Maryland) six black mothers and three black men (Charleston, South Carolina) and Sandra Bland (Texas) The final vignette, Five Young Black Men, will memorialize Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Powell and Mario Woods.
French-American choreographer and dancer Surya Berthomieux will perform a new 30 minute solo work accompanied by the Musical Art Quintet, with an original score by Sascha Jacobsen. The performance piece is about the ever present struggle with self-image and appearances; a journey through emotion, inner tautness, anger and sorrow—a fight to attain a state of self-acceptance and ultimately shed light on what is behind suffering—the energy of life: love. In spite of everything, love has always been in us. The second half of the program will feature new compositions and arrangements by Sascha Jacobsen for the Musical Art Quintet.
CALI & CO dance/Matt EL with Ong Dance Company and Sooyeon Lyuh (USA and South Korea) HERE
Impuritan, Anna Geyer, Loachfillet, Flower Pattern, Edna Mira Raia (USA) Dada Explodes: A Burst of Sound, Light, and the Absurd
Chapel | $20--$25 Sat May 21 3pm
Gallery 308 | $12--$20 ($15 at door with Dada attire) Sat May 28 8:30pm
Balkan Swing-World Fusion and more, but at first guitar music written, arranged and performed by Zoran, Nikola and Zeljko Starcevic includes specific Balkan ornamentations and asymmetrical rhythms. Their trade mark is six hands playing on one guitar.
Capturing the avant-garde world of the Dada Movement—a surreal carnival for the senses featuring the music of experimental rock band Impuritan and visuals by filmmaker Anna Geyer. Geyer’s film will feature kaleidoscopes of color and surreal landscapes with hand-processed 16mm film loops; sound artist Loach Fillet and video artist Flower Pattern will contribute to the night’s sounds and visuals. Edna Mira Raia hosts the evening as “Hillary’s Radio Show.” $5 discount on at-the-door tickets for Dada-inspired attire or costumes
A shared bill with Laura Larry Arrington
A shared bill with Dana Lawton Dances. Welcome to HERE a live dance and music/Korean and American collaboration about the places you’ve been, are now and will continue to reside, regardless of the human need for distraction. HERE captures the rapture of existence through a new piece de resistance by CALI & CO dance/Matt EL music with guest collaborators Kyoungil Ong/Ong Dance Company and Sooyeon Lyuh. HERE is a rare, creative amalgamation of identity and culture through traditional Korean dance and music with American modern dance and rock music. Coursing shadow and light through its structure, HERE seeks to highlight the beauty and soften the pain of existence.
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explodes contemporary notions of queerness. Set in the penultimate disco dance floor, Legendary Children explores Queer lineage both historical and personal using recorded interviews that are interwoven throughout the performance. Dances that explore the essentiality of queerness set to the music of contemporary queer artists such as Matzos, Bright Light, Bright Light and Jimmy Somerville bump up against the interviews to look at what, if any are the differences between queer bodies and straight bodies and at the body as a site of queer pleasure, queer sorrow and queer resistance.
Versatile, dynamic, humorous, original, unconventional and award winning. Switzerland's bi-racial choreographing duo Misato Inoue and Félix Duméril make their San Francisco debut with a metaphorical example of the so-called clash of cultures. They present three pieces: Tea for Two, Black Swan and Another Chopsticks Story created with an approach that applies a humorous nod to the story of Madame Butterfly and is virtuosically delivered with a large portion of self-irony.
Gallery 308 | $15--$30 Sun May 22, 7pm
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Sound waves of Jazz, Blues and bilingual Poetry that speaks of love, community, roots and the creative connection of the soul that binds us all. Avotjca and Mod pue, a “one of a kind” cultural ensemble composed of world class performers from major San Francisco Bay Area bands. The Bay Area Blues Society awarded Avotjca and Mod pue “Jazz Group of the Year" in 2005 & 2010. Members include: Avotcja-small Multi-Percussion & Poetry, Sandi Poindexter-Violin, Jon Jang-Piano, Val Serrant-Steel Drum, Djembe & Vocals, Francis Wong-Sax, Flute & Clarinet, Heshima Mark Williams-Bass, Baba Ken Okulolo-Talking Drum & Vocals, and Raul Ramirez-Percussion.
