![Embodied Racial Equity Workshops [LINK IN BIO]
The @CalArtsCouncil is offering free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field throughout the month of November. This three-part workshop series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s @PUSHDance and @DancingAroundRace as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
✳️ Thursday, November 3 | How to Begin Addressing the Impacts of Systemic Racism
✳️ Sunday, November 6 | Decentering Whiteness in Education
✳️ Thursday, November 10 | Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/312997876_1294823281340644_4854045057437067314_n-150x125.jpg)
![CONSTRUCTION starts this week!!!
We’re building a new dance sanctuary in SF and looking for someone to join our operations team! Apply today! [LINK IN BIO]
As we move into the prospect of operating our own dance studio, we need a dedicated Operations Coordinator (PT) who brings sustainable program & project coordination, non-profit administration, payroll and budgeting practices to our growing arts organization. You will manage and train our team allowing us to thrive in a creative and positive environment. You will help steward the coordination and growth of our programs. You help shepard the programming to our stakeholders and the general public. This job is onsite 4-5 days a week with occasional evenings and weekend events.
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![PUSH Forward Round 4 is taking applications—previous applicants and recipients welcome to apply! [link in bio]
PUSH Forward supports dancers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators whose work is based in the exploration and expression of the African diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. This small relief fund centers “Recovery” and, for this round, will be distributing funds of $500 to 10 selected individuals and organizations.
Applicants from the nine SF Bay Area counties are welcome to apply: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Applications due October 18, head to the link in our bio for more information and to apply today!
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[💃: Lydia Clinton
📸: Robbie Sweeney
Image Description: A dancer in black tank top and leggings is centered, with green and yellow concentric circles behind her and around her head. She has one leg raised high behind her, bent at the knee with toes curled. By her raised foot are stars. The image contains lime green and black text.
Text reads:
RECOVERY & RELIEF
P4C
APPLY TODAY
SEPT 5 - OCT 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
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#p4c #pushdance #relieffund #dancemaker](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/307633898_214622584226900_1520727379720076401_n-150x150.jpg)
![We are so thrilled to announce our 4th round of PUSH Forward—open now through October 18! [link in bio]
With the ability to grant 10 black dance makers/orgs/administrators $500 in relief funds, we encourage both prior and new applicants to partake in our very simple application process. For this round, we are centering RECOVERY, prioritizing individuals and organizations who have been impacted by the current health crises.
For more information on what you'll need and what this is, the link above takes you to our P4C page—complete with application
We cannot wait to receive your applications! Should you have any questions, please reach out to our Program Coordinator, Sean Gonzalez at office[@]pushdance.org
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[📸: @robbiesweeny
Image Description: A man wearing a black and white block jacket with the zipper halfway down his torso. He holds his hands before him angularly, with one palm facing up and the other palm facing the viewer. Arching over and below his upper hand is his afro, short facial hair along his jaw and upper lip, with brown eyes peeking from behind the hands. Behind him is a red background, with concentric circles in varying shades of red surrounding his image. The lower portion on either side of him features yellow text, as well as on his front-facing palm surrounded by more concentric circles, and the very bottom of the image. Text reads:
PUSH FORWARD
P4C
APPLY TODAY
DUE OCTOBER 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS
FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
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#pushdance #p4c #relieffund](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/305253021_595907438691573_4747770975644541489_n-150x150.jpg)
![The HART Application ends TODAY!
Thursday, Sept 1st [link in bio]
This is your opportunity to create and perform your own music, dance and visual art/film. All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. Apply now!
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
HART is a collaborative partnership between Zaccho Dance Theatre and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative.
