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Leader of Artistic Producing

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Gabriele Christian | RUPTURE and GRAVITY

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Gabriele Christian | RUPTURE and GRAVITY

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Oakland-based Artist

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Gabriele Christian (they/them) is an Oakland-based conceptual artist and descendent of stolen folk experimenting within somatic practices, language, performance composition, video production and community arts facilitation to locate and center BlaQ (Black and Queer) experience, vernaculars and aesthetics as wellsprings for radical futurity. They are a founding member of BlaQ-led performance and land projects: RUPTURE; OYSTERKNIFE; and BlaQyard. They’ve presented and collaborated internationally (Berlin, Germany; Karachi, Pakistan; Johannesburg, South Africa; Vienna, Austria et al.) in multimedia productions and processes with artists, choreographers, and companies including jose e. abad/fugitivity labs, LXS DXS, Sherwood Chen, Lenora Lee Dance, SAMMAY, Skywatchers (ABD Productions), Kim Ip, Cornelius Sigourney/OX Productions, Robert Woodruff, Joe Goode Performance Group, Jess Curtis/Gravity, WePlayers, Larkin Street Youth Services, Destiny Arts Center, et hella al. Along with this global experience, they’ve empowered the work and stories of Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) folk, black and brown youth, Tenderloin residents, and LGBTQ+ elders. At the heart of all of their work, they strive to excavate oral tradition and movement as conduits for urgent and equitable conversations around belonging, spirit, desirability, abundance, and care.

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Paul Flores | Essentials Theatre Company

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Paul Flores | Essentials Theatre Company

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Paul S. Flores is one of the most influential Latino performance artists in the country and a nationally respected youth arts educator. He creates plays, oral narratives, and spoken word works about transnationality and citizenship that spur and support societal movements that lead to change.

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Robert Moses’ Kin | Dance Company | United States

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Founded in 1995, San Francisco-based Robert Moses’ Kin Dance Company strives to produce dance works which speak to what is specific and unique in human nature. In addition to being a touring dance company, RMK offers a range of online dance classes.

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Alleluia Panis | Dance Theater, a KULARTS project

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Alleluia Panis | Dance Theater, a KULARTS project

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An artist who is at home in both Pilipino tribal/traditional arts and American contemporary forms.

CONTEMPORARY PINOY DANCE MASTERCLASS

Join Alleluia Panis for a rare opportunity to learn movement shaped by over 50 years of professional dance experience, drawing from her roots in western modern dance training and movement informed by traditional dance aesthetics through her work with various indigenous communities across the Philippines.

Alleluia 'Manai' Panis, Executive Artistic Director, is the driving force behind KULARTS and respected elder artist in the US and the Philippines. She has created over 20 full-length dance theater works since 1985. She was awarded the prestigious 2017 SFAC Artist Legacy, 2019-20 Gerbode Special Artist Award, 2019-2020 Dance USA Artist Fellow, and 2020 Hewlett 50 Arts Commission. Photo by Austin Blackwell.

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An artist who is at home in both Pilipino tribal/traditional arts and American contemporary forms. Join Alleluia Panis for a rare opportunity to learn movement shaped by over 50 years of professional dance experience, drawing from her roots in western modern dance training and movement informed by traditional dance aesthetics through her work with various indigenous communities across the Philippines.

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Learn more COVID-19 Updates LAST UPDATED: MARCH 4, 2021 On March 2, 2021, the City and County of San Francisco stated that the City has met the criteria to move into the Red Tier... Learn More SOMArts Virtual Gallery Experience SOMArts Online

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Eric Kupers | Dandelion Dancetheater/CSUEB

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Eric Kupers | Dandelion Dancetheater/CSUEB

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Eric Kupers is a Professor of Theatre and Dance at Cal State East Bay.

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Shotgun Players is committed to creating a theatre experience that embraces audiences and artists of all abilities. We are always looking for new ways to make our events inclusive and accessible.

We make a lot of theatre with and for young folks, so if you're 25 or under, you can get in for $15! Also, keep an eye out for MAD NIGHTS where we offer FREE pizza and drinks, including beer for those 21 and older. Spread the word!

Our commitment to an inclusive community takes center stage. Explore how we champion equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and strive to make our spaces affordable, accessible, and free of bias and injustice.