Cimarrón (Colombia)
Multiple Artists Together (USA)
Gallery 308 | $20--$35 Thu May 19 8pm Cimarrón are from the cattle rearing, Llanos Orientales region of Colombia. They bring a fierce display of rippling melodies and powerful rhythms, combining Andalusian, Indigenous Indian and African roots. Led by harpist Carlos Rojas, the musicians explore and experiment with their rich heritage while retaining the essence of the tradition. A powerful performance in a cabaret setting to celebrate the opening night of the Festival.
Potaje/Fandangueros/Cascada de Flores (USA) Fandango-Pandanggo
Chapel | $10--$15 Thu May 26 8pm, Fri May 27 9pm Two nights of live music and painting. Thursday will be hosted by DJ Sake One with music from VNote Ensemble and Valrie Troutt & Moon Candy. Live painting throughout the evening by Malik Seneferu. Friday will be hosted by Seti X with music by Antique Naked Soul and Zena Carlota. DJ Sake One will play between sets and live painting throughout the evening will be by SafetyFirst. Curated by Melorra Green.
Musette (USA)
Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Sat May 21 6pm
A shared bill with CALI & CO. Showcasing music by contemporary composers, Dana Lawton Dances will present three dance works: Silence Of… by Bay Area composer, Stephanie Webster; Wax and Wire by nationally acclaimed composer, Viet Cuong and Dream of the Cherry Blossoms by Japanese composer Keiko Abe.
AguaClara Flamenco presents Compás y Corazón: Tablao Flamenco in a collaboration of international flamenco artists residing in California, representing Spain, France, Japan, and the U.S. Set up in a cabaret format with a highly-charged, improvisational approach inspired by the gutsy flamenco tablaos of Spain, the company offers an authentic glimpse into the raw, rhythmic heart of this powerful art form.
A sonogram is a graph representing a sound, which shows the distribution of energy at different frequencies or a visual image produced from an ultrasound, as routinely used to monitor fetuses in pregnancies. Taking this science into the realm of music and voice, Black Geomancy and Liminal Space explores the interaction of space and energy through the synergy of sound: music, poetry, voice, Buddhist chants and prayers in synchronicity.
The “fandango” represents an extensive family of musical styles and dances that span three continents with relatives such as the “Pandanggo” from Philippines, the “Fandanguillo” from Mexico, and the “Fandangos de Huelva” from Spain. FANDANGO-PANDANGGO is a music, dance and multimedia performance exploring historical musical interactions between the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba and Spain. Spanish and Filipino composers, Chus Alonso and Florante Aguilar, respectively, examine the music that connects them and present new works supported by a team of collaborators that include the ensembles Potaje, Fandangueros and Cascada de Flores; singer Charmaine Clamor, flamenco dancer Melissa Cruz and multimedia artists Alleluia Panis and Wilfred Galila.
Gallery 308 | $15--$20 Wed May 25 7:15pm A shared bill with Kinetech Arts An audience engagement work involving guided movement exercises influenced by Anna Halprin, Butoh and Eastern Philosophies. The exercises bring awareness and connection to the body, enabling presence in the mind in correlation with the body. The participants will then explore different ways of moving, shaping their bodies to the objects presented, and to each other. Non-verbal movement will be explored allowing for new connections between bodies and space to manifest.
Composer, instrument builder and musician Peter Whitehead will stage an eight hour Musical Mini Marathon consisting of himself and a series of invited guests playing a large, varied collection of musical instruments built by Mr. Whitehead. He will remain on the stage throughout the performance with guests joining him every hour for half hour collaborations. Audience members can come and go throughout the performance and stay for as long as they choose.
ViBO Simfani (USA)
Firehouse | $20--$25 Fri--Sun May 20--22 9:30pm, 6:30pm, 5pm Enact is a sampling of contemporary performance art by performing and visual artists Minoosh Zomorodinia, Christopher Squier, Lorenzo Cardim and Marissa Katarina Bergmann. Presented by Embark Gallery, the performances utilize light, sound and movement giving life to components of human experience and highlighting the power of individual action. The piece addresses issues from humankind’s response to natural disaster to the relationship with historical architecture. Performed in three acts throughout the spaces of Fort Mason’s Firehouse venue.
Adrian Arias (USA) When Fire Visits Us (Dream Two)
Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Sun May 29th 7pm Classical Revolution celebrates its 10th anniversary by presenting its first ever series of orchestra concerts. The performances focus on two of the most vastly influential figures in all of music: the symphonies of Beethoven and classical arrangements of compositions by David Bowie. Since 2006 Classical Revolution has given more than 1,000 live concert performances in over 100 community and neighborhood venues across the Bay Area with the goal of expanding audiences and making classical music accessible.
