Saving Art from Extinction |
SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts at The Garage |
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975 Howard Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco • (415) 518 1517 Look for the red door! |
Archives • Jan-June, 2010 |
For July to December 2010, click Here |
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National Queer Arts Festival at THE GARAGE May 24-July 1 |
Baruch Porras-Hernandez |
May 24-25 AIRspace presents Tina D’Elia’s The Rita Hayworth of this Generation A one-woman-show, weaving 6 characters in scenes in homage to Rita Hayworth/Margarita Carmen Casino and old Hollywood noir. The protagonist, a queer mix-race Latina, Tina, blends the cinematic influences of Hayworth’s characters and co-stars from her mind to the stage her own fantasy world. May 27-29 June 4-26 June 6-7 • The Garage All-Stars 1 June 9 June 10 NAQF June 13-14 • The Garage All-Stars 2 June 15 June 16 & 17 June 17 • The Garage All-Stars and the SF Moving Men @ Supperclub, 657 Harrison June 20-21 • The Garage All-Stars 3 June 23-24 • The Garage All-Stars 4 June 30-July 1 Read the article aboout "This is What I Want" in The San Francisco Chronicle, July 1. Here |
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Tina D’Elia |
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This is What I Want |
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May 18 Local choreographers Christine Cali, Andi Clegg, Shaunna Vella, Kate Elswit, Malinda LaVelle, Hanna Satterlee, Amber Sloan (with Andi Clegg) and featuring guest choreographer Josh Beamish (Canada) |
May 11 • RAW (resident artist workshop) presents Love Myths an original musical that explores the chaos and epiphanies of dysfunctional archetypes falling in and out of love. Written and directed by |
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| May 9-10 • RAW (resident artist workshop) presents Rozelle Polido with guest choreographer Kelly Bowker breathe;ing blue in shades of three, two, and one: tomorrow |
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May 4-5
• Wash out the human in me and let me be like the river. Dance Ceres presents work-in-progess entitled, Columbia Chasing, studying the defining differences between the flow of a river and the fluidity of the individual, revealing the stab of shock and the spark of surprise are one in the same action; immediate state of disbelief renders us motionless. Artists website Here |
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April 29, 2010 - May 22, 2010 Performers Under Stress continues our fifth season with the West Coast Premiere of An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening by Mickle Maher (founding member of Chicago’s Theater Oobleck). A lean, tragicomic version of the Faustus story |
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| April 25 • RAW presents
Bitten in the Basement • Curated by Christine Cali Come join us for The Garage's Monthly Live Music and Dance Salon, Bitten in the Basement!!! Sit-back, relax, eat snacks and take in some great sound and movement from some of the Bay Area's freshest creative voices. The Welcome Matt (Matt Langlois) • Artist website Here • Nine Pound Shadow • Artist website Here |
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April 23-24
Solo reveries x(3) by self rev directors Hollow Bones I & II by Chris Kammler, Baby Blue by Pamela Greenberg, Red Coat by Catherine Debon |
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April 15-18 MOVE(MEN)T3 David Herrera Performance Co., MOVE: the company, Dance Continuum SF (at left), FACT/SF, Michael Velez, Labayen Dance/SF, Jose Navarrette, improvisation by Kegan Marling, Dance Theater/Shannon, Andrew Ward, Rajendra Serber, Jorge De Hoyos, Folawole, Cali & Co, Paul Laurey. |
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April 8-9 • AIRspace presents Prove You're Not a Robot by Sadie Lune
An investigation into mutual and consensual revelation; we'll share an evolving succession of explicit playground games, expository interviews, improvisational trances and of course, treats. |
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April 1 • The Garage New Play Series • Kirk Johnson, Creative Director
Homo Apocalyptus a new play by Dean Poyner A futuristic campfire tale about Zombies, survival, and the meaning of family set in a tiny bar in Key West, Florida four years after the Zombie Apocalypse. |
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March 25-26 • RAW presents • artists website Here SoShe Dance Collective by Kerri Myers, Natalee Greene, Brianna Taylor and Nicole Phillips |
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VERGEfest
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March 17-21 The Garage presents a new festival featuring contemporary dance, improvisation and performance. march 18 • Thur folawole / cali & co (at left)/ paul laurey + workshop performances march 19 • Fri vitali kononov & rosemary hannon / divisidero research company / workshop performances & paige starling sorvillo / blindsight in collaboration w/ Evelyn Ficarra march 20 • Sat rejendra serber / andrew ward & sebastian grubb / christine cali & melecio estrella & a new workshop score designed by sara shelton mann march 21 • Sun christine bonansea / rejendra serber + workshop performances |