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
📷: @deekshaphotographs](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/303121533_116648654494378_2335480044480818345_n-150x150.jpg)
![APPLICATION
DEADLINE EXTENDED: [link in bio]
Apply for HART until Thursday, SEPT 1ST, 2022
All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. https://pushdance.org/hart
HART resident artists will receive:
◉ A stipend of $2000
◉ Access to a dance/recording studio
◉ Mentorship and Workshops
◉ Social Media skill building
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
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HART is a collaborative partnership between @zacchosf and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s @dreamkeepersf
Film: What is HART? by @pushdance](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/301523983_433254032099332_1876460006606914702_n-150x84.jpg)
![Hip Hop Workout with Angel
1pm-2pm at 5M Park [FREE]
EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
This is a fun class for all levels and everybody who wants to move their bodies. Hope to see you there!
Where's 5M Park? It's right next to 447 Minna Street, our future home.
#hiphopworkout #dance #sfdance #outdoors](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/300618910_443154907749396_8062630291377089744_n-84x150.jpg)
Since its inception, PUSHfest has presented works by distinct choreographers representing diverse genres of dance. PUSHfest is a cross-genre dance festival launched in 2014 by PUSH Dance Company. The Festival grew out of a critical need to provide a platform for dance to be appreciated as a diverse and culturally relevant entity within the San Francisco Bay Area. This unique festival showcases a wide range of dance styles that inspire dialogue and innovation among artists and audiences alike.
![Embodied Racial Equity Workshops [LINK IN BIO]
The @CalArtsCouncil is offering free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field throughout the month of November. This three-part workshop series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s @PUSHDance and @DancingAroundRace as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
✳️ Thursday, November 3 | How to Begin Addressing the Impacts of Systemic Racism
✳️ Sunday, November 6 | Decentering Whiteness in Education
✳️ Thursday, November 10 | Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences]()
![CONSTRUCTION starts this week!!!
We’re building a new dance sanctuary in SF and looking for someone to join our operations team! Apply today! [LINK IN BIO]
As we move into the prospect of operating our own dance studio, we need a dedicated Operations Coordinator (PT) who brings sustainable program & project coordination, non-profit administration, payroll and budgeting practices to our growing arts organization. You will manage and train our team allowing us to thrive in a creative and positive environment. You will help steward the coordination and growth of our programs. You help shepard the programming to our stakeholders and the general public. This job is onsite 4-5 days a week with occasional evenings and weekend events.
—]()
![PUSH Forward Round 4 is taking applications—previous applicants and recipients welcome to apply! [link in bio]
PUSH Forward supports dancers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators whose work is based in the exploration and expression of the African diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. This small relief fund centers “Recovery” and, for this round, will be distributing funds of $500 to 10 selected individuals and organizations.
Applicants from the nine SF Bay Area counties are welcome to apply: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Applications due October 18, head to the link in our bio for more information and to apply today!
—————————————————————————
[💃: Lydia Clinton
📸: Robbie Sweeney
Image Description: A dancer in black tank top and leggings is centered, with green and yellow concentric circles behind her and around her head. She has one leg raised high behind her, bent at the knee with toes curled. By her raised foot are stars. The image contains lime green and black text.
Text reads:
RECOVERY & RELIEF
P4C
APPLY TODAY
SEPT 5 - OCT 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
.
.
.
#p4c #pushdance #relieffund #dancemaker]()
![We are so thrilled to announce our 4th round of PUSH Forward—open now through October 18! [link in bio]
With the ability to grant 10 black dance makers/orgs/administrators $500 in relief funds, we encourage both prior and new applicants to partake in our very simple application process. For this round, we are centering RECOVERY, prioritizing individuals and organizations who have been impacted by the current health crises.
For more information on what you'll need and what this is, the link above takes you to our P4C page—complete with application
We cannot wait to receive your applications! Should you have any questions, please reach out to our Program Coordinator, Sean Gonzalez at office[@]pushdance.org
—————————————————————————
[📸: @robbiesweeny
Image Description: A man wearing a black and white block jacket with the zipper halfway down his torso. He holds his hands before him angularly, with one palm facing up and the other palm facing the viewer. Arching over and below his upper hand is his afro, short facial hair along his jaw and upper lip, with brown eyes peeking from behind the hands. Behind him is a red background, with concentric circles in varying shades of red surrounding his image. The lower portion on either side of him features yellow text, as well as on his front-facing palm surrounded by more concentric circles, and the very bottom of the image. Text reads:
PUSH FORWARD
P4C
APPLY TODAY
DUE OCTOBER 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS
FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
.