Ackamoor/Molina Duo, Yvette Janine Jackson, David Molina (USA) Duets in The Key Of DADA
A shared bill with Nathalie Brilliant. Paying homage to the spirit of Dadaism, Elements of Others is a site specific installation and performance with live music, dance, poetry, projection mapping, and audience interaction. It draws inspiration from the history of the location and the city. Elements of Others embraces chaos and irrationality by using a random markov process to dictate the progress of the performance, allowing many events to happen by chance.
Chapel | $20--$25 Sat June 4 7pm World music at its best, ViBO Simfani bridges cultures from around the globe by fusing elements of Latin jazz, folk, classical and Brazilian styles such as Bossa Nova and Choro. The end result is romantic, fun and mystical all at once. With the impeccable performance and arrangements of strings, woodwinds, guitar and percussion, ViBO Simfani reinterprets the traditional repertoire with an original sound in the ecclesiastical setting of Fort Mason Center's Chapel venue.
Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra featuring vocalist Amikaeyla Gaston and poet Genny Lim in collaboration with the Ojala Bata Ensemble (USA) We Insist! Freedom Now Suite: 2016
Gallery 308 & Chapel | $15--$20 Sat-Sun, May 21-22, 11am. Fire is chosen in this new performance by Adrián Arias, which explores the poetic-conceptual and destructive burden that this element carries. Influenced by his last years of experience in the laboratory of scores by Anna Halprin, Adrian has created a series of scores-performances that tell us how fire can live within us to give us life. Collaborating with special guests: La Tania, Clara Rodriguez, Zoë Klein and Dina Zarif. Music by StringQuake and Anais Azul. Show dedicated to Anna Halprin, for her teachings and wisdom.
Hatch Performance Collective (USA) FireHouse/WatersEdge
Gallery 308 | $15--$30 Thu Jun 2 8pm Composer, multi-instrumentalist, instrument inventor David Molina brings you an evening of improvised duets in the spirit of DADA. Opening will be composer, electronic musician, and trumpet player Yvette Janine Jackson, with Molina on electric guitar and effects pedals. Second set features Molina on Rusting Souls, a modified, electromagnetic hammered dulcimer while Jackson loops and sonically manipulates Molina’s performance. Closing will be Ackamoor Molina Duo, featuring avant-spiritual jazz saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, founder of the legendary Pyramids. The duo performs ritualistic cleansing ceremonies in the form of music and play multitude of traditional and invented instruments, which are processed with electronics.
Gallery 308 | $20--$25, $25--$35 Sun June 5 2pm and 7pm We Insist! Freedom Now was the first overtly political jazz album long-playing (LP) record featuring poetry and songs advocating for equality and justice. Recorded and released in 1960 to critical acclaim, We Insist! remains a landmark musical milestone composed by band leader/percussionist Max Roach in collaboration with poet Oscar Brown, Jr. In commemoration of the courage of their forbearers’ convictions and commitment to human rights, Dr. Anthony Brown’s GRAMMY-nominated Asian American Orchestra, re-imagines this significant project to share its timeless message of social and racial justice and its continuing relevance to today’s #BlackLivesMatter Movement and the upsurge of anti-Muslim violence..
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Gallery 308 | 15--$30 Fri May 27 7pm Classical trio - harpist, Marina Roznitovsky Oster (Israel), flutist; Josue Casillas (Puerto Rico); and soprano, Anna Helwing (Poland) will present a poetic program, evoking nature themes. This year the group is joined by a guest violinist - Vanessa Porter. In one of the most “appealing musical blends of instruments and voice that I have ever heard”, as one of listeners remarked, the trio will play pieces on flowers, birds, trees, water, and the like. The program is organized in a setting of sunrise, midday, and sunset, accentuated by stage light design. Works by such classical composers as Handel, Delibes, Conant, Debussy, as well as a premiered work for violin and harp written by a contemporary American composer, Jeffrey Hoover will be performed.
