Blue Lapis Light

Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding. -Albert Einstein Youth Taking Flight Performance May 31st Heartbeats by Youth Taking Flight Thursday, May 31st, 7:30pm Boyd Vance Theater Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina Please join us for a evening of community performance! This is an important night for teenagers from the Austin Children's Shelter. These kids have been rehearsing twice a week for two months to create an inspired piece of aerial dance. Let's give them a night to remember! The students have created a video game themed dance with aerial silks and original animations. Buy Tickets to Heartbeats by Youth Taking Flight Summer Class Sessions Begin June 4th! Aerial Silks I Aerial Silks II Aerial Silks II/III Aerial Silks III Aerial Silks III/IV Aerial Silks IV Teens Silks Silks Conditioning Harness Workshops Kids Summer Workshops and Classes!  Children's Aerial Creation Camp Kids work together to make an original aerial silks piece to perform at the end of the week. Classes meet Monday-Friday, 10-1pm. The creative process emphasizes communication, collaboration, and safety while moving in the silks and on the ground. At the end of each week, friends and family are invited to see the class perform their unique aerial dance creation.   Click here to Sign up for Aerial Creation Camp! Kids Silks Sessions  Aside from our camp, multi-week kids silks sessions are also available for varying levels of experience. Click here to register your child or to learn more about on-going Kids Silks I & II and Teen classes.  Book Blue Lapis Light Our company performs for openings, fundraisers, weddings and private parties. We specialize in site-specific performances, designing and creating works for buildings, ballrooms and other inspired architecture. Each project requires an initial rigging and technical consultation. To inquire about booking Blue Lapis Light for your next corporate or private event, send us an email. Thank You Panola College! Blue Lapis spent five days in East Texas, preparing and performing on the Student Life Center at Panola College. We are so thankful for the warm hospitality and the opportunity to bring Blue Lapis Light's beauty to a new city. We are honored to be part of your commitment to bring the arts to Carthage, Texas. Thank you for the wonderful week at Panola College! Photos by Earl McGehee Sally Jaques, Artistic Director Blue Lapis Light 512.280.6688 info@bluelapislight.org www.bluelapislight.org Blue Lapis Light | Studio/Classes | Press Inquiries  Stay Connected:  ‌  ‌  ‌

Flyaway Productions

Just Published by Rita Felciano in Dancers Group'sIn Dance!   Jo Kreiter: Artistic Activist/Activist Artist   "If you are like me, you want artists who have an individual voice and the expertise to articulate it cogently. Some develop gradually; in others a special spark asks for attention from the minute you encounter it. Jo Kreiter is one of them." - Rita Felciano   Discover more about Jo Kreiter, Flyaway, and our upcoming show TENDER (n.), in this special interview Read the Article! and Don't Forget to Save the Date for TENDER (n.): a person who takes charge   June 7-16, 2018 Thu. 8:30pm | Fri. 12:30pm & 8:30pm | Sat. 8:30pm & 9:30pm Cadillac Hotel 380 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA Free Performances A site-specific dance celebrating 100 years of outcast activism in the Tenderloin More Info Here! Engage with the Artists and Community of TENDER (n.) Curbside Conversation with the Artists When: Thu. May 24 & 31, 2018 | 5-6pm Where: The Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy St, San Francisco www.tenderloinmuseum.org Tenderloin History Walking Tour When: Thu. June 14, 2018 | 7:15-8:15pm Where: Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco www.asianart.org Donate Today! Share Tweet Forward Flyaway is thankful for our partnership with the Tenderloin Museum in creating TENDER (n.)

Photos by: RJ Muna Dancers (from top to bottom): 1. Sonsherée Giles;  2. Megan Lowe Copyright © 2016 Flyaway Productions, All rights reserved. For more information please visit: flyawayproductions.com

Zaccho Dance Theatre

2018 SAN FRANCISCO AERIAL ARTS FESTIVAL  Line up announced We're excited to announce the performer line-up for this year's Festival. We will have performances in both the Cowell Theater and the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. On Sat., look for our first ever all-youth event. Ticket info and other details to be released soon! Acrobatic Conundrum Alex Allan Beth Clarke                                                                                       Circus MeCCA Felicity Hesed Helen Wicks and Katelyn Hane Il Posto Vertical Dance Kameko Shibata Project Bandaloop Sierra Camille Sonya Smith & Bianca Cabrera UpSwing Aerial Dance Company Veronica Blair Xochitl Sosa & Caroline Wright Zaccho Youth Company Migration Stories Dinner captures community voices On March 29th, 50 Bayview Hunters Point community members came together at Old Skool Cafe (a youth run restaurant) for the Migration Stories family dinner. MC'ed by Lawanda and Macio Dickerson, the event was an opportunity for intergenerational community members to share their family stories and delicious food from coveted family recipes. BAYCAT and Peabody Award winning independent producer, Davia Nelson of the Kitchen Sisters, documented these stories through audio and video. This is the first event leading up to Zaccho's Picture Bayview Hunters Point performances in October. Funding for this project is generously provided by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Look for a SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT on our next event very soon! BUNGEE IMMERSION & TEACHER TRAINING WITH SONYA SMITH   June 25 – 29 It is time to plant seeds of curiosity, invest in intensive training, find more ways to laugh. Bungee could be just the thing for you! For the first time, Sonya is gathering all her bungee enthusiasm and passing it on in a week of ridiculous technique and soaring foundations.   More info & Register DANCE+PLACE Zaccho Artistic Director Joanna Haigood will offer a workshop exploring the possibilities of site-specific dance on top of beautiful Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. July 19, 21 & 22 Thurs. 6:30-8:30pm, Zaccho Studio Sat. & Sun. 10:00 - 5:00 pm, Mt. Tam More info & Register LAST CALL FOR SUMMER CAMP We still have a couple slots open for Summer Camp! Join us for one or two action-packed weeks of off the ground creativity, discovery and community. July 9-13 and/or July 16-20 9:00am to 3:00pm Childcare available from 3:00 to 5:00pm All levels (separate simultaneous camps for children ages 7-10 and youth ages 11-14)  More info & Register Connect with us  ‌  ‌  ‌

Zaccho Dance Theatre | 1777 Yosemite Ave, Studio 330, San Francisco, CA 94124