Dance Brigade performs
in the Spring Festival 2012
Produced by Culture Resource
(Al Mawred Al Thaqafy)
May 13-19, 2012
The only American company participating in this international festival, we have been invited to present
"Cavewomen: The Next Incarnation" in Cairo and Beirut.
For more information about the Festival >>
Dance Brigade's Dance Mission and
Iraq Vets Against the War present
a stage reading of a new play by Aaron Loeb
THE PROUD
January 7 - 9, 2012
Saturday @ 8pm
Sunday @ 6pm
Monday @ 5pm
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street, SF
* FREE
Written by Aaron Loeb
Directed by Timothy Near
Choreographed by Krissy Keefer
Featuring Stacey Ross, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Lauren English, with dance/drumming by Dance Brigade
The play explores the new face of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome as soldiers return from Iraq and Afghanistan and how women are (mis)treated in the army.
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Dance Brigade presents
The Revolutionary
Nutcracker Sweetie -
The Kidz Version
December 10 - 11, 2011
Saturday @ 2pm and 6pm;
Sunday @ 1pm and 5pm
Brava Theater
2781 24th Street (@ York)
San Francisco
Tickets: $15.00
www.brownpapertickets.com
or at Dance Mission
$17 at the door
Featuring Grrrl Brigade, Nol Simonse, Sonya Smith, Stella Adelman, Sarah Bush, Bruce "Mui" Ghent, Leila Baradaran, Fredrika Keefer, Tina Banchero and Dance Mission's Youth Program.
From 1987 to 1997 Dance Brigade produced their annual production of the Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie in Oakland. Over ten years, it reached a total of 40,000 audience members and was a beloved community institution. Dance Brigade decided to remount it again starting in 2007 only this time at the Brava Theater in San Francisco and featuring Dance Mission's Youth Program.
In Dance Brigade's Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie, Clara is an undocumented worker who works for the wealthiest family in town, the McGreeds. Our story opens just as the biggest bash of the year is beginning - the McGreed's holiday party. To the McGreeds' dismay, their wayward gay son, a pink Mohawk-sporting, Che-shirt wearing Drosselmeyer, crashes the party and gives Clara a freedom-fighting Nutcracker doll from South Africa. Together Clara and the Nutcracker go on a journey of self-discovery and realization where they run into a homeless Sugar Plum Fairy, an Angel of Resistance, and a Snow Queen mourning the melting of the Ice Caps. Where else would you find ariel dance, Spy Mice and a magical Under Water World? Why only at the Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie!!
The Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie uses Taiko, Tap, Modern, Trapeze, Belly Dance, Salsa, Ballet, Bungee, Salsa and Hip Hop to tell its story and address contemporary concerns such as global warming and consumerism with humor and artistry. The production is fantastic for those who are looking for a winter activity but are not in the mood for another year of "A Christmas Carol."
Proceeds benefit Dance Mission's Youth Program
From Wallflower Order to Dance Brigade: A 35-Year Retrospective Celebration
Presenting The Great Liberation Upon Hearing and Other Herstorical Dances
November 18-20, 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2 pm
Novellus Theater at
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
700 Howard (at 3rd Street), San Francisco
www.ybca.org
*** FREE! ***
The event is free and seating is first come, first served. The lobby opens one hour prior to showtime, and theater doors open a half-hour prior to curtain.
For donor-reserved orchestra seating, please call 415-826-4441. Your donations help support Grrrl Brigade and Dance Brigade!