Gallery 308 | $15--$20 Wed May 25 7:15pm
La Pocha Nostra Oakland vs. San Francisco
Borromeo String Quartet with William Winant (USA) Percussion Quintet
Dana Lawton Dances (USA) An Evening of Repertory
Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Fri May 20 7pm, Sat May 21 9:30pm, Sun May 22 2:30pm
Firehouse | $15—$20 Fri May 20 7pm, Sat May 21 4:30pm
Firehouse | $20--$25 Fri Jun 3 9:30pm, Sat Jun 4 3pm, Sun Jun 5 7pm
AguaClara Flamenco (USA) Compás y Corazón: Tablao Flamenco
Gallery 308 | $25--$35 Fri May 27 9:30pm
Peter Whitehead (USA) Musical Mini Marathon
Classical Revolution Orchestra (USA) ‘Eroica’ Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and the Music of David Bowie
Firehouse | $20--$25 Thu May 26 8pm, Fri May 27 9:30pm, Sat May 28 6pm Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Fri May 20 7pm, Sat May 21 9:30pm, Sun May 22 2:30pm
Featuring music of composers from around the world, the concert examines themes that bring us together as human beings. With music by Australian legendary composer Peter Sculthorpe Del Sol looks to the increasingly distressing issues of global warming and environmental destruction. Arab-American composers Mohammed Fairouz weaves together melodies of commonalities among religions from the Middle East in The Named Angels. This is followed by the heart-breaking voices of the Cambodian genocide crying out in Chinary Ung’s Spiral X.
Gallery 308 | $20—$25 Sat June 4 12pm (Duration 8 hours, re-entry permitted)
Avotjca and Modupue (USA)
STEAMROLLER Dance Company (USA) Legendary Children
Nathalie Brilliant Moving Meditations
Kinetech Arts (USA) Elements of Others
Firehouse | $20--$25 Thu May 26 8pm, Fri May 27 9:30pm, Sat May 28 6pm.
Tango Night, an intimate evening by Alma del Tango, explores the rich diversity of the dance, from the close embrace of the social dance floor to the fast flying legs of the fantasia stage. Bay Area’s top professional tango dancers express their unique styles to the live music of the virtuosic international tango ensemble, Trio Garufa. Romantic, passionate, even quirky, these dancers dazzle the eye and capture the heart. Now in its 30th year, San Francisco’s Argentine Tango community is one of the largest outside of Buenos Aires and is embraced by a multitude of nationalities and ages.
TThe Wooden Fish Ensemble will present a program of music by the Korean American composer Hyo-shin Na and the Belgian composer Boudewijn Buckinx. The program will have two exciting premieres: a new work for violin solo by Buckinx and Koto, Violin for koto and violin by Na. Also programmed: Dreaming of Li-Po by Buckinx and three works by Na: The Sky Was Beyond Description for koto/bass koto, Koto Ninano for three kotos, and Night Procession of the Hundred Demons for three bass kotos. Four members of the Wooden Fish Ensemble - Terrie Baune, violin, Shoko Hikage - koto/bass koto, Noriko Tsuboi, - koto/bass koto, and Yuki Yasuda - koto/bass koto - will play these six works..
Embark Gallery (USA) Enact
Alma del Tango with Trio Garufa (USA) Tango Night
Gallery 308 | $20--$35 Fri May 20 8pm
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Gallery 308 | $15--$30 Fri June 3 9:30pm
Firehouse | $20--$25 Fri Jun 3 7pm, Sat Jun 4 9pm, Sun Jun 5 4pm
T42 Dance Project (Switzerland) Repertory Concert
A shared bill with STEAMROLLER Dance Company Audience Notification: The performance on May 28 is Relaxed* the first vertebrates grew jaws / they closed their mouths / but still everything gets in / gills become lungs / bodies become identities / land becomes nation / but still everything gets in / and will find a way out / a chemical change / not a physical one / science says we can not touch anything / the jaw falls open / a sound falls out / a whale / with baleen / everything gets in
Del Sol String Quartet (USA)
Cowell Theater | $20--$25 Fri June 3 8pm
Trio Balkan Strings (Serbia) Fly by Balkan Carpet with the Trio Balkan Strings Gallery 308 | $20--$35 Sat—Sun May 21—22 3pm
Wooden Fish Ensemble (USA)
Genny Lim and Marshall Trammell (USA) Black Geomancy and Liminal Space
Lora Juodkaite (Lithuania) Atmintis (Memory)
Firehouse | $20--$25 Thu May 19 8pm, Sat May 21 9:30pm, Sun May 22 8pm
Jon Jang Quintet (USA) Can't Stop Cryin' for America: Black Lives Matter!
