PUSHfest 2025 Programs A & C | Clarissa Rivera Dyas
Clarissa Rivera Dyas
Program A: Saturday, October 4
Program C: Sunday, October 5
Doors open at 12:30pm | Show @ 1pm
Black Box Theater
Tyrone
Run time: 15minutes
Choreography by Clarissa Rivera Dyas
Music: jose e. abad
PUSHfest Dance Festival
447 Minna Street, San Francisco, Ca 94013
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Bio
Clarissa Rivera Dyas is a Black, Filipinx, Bay Area, Ohlone land based dancer, choreographer, and arts producer. Her artistic practice flows from the truthfulness of improvisation, is rooted in her communities, and is centered around movement as a spiritual practice and a conduit of change.
They have been a company member of Zaccho Dance Theatre, Robert Moses’ Kin, and Flyaway Productions and have performed with Lenora Lee Dance, Megan Lowe Dances, OYSTERKNIFE, Sarah Crowell, Keith Hennessy, and many others. Clarissa is a co-conspirator with black, queer artists in RUPTURE (2021). She is currently in collaboration with Sara Shelton Mann (2020) and Embodiment Project (2023). They have presented work in REYES Dance, Dance Thrill Fest (2021), Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency (2022), Queering Dance Festival’s FROLIC! (2023), KH FRESH Festival (2024), Dance Up Close East Bay (2025), and in the Black Choreographers Festival in 2020 and 2025. They were awarded Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2024. Clarissa is a member of Queering Dance Festival’s Steering Committee and is a Co-Director of ROT Festival.