.
.
#pushdance #p4c #relieffund]()
![The HART Application ends TODAY!
Thursday, Sept 1st [link in bio]
This is your opportunity to create and perform your own music, dance and visual art/film. All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. Apply now!
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
HART is a collaborative partnership between Zaccho Dance Theatre and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative.
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
📷: @deekshaphotographs]()
![APPLICATION
DEADLINE EXTENDED: [link in bio]
Apply for HART until Thursday, SEPT 1ST, 2022
All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. https://pushdance.org/hart
HART resident artists will receive:
◉ A stipend of $2000
◉ Access to a dance/recording studio
◉ Mentorship and Workshops
◉ Social Media skill building
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
-----------------------
HART is a collaborative partnership between @zacchosf and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s @dreamkeepersf
Film: What is HART? by @pushdance]()
![Hip Hop Workout with Angel
1pm-2pm at 5M Park [FREE]
EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
This is a fun class for all levels and everybody who wants to move their bodies. Hope to see you there!
Where's 5M Park? It's right next to 447 Minna Street, our future home.
#hiphopworkout #dance #sfdance #outdoors]()
![As summer slowly comes to a close, we have some happy Back-to-School news. Our artistic director Raissa Simpson joins the full-time faculty of the Stanford University TAPS dept.!
Join us in congratulating Raissa on her latest journey. She'll still be our director of course and you can see her latest work in the winter! ❤️🩹
#dancejourney #stanfordtaps #werk
📷: Scott Horton]()
![What a joy to witness all the magic of Ashley Gayle as she made her debut as Associate Artistic Director with her new dance piece, "Ascension!" And, thank you for everyone who came out to support our performance at Choreofest last Saturday.
📷: Amal Bisharat Photography]()
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY TO PUSHFEST
Applications are now closed. The PUSHfest Application for 2022 will announced late March 2021.
STEP 1: Fill out our online application. Note that the application requires a link to a youtube or Vimeo video of your completed work, which cannot exceed 8 minutes in length.
STEP 2: Pay the $45 application fee (subtract $10 if you apply and pay by [Date TBA]).
Performance Details
Performance Dates:
Friday [Date TBA] at 8pm
Saturday [Date TBA] at 8 pm
Sunday [Date TBA] at 4:30 pm
Sunday [Date TBA] at 7:30pmVenue: ODC Theater, 3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Duration of Work Presented: 8 minutes maximum
Genres: all styles/genres of dance
Music: recorded
Tech Details: PUSHfest is a low-tech production.
A maximum of five lighting cues will be allotted to each choreographer, including lights up and lights down.
Choreographer receives 30 minutes to tech, space, and run their piece on stage.
Stage Specs: The stage dimensions are 30’ deep x 43’ wide. There are no side wings (leg drapes). Crossovers are possible behind the white cyc. We will be using the white cyc as the background, meaning there’s no black scrim.
Submission Details & Timeline
DEADLINES
January 1, 2020: PUSHfest Application Opens
January 24, 2020: Discount application deadline
February 17, 2020: Open application deadline
Late March 2020: Festival participants are notified
Mid April 2020: Festival participants are publicly announced
PERFORMANCE FEES
If your work is accepted into the Festival, you will be responsible for the following performance fee:
$45 – for works under 5 min. (total of $80 including the application fee)
$115 – for 5 – 8 min. works (total of $150 including the application fee)
Eligibility & Requirements
- Only completed works are eligible for submission to the Festival. No works-in-progress will be considered.
- Applications must be submitted under the name of the choreographer of the work
- No planned public performances in San Francisco of the selected work within 3 months prior to or 3 months after the Festival
- Meet all deadlines for promotional materials made by PUSHfest administrative team
- Program A artists must be available on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday tech & dress rehearsal the week of PUSHfest.