Gallery 308 | $20--$35 Fri Jun 3 7pm The award-winning Borromeo String Quartet, lauded for its “edge-of-the-seat performances” by the Boston Globe, will present the world premiere of Bay Area composer Hi Kyung Kim’s Percussion Quintet. Featuring guest percussionist William Winant, the performance is sure to further cement Borromeo String Quartet’s standing as one of the most important ensembles of our time.
FESTIVAL PASSES for as little as $60 * Relaxed Performances are those where audience members do not have to remain quiet or still during the show.
Firehouse | $20--$25 Sat--Sun May 21-29 2pm, Sat May 28 4pm
Chapel | $12--$15 Sat May 28 8pm Oakland vs San Francisco is the first of an ongoing series of performative events featuring a multigenerational selection of performance artists, spoken word poets, dancers and comedians from San Francisco and Oakland. The event features artists from both sides of the Bay including many disciplines, generations, ethnicities and gender communities. The format involves a metaphoric boxing ring, within a church and will performatively & playfully address problematic stereotypes, demonizing mythologies, and troubling assumptions about the two cities. Our hope is to help to heal the problematic and imaginary borders that currently separate the artistic, performance and literary
Bandelion (USA) Beware the Band of Lions III
Audience Notification: The performance at 4pm on Sat May 28 is Relaxed* A site-specific meditation on opposing forces: coming and going, ebb and flow, boom and bust, fire and water. Using material culled through collaborative work and play, HATCHlings will spontaneously create a progressive suite of genre-defying performances in and around the Fort Mason Firehouse at the edge of San Francisco Bay.
Charlie Levin (USA) Single Point Perspective Firehouse | $20--$25 Sun May 29 4pm & 9pm
Chapel | $15--$20 Sat May 21 5pm, Fri May 27 7pm, Sun May 29 4pm, Fri June 3 9:30pm In this unique and intimate performance, witness a painting come to life in response to a text read aloud by the audience. Starting behind a large, clear piece of glass, Levin uses melted wax to create illuminated images that change with the direction and intensity of light. The elegiac text blends personal interviews, Twitter feeds, and other quotes with original reflections on perspective, race, conflict, grief, and loss. Experience how both truth and art are created — by many single perspectives together.
Audience Notification: All performances are Relaxed* Beware the Band of Lions III transmits Eric Kupers Bandelion’s ongoing inquiry into radically inclusive, interdisciplinary, experimental performance, exploring how performance can include the audience as active participants—towards the goal of everyone in the room having visceral opportunities for transformation and healing.
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Chapel | $15--$20 May 19—June 5. Times vary Audience Notification: The performances on May 20, May 28 and June 5 are Relaxed* Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour declined to serve in his country’s armed forces, in return the Iranian government denied Mr. Soleimanpour’s request for a passport. Unable to leave Iran, he has instead sent a script to SFIAF to have other people read it for him. Soleimanpour’s arresting and allegorical work, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, dissects the experience of a whole generation in a wild, utterly original play. Soleimanpour turns his isolation to his own advantage with the play (written in English) which requires no director, no set, and a different actor for every performance. Per Mr. Soleimanpour’s instruction, the script of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit will be opened in front of the audience and performed unrehearsed by a new initiate each night.
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Southside Theater | $20--$25 Thu May 19 8:30pm, Sat May 21 9pm, Sun May 22 3:30pm A secret shame at the time of the Great Earthquake, the marriage of Helen Emery daughter of the Archdeacon of Grace Cathedral and Gunjiro Aoki, scion of a samurai noble house, sparked Yellow peril journalism, public outrage, death threats and the loss of Ms. Emery’s citizenship. Told by Gunjiro’s grandniece Brenda Wong Aoki accompanied by Emmy Award winning composer Mark Izu, and koto artist Shoko Hikage, repercussions from Gunjiro’s marriage reverberate into the new millennium. Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend, the U.S. representative to the Adelaide International Festival. “Fascinating and inspirational” – Chicago Weekly Reader. “a great gift to the jazz tradition” – Downbeat Magazine
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Firehouse | $20--$25 Fri May 27 7pm, Sat May 28 8pm, Sun May 29 7pm, Thu Jun 2 8pm, Sat Jun 4 6pm, Sun Jun 5 2pm “Desire, my love, what is it you long for?” Desire: a thought at the edge of memory between the pull of gravity and accelerating neurons. Desire begins in our bodies and ripples out into space. Rapture consumes lovers at first sight, entangling relationships. Couples linger, trading perspectives in contested new territories of science and quantum theory. The second installment of Inferno Theatre's investigation of Quantum Theory as it applies to the human emotion of love.