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Shotgun Players is committed to creating a theatre experience that embraces audiences and artists of all abilities. We are always looking for new ways to make our events inclusive and accessible. We make a lot of theatre with and for young folks, so if you're 25 or under, you can get in for $15!

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Z Space is a vital home for the Bay Area arts ecosystem and serves as a catalyst for a variety of creative visions.

Z Space is the home of Word for Word Performing Arts Company.

Z Space brings the love of theater and literature to Bay Area youth and families.

Z Space is a unique and extraordinary performance space located in the heart of the Mission District.

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Z Space is a vital home for the Bay Area arts ecosystem and serves as a catalyst for a variety of creative visions. Z Space is the home of Word for Word Performing Arts Company. Z Space brings the love of theater and literature to Bay Area youth and families.

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10K Followers, 2,303 Following, 2,552 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from MCCLA SF (@mcclasf)

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Copyright © 2026 National Association of latino Arts and Cultures. Some rights reserved. | infonalac.org | 210.432.3982

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About Andreina Is a performing artist and educator from Maracay, Venezuela. She lived 10 years in Indiana, and moved to the Bay Area in 2013 to become a professional dancer and social justice organizer. Her dance background is in Afro-Venezuelan dance and music, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, West African dance, and…

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Vanessa Sanchez | La Mezcla Dance Ensemble

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Vanessa Sanchez | La Mezcla Dance Ensemble

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Vanessa Sanchez is a Chicana dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work centers on community arts and traditional dance forms to uplift the voices of Latina, Chicana, and Indigenous womxn. Based in San Francisco, Sanchez is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of La Mezcla, a polyrhythmic dance company that explores historical narratives and social justice through Tap dance, Son Jarocho, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and live music. A 2019 Dance/USA Artist Fellow, she is deeply committed to community engagement, bringing the often overlooked histories of communities of color to stages, streets, and fields.

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Latinx theater | La Lengua Teatro en Español | San Francisco

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La Lengua produces and commissions contemporary theater

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Virginia Blanco — Brava for Women in the Arts

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Brava produces, presents, and cultivates the artistic expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQIA, and other underrepresented voices.

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Our world is broken. We all seem able to see problems clearly, but it is solutions that evade us. We witness the adverse effects of colonization and capitalism both globally and in our backyards, but lack the tools to affect change on a massive scale. This is true for our institutions and their governing systems, as well as for the individuals who comprise and create these entities. The challenges we see in the world live within us.

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LAS PETENERAS

To support LAS PETENERAS, a haunting call from the Sirens to explore ancient voices, evoke our primal reaction to deep song and melodic harmonies and question our inherent understanding of the female presence through the exploration of female archetypes in Mexican folklore. Artistic director María de la Rosa, music director Patricio Hidalgo and a cast composed primarily of Bay Area female artists, sponsor community fandangos, present workshops and a panel discussion leading up to a full-length concert, LAS PETENERAS. NFA funds would be earmarked for artist fees (including invited community artists) and documentation of the project.
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LAS PETENERAS To support LAS PETENERAS, a haunting call from the Sirens to explore ancient voices, evoke our primal reaction to deep song and melodic harmonies and question our inherent understanding of the female presence through the exploration of female archetypes in Mexican folklore. Artistic director María de la Rosa,...

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Roberto Varea (varea@usfca.edu) - he is still a faculty member in University of San Francisco's Performing Arts & Social Justice Program and also hosted a NET conference at USF (back in 2008 I think).  He's been deeply invested in community-based art-making with local Latinx communities for decades.

Natalie Greene (ngreene@act-sf.org) - she is currently education director at American Conservatory Theatre and also former artistic director of physical theater ensemble Mugwumpin.  She is also an incredible choreographer and intimacy director with tons of devising experience.

Edris Cooper (edriscooper@gmail.com) - she is founder of Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience (BACCE) and a multi-talented and deeply engaged artist.

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Sā Creative Playscape: Branding, Design & Creative Direction

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Sā Creative Playscape | Decolonizing Creativity & Design

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We fuse strategy, branding, and storytelling to create bold, justice-centered experiences that challenge norms and build lasting impact.

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-Campo Santo (long time ensemble company)

-Joan Osato - has produced so many works and would be able to connect you to people

-Lower Bottom Playaz

-Bindlestiff Studio

-Deep Waters Dance Company (Amara Tabor-Smith)

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-Dance Mission theater (Liberation Academy)

-Destiny Arts (youth and elder ensembles)