- Program B artists must be available for a Thursday or Saturday tech & dress rehearsal the week of PUSHfest.
Benefits
- PUSHfest performances typically sell out. If invited, your choreography will be seen by a diverse audience of arts enthusiasts from the San Francisco Bay Area & beyond
- Networking opportunities with emerging to mid-career artists and performing groups
- An automatic finalist spot for the PUSHfest Audience Choice Awards.
- Two performances at ODC Theater in one of two curated programs
- Two complimentary tickets per invited choreographer
- A professional Publicist to implement a widespread marketing campaign (i.e. print, social media and radio)
- 30-45 minute tech with our Technical Director which includes lighting design, sound and other technical assistance
- PUSH Dance Company covers all production costs associated with theater rental, technical staff, programming and technical direction
Audience Choice Award
The PUSHfest Audience Choice Award (PACA) was created in 2015 to give audience members the opportunity to honor their favorite choreographer from each of the Festival’s four programs. Audience members vote for their favorite work at the end of each program. At the close of the Festival, one choreographer from Program A, B, C or D will receive a PACA award which includes a cash honorarium.
Curatorial Vision
PUSHfest showcases works from featured choreographers exemplifying different dance styles (i.e. modern, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, ethnic, multi-disciplinary). The Festival also serves as PUSH Dance Company’s fall season, during which the Company will premiere a new work.
PUSHLab Performance Workshop
In conjunction with PUSHfest, PUSH Dance Company annually hosts PUSHLab, a performance workshop that offers pre-professional dancers the opportunity to be part of the creation and performance of a new work for PUSHfest by the company’s current choreographer-in-residence.
Previous choreographers-in-residence include:
Katerina Wong
Ashley Gayle/Noah D. James III (Visceral Roots Dance Company)
Kao Saephanh (co-director of LV Dance Collective)
Courtney Hope/Hien Huynh
Gerald Casel (Gerald Casel Dance)
Registration opens in July for the Fall, for more information visit pushdance.org/pushlab.
A Complete List of PUSHfest Artists
2014 Program A
Randee Paufve
Sarah Bush Dance Project
Anandha Ray’s Quimera Tribe
Natasha Adorlee Johnson/Concept o4
Martha Zepeda/LV Dance Collective2014 Program B
Tanya Chianese/ka.nei.see Collective
Jetta Martin
Jamie Ray Wright/DanceWright Project
Ashley Gayle
Chadi El-Khoury
Maura Townsend/Project21 Dance
Katerina Wong2015 Program A
Nadhi Thekkek
Lindsey Renee Derry
Nina Haft
Luis Valverde
Elizabeth Shea
Martha Zepeda
Nhan Ho2015 Program B
Katerina Wong
Ayana Yonesaka
Marika Brussel
Peter Cheng
Philip Flickinger
Lorelei Bayne
Adrianna Thompson2016 Program A
Mary Carbonara
Amy Foley/Bellwether Dance Project
Joslynn Mathis Reed
Mariah Steele
Liv Schaffer
Shreelata Suresh
Alyssandra Katherine Wu2016 Program B
Todd Thomas Brown & Co
Javan Wilson
Kameron N. Saunders
Amansu Eason/Red Clay Dance
Casey Lee Thorne and Dancers
Lalli Venkat
Angela Dice Nguyen2017 Program A
Tanya Chianese
Claudia Anata Hubiak
Kendra Kimbrough-Barnes & Delina Patrice Brooks
Halifu Osumare
Agatha “Agatron”Rupniewski
Liv Schaffer & Cole Vernon
Adrianna Thompson
Lalli Venkat
Katerina Wong2017 Program B
Adrian Arias
Lorelei Bayne
Claire Calalo
Mary Carbonara
Kathryn Florez
Jamal Jackson
Rebecca McCormac
Kao Vey Sebastian Saephanh
2018 Program A
Hayley Bowman
Denice Simpson Braga
Ashley Gayle & Noah D. James III
Alyssa Mitchel
Alleluia Panis
Jessica