What is the scandal? is an autobiographical story that explores what it means to be an immigrant woman of color in the United States of America. Immigrants face not only the outside challenges of the legal system but also the internal challenge of adaptation and integration. What is the Scandal is a reflection of self-transformation and a journey of human growth.
Audience Notification: All performances are Relaxed* Jess Thom has Tourette’s syndrome, a condition that makes her say ‘biscuit’ 16,000 times a day. Her unusual neurology gives her a unique perspective on life; one she's about to share with the world. Accompanied by her assistant Chopin, Jess weaves comedy, puppetry, singing, and incredible tics to explore spontaneity, creativity, disability, and things you never knew could make you laugh. Touretteshero celebrates the humour & creativity of Tourettes. It’s not about mocking or commiserating - it’s about reclaiming the most frequently misunderstood syndrome on the planet and....Changing the World One Tic at a Time.
Hassan El Jai ( Morocco) The Forty Rules of Love
Hey, Hey, LBJ! is a riveting solo performance that charts David Kleinberg's year as an army combat correspondent in Vietnam, a powerful work on the most divisive foreign war in American history. Acclaimed by Washington Post, ex-Rolling Stone senior writer (“must see!”). The performances at the Festival follow a sell-out run at San Francisco’s Marsh Theater.
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Called a "major talent" at The 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Kate Perry presents a happy hour of acutely observed and quirky monologues reflecting her unique view on life. She portrays a wonderful array of characters ranging from five to seventy years old. Whether it’s Mary Peachy-Bender, an Amish woman with shoofly pie envy, Jimmy the digital vigilante man with a van or Carmel, a celebrity obsessed old age pensioner. Each is portrayed with chameleon like skill, humour and charm. It’s going to be a Very Perry Experience!
San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present El Corazón de la Misión (Heart of the Mission) as the Festival’s inaugural Family Program. The event, specifically designed to appeal to families, will present the Community Music Center's Mission District Young Musicians Program (MDYMP) and Cuicacalli - Ballet Folklorico Mexicano, representing the rich and vibrant performing arts community of San Francisco’s Mission District. It promises to be an engaging afternoon where children of all ages will learn about music and dance with multiple opportunities for their direct participation. Curated by Miriam Anne Frank
VISUAL ARTS Dada Here and Now
Halfway between artistic experience and mystical adventure, Hassan El Jaï brings to life his very personal adaptation of the worldwide best selling novel The Forty Rules of Love, written by Elif Shafak in 2009. This dramatic reading narrates the journey of Shams of Tabriz – the wandering dervish, and many colourful characters this Sufi mystic meets on his way to Konya. The audience in invited to walk a spiritual path, on which love shall reveal itself as both the ultimate reason and goal.
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* Relaxed Performances are those where audience members do not have to remain quiet or still during the show.
Fandango-Pandanggo Artist Panel Discussion Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE Sat May 21 5pm
Join HATCHlings for a cup of tea before the performance on and help us hatch a brand new performance in a matter of minutes.
#BlackLivesMatter Artist Panel Discussion Chapel | FREE Sun May 22 3:30pm Panelists Amikaeyla Gaston, Charlie Levin, Jon Jang, Genny Lim and Dr. Anthony Brown discuss their work and the role of the artist within broader socio-political movements. Moderated by Ericka Huggins..
Kate Perry Workshop From Page to Stage – the torture and triumph of writing a comic monologue Southside Theater | FREE Sat May 21 10:30am A two-hour condensed workshop for aspiring monologists and solo performers to learn some of the techniques of the trade from Kate Perry.
Social Media, 24 Hour News Cycles & the Future of Reviewing Theatre Panel Discussion Magic Theatre | FREE Thu May 26 6pm Panelists include Karen d’Souza, John Wilkins, Rob Hurwitt, Charlise Tiee, Randy McMullen, Leba Hertz, Keli Dailey and Barry Willis. Moderated by Velina Brown.