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New Play
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March 14 • The Garage New Play Series • Kirk Johnson, Creative Director Neon Graveyard, a collaborative work by Francis Chung, Brittany Kelly, and Kirk Johnson. Join chain-smoking, nickel-dropping Mama Slots and her cast of bizarre, wild and wonderful characters as we go beyond the neon to discover the people who call Clark County home. |
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March 12-13 • RAW (resident artist workshop) presents
• Artist website Here "Performance Art in Front of an Audience Ought to be Entertaining" by Fletcher & Reichert Nearly 25 years after performance artist Ana Mendieta plunged to her death from her husband Carl Andre’s 34th floor New York City apartment, two Bay Area conceptual artists are breathing new life into the sordid art-world drama. |
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March 10-11 • RAW (resident artist workshop) and LizZieMoVeS Co. present
Space Garbage A new dance-theatre work that takes the audience into the universe with Hako, the space glamour puss, and Shashi, her creature companion. Artists website: Here |
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March 7
Makeup Mutiny presents Dance Performance: Melissa Hudson Bell & Celine V. Alwyn, Christine Cali & Sebastian Grubb,Samantha Giron / Brandon Rosenbluth / Julius Holtz , O.F.R. Dance • DJ set (Live PA Slut-Step): Datgirl |
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March 5-6,and March 7 RAW (resident artist workshop) presents Tableau Stations / Isak Immanuel , cokaseki / Yuko Kaseki, and guests |
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March 3-4
AIRspace Queer Performance series presents Music by Khalil Sullivan |
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Feb 28 RAW (resident artist workshop) presents Bitten in the Basement featuring Matt Langlois (at left), Tim Frick and choreographer Christine Cali. An afternoon of acoustic music and improvisational movement in The Garage’s basement and mainstage. |
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Feb 26-27 • RAW (resident artist workshop) presents Cali & Co. CALI & CO will perform a deconstructed remake of Trajectory, recently presented at ODC Theater by Footloose Presents' Women on the Way Festival. CALI will also perform the highly acclaimed sat with it's newly created prequel, transVerse with collaborator Sebastian Grubb, and local talent Paul Laurey. |
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Feb 12-14 & 19-21
In "It Never Gets Old", we explore how different relationships provide context to intentions of touch.
Artist website Here |
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Feb 17-18 • RAW (resident artist workshop) presents
Well, let's be honest, cannabis has never been a boring subject. With a diverse group of dancers, filmmaker Matt Barkin, and composer Jeff Stevenson, Here Now Dance Collective presents a multi-disciplinary production that shows the audience a broad prism of images--something much more colorful than a superficial green, marijuana-glazed surface. Artist website: Here |
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New Play
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Feb 15 • The Garage presents New Play Series Creative Director Kirk Johnson Love Lab by Francis Chung |
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Feb 10 • The Garage and Laura Arrington present
Warning: This show may contain whatever the hell you can think of! Artist website Here |
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Feb 7 • Makeup Mutiny presents Get your groove on while checking out performances put on by some of the Bay Area’s hottest curators and emerging choreographers. There are lots of opportunities to network, promote your gigs, and get your party on while DJ’s play in our underground den of debauchery! First Sunday of every month. February Performers Dance AHDANCO, Group A, Brianna Taylor, Samantha Giron Dance Project, Katie Faulkner |
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Feb 5-6 • RAW (resident artist workshop) and Right Brain Performancelab present The Elephant In The Room • John Baumann, Jennifer Gwirtz
A new evening-length work that puts a spotlight on the oddly oversized thing that hides in plain sight and on the space it inhabits. The performances feature captivating movement, verbal and vocals. Photo by Steven Gelberg |
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Feb 2-3 • raw & uncut choreography showcase Mary Anna Lachman, Rozelle Polido and BodiGram (at left) • Lachman presents a new work titled “two-faced”, • Polido presents “breathing blue in shades of three, two, and one: tomorrow” and • BodiGram present For “The Love of the Game.” |
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Jan 26-27 • RAW (resident artist workshop) present Jen Meek • Sleeping Palms A meditation on slowing down, learning to listen and examining the concept of making less instead of more. Choreographer Jennifer Meek is a certified yoga teacher and believes in the importance of well being and artistic expression. |
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JAN 14-31 |
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