As the leader of the Grammy Award-winning ensemble BeauSoleil fiddler Michael Doucet has been in the vanguard of the Cajun cultural revival for more than four decades, earning an international following for an almost lost body of music. In 2014 he joined his longtime friend, Bay Area fiddler master Tom Rigney and his turbo charged […]
Yerba Buena ChoreoFest highlights the spectacular strength, diversity, and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a three-day mini festival of site specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Co-Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, the inaugural ChoreoFest will feature nine local companies in three truly special performances throughout the Gardens' lawns and […]
Yerba Buena ChoreoFest highlights the spectacular strength, diversity, and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a three-day mini festival of site specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Co-Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, the inaugural ChoreoFest will feature nine local companies in three truly special performances throughout the Gardens' lawns and […]
Yerba Buena ChoreoFest highlights the spectacular strength, diversity, and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a three-day mini festival of site specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Co-Artistic Directors Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein, the inaugural ChoreoFest will feature nine local companies in three truly special performances throughout the Gardens' lawns and […]
Founded in New York City seven years ago by Colombian-born guitarist/percussionist Camilo Rodriguez, M.A.K.U SoundSystem is an eight-piece band that distills cumbia grooves and jazz improvisation, punk energy, psychedelia and folkloric Colombian cadences into a dance-floor shaking sound. The self-described “immigrant band” is drawn mostly from New York’s extensive Colombian expat community, and the group’s […]
A beloved Father’s Day tradition celebrating the creativity of North America’s indigenous peoples, the 20th annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival showcases a diverse program of native music, dance, spoken word, artist vendors and native crafts. The NCAF showcases California native talents with songstress L Frank (Tongva Ahachmem) singing a beautiful opening prayer; dance and song […]
This program repeats at Noon on Saturday, 6/24/17 and again at 2:15pm on Saturday, 6/24/17. Welcome to Bay City Rhapsody! Experience the energy of Beat-era San Francisco through its latest arrival, a poet and hopeful dreamer, as he discovers the daring artists that truly make the city one of a kind. Circus Bella translates the […]
This show takes place at Noon and repeats again at 2:15pm this day only. This program is a repeat of the Friday, 6/23/17, Noon program. Welcome to Bay City Rhapsody! Experience the energy of Beat-era San Francisco through its latest arrival, a poet and hopeful dreamer, as he discovers the daring artists that truly make […]
This program repeats at 2:30–3:45pm and is also a repeat of the 7/2/17 program. Occupy A site-specific journey through an urban garden Directed and Choreographed by Stephan Koplowitz Original score by Pamela Z Performed by AXIS Dance Company with an integrated cast of 20 dancers Occupy is a site-specific journey inspired by the history, design […]