Dada: Here and Now Visual Arts Symposium Part 1 Southside Theater, Gallery 308 and Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE Sat May 28, 12pm
Multiple artists (see www.sfiaf.org for details). Honoring the centennial of the birth of Dada, this exhibition offers contemporary responses by local, national and international artists to enduring questions first posited by their Dada predecessors. In 1916 a group of pacifist artists from across Europe, reacting to the political unrest of that time, convened in Zurich and proceeded to jolt the art world through a multidisciplinary questioning of established norms and academic traditions. Firmly embracing both the newest technology of the day and the element of chance in the creative process the movement included visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestos, theory, theater and graphic design all underscored by anti-war politics. Building upon this conceptual groundwork, the visual and performance artists participating the 2016 SF International Arts Festival blend chance, technology, collaboration and audience interaction to add to the legacy and influence of Dada.
Festival Opening Night Reception Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE with Opening Night Ticket Thu May 19, 9:30pm Meet and greet artists participating in this year’s Festival and raise a toast to celebrate the opening of the 2016 program.
Dada: Here and Now Artist Reception Gallery 308 and Cowell Theater | FREE Thu May 26 6pm An arts extravaganza to celebrate Dada’s 100th anniversary and proof, if it be needed, that Zurich is not the only city that goes Gaga over Dada. The evening will be highlighted by performances and random art happenings. Go to www.sfiaf.org for details
Festival Closing Reception Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE with Festival Ticket Sat Jun 4 5pm Hosted by the Consul General of Switzerland to celebrate Swiss artists participating in the Festival and to honor the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Dada Movement in Zurich 1916.
Chapel | $20--$25 Sat Jun 4 9pm, Sun Jun 5 8pm
Southside Theater | $20--$25 Sat June 4 9pm, Sun June 5 2pm
Cowell Theater | Children $12, Adults $15 Sat June 4 2pm
FESTIVAL RECEPTIONS Southside Theater | $20--$25 Thu Jun 2 8:30pm, Sat Jun 4 4pm, Sun Jun 5 7pm
“How can we redefine 'classical' music to reflect the diversity that it encompasses?” Panelists include composers Stephanie Webster, Sascha Jacobson and Charlton Lee.
Hatch Performance Collective Site-Specific Performance Workshop Firehouse | FREE Sun May 22 12:30pm
Gallery 308 and Cowell Theater Lobby May 19 – Jun 5, Artist Reception Thu May 26 6pm Chapel | $20--$25 Sun May 29 2pm, Sat Jun 4 4pm, Sun June 5 6pm
Classical Music at the Cultural Crossroads Artist Panel Discussion Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE Fri May 20 5:30pm
Chus Alonso and Florante Aguilar discuss the artistic and conceptual ideas behind Fandango-Pandanggo.
Eliana Lopez & 3 Lopez Productions (USA) What is the Scandal?
Kate Perry (Northern Ireland) The Very Perry Show
Andrew Wood
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Moving Forward with Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture Since the last Festival in 2015 FMC has changed its name to add Arts & Culture. It is another step in an expansive transition to make a determined commitment to the arts and be in the business of arts presenting. This is exciting. Our Festival only runs for three weeks a year; FMC is here for all 52 and represents an enormous resource to the arts community. FMC has the potential to become one of the country’s leading and most unique multidisciplinary art centers. So when you join us this year, please take a moment to look around and imagine for a second what the success of FMC might look like—and, in turn, what that could mean for our arts community, city and region. We hope you can be involved. If you are an artist, consider presenting your work here. If you have a family or are part of a group or association, keep FMC and its residents in your plans for activities and events. C B Fort Mason Box Office Buy direct from Farmers on Sunday. Do whatever seems right for you. Herbst Pavilion (front) The important thing is that the arts community and our audiences Chapel CH support the path they are on.
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The Festival returns to the glorious bayside setting with a three week program…designed to highlight Fort Mason's versatility as an arts locale… (and) roaring back into action with its most ambitious program ever.
Using interviews, stories and period manuscripts, Homecoming depicts the resistance of the Chiricahua Nde’ tribe (descendants of Cochise, Geronimo) against colonial powers. The last to surrender to U.S. forces, the performance by DeCoy Gallerina traces the Chiricahua Nde’s stand against the U.S. and gives l ight to their origin, legacy, existence, rights and struggles.
Southside Theater | $20--$25 Fri May 27 7pm, Sat May 28 9:00pm, Sun May 29 2pm, Fri Jun 3 9:30pm, Sat Jun 4 6:30pm, Sun June 5 4pm.
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Inferno Theatre (USA) Quantum Desire
Southside Theater | $15--$20 Sat May 21, 6pm, Sat May 28 3:30pm
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SF International Arts Festival The Flood Building 870 Market Street, Suite 1256 San Francisco, CA 94102-2917
The Seagull and Other Birds is a roller coaster reimagining of Anton Chekhov's much-loved comic masterpiece. The performance centres around a concise new version of The Seagull integrated with a number of works specially commissioned by the Republic of Ireland's premiere theatre company. Through the wormhole of the new work, Chekhov’s characters find themselves in extraordinarily different contexts: classic plays, TV shows and stuff they’ve just made up. The result is playful and uncompromising; expect lots of talk about art, some action and tons of love.
Touretteshero (England) Backstage in Biscuit Land
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Theatre Movement International (Chiricahua Apache) Homecoming
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture and the Eyes and Ears Foundation present San Francisco International Arts Festival
FAMILY PROGRAM
Cowell Theater | $20—$25 Thu May 26 8pm, Fri May 27 7pm, Sat May 28 7pm
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Pan Pan Theatre (Republic of Ireland) The Seagull and Other Birds
EDUCATION & OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Cimarrón Lecture Demonstration Gallery 308 | FREE Thu May 19 6pm Carlos Rojas leads an informative presentation about the history of traditional music f of Colombia.
The Role of Context in the Creative Process. A Global Dance Panel Discussion Cowell Theater Lobby | FREE Thu May 19, 6pm Presentations by choreographers Hiroshi Koike (Japan) Lora Juodkaite (Lithuania) Sara Porter (Canada) Christine Cali (United States and Korea) and Jesse Bie (United States).
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-1 2pm – 2pm Film Screenings presented by Tom Dunn -2:15pm – 3:15pm Panel Discussion featuring Tom Dunn and Christopher Squier -3:30pm – 4pm Curator Walk #1 with Hanna Regev and Matt McKinley
Pan Pan Theatre Acting Workshop Cowell Theater | FREE Sat May 28 2:00pm A session for aspiring character actors to learn techniques of the trade from Pan Pan Theatre's artistic director Gavin Quinn.
Dada: Here and Now Visual Arts Symposium Part 2 Gallery 308 | FREE Sun May 29 12pm -12pm – 12:30pm Self Guided Viewing -12:30pm - 1:30pm Curator Walk #2 with Hanna Regev and Matt McKinley -1:30pm – 3pm Performances by Jasper Patterson with Art Riot!: Dada and Mass Schizophrenia, Ros Salters Acosta and Maria T. Allocco present At War With Language, Tim Roseborough’s I Am Not Human, But You Are and Nathalie Brilliant with Living Compositions.
Decompression with Bandelion Room C305 (Building C) | FREE Sun May 29 6pm Join Bandelion for a session of gentle, improvised music, creating an environment for participants to listen, rest, meditate, dream, stretch in the midst of the festival.
Dada: Here and Now Visual Arts Symposium Part 3 Gallery 308 | FREE Wed Jun 1 6:15pm -6:15 - 6:45pm Ros Salters Acosta & Maria T Allocco. -7pm – 9:30pm John Held Jr and Jasper Patterson.
Laughter as a Catalyst for Change Southside Theater | FREE Sat Jun 4 2pm A presentation by Touretteshero artistic director Jessica Thom who will also be interviewed by Cultural Odyssey’s co-artistic director Rhodessa Jones.
The Legacy of We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite Gallery 308 | FREE Sun Jun 5 6pm Anthony Brown, Amikaeyla Gaston and Genny Lim discuss the historic significance of the original We Insist! Freedom Now Suite album and why the work has a continued relevance and importance over half a century later.
Post Performance Artist Discussions Discussions take place at approximatley these times immediately following the listed performance -CALI & CO / Dana Lawton Dances, Cowell Theater, Sun May 22 3:30pm -Sara Porter, Southside Theater, Sun May 22nd 8pm -Laura Larry Arrington, STEAMROLLER, Firehouse, Thu May 26 9pm -Pan Pan Theatre, Cowell Theater, Fri May 27 8:30pm -Kate Perry, Southside Theater, Fri May 27 10:30pm -Wooden Fish Ensemble, Chapel, Sat May 28 4:30pm -David Kleinberg, Southside Theater, Sat May 28 10pm, Sun May 29 3pm, Fri June 3 10:30pm -T42 Dance Projects, Firehouse, Sat Jun 4 4pm -Surya Berthomieux / Sascha Jacobsen, Firehouse, Sat Jun 4 10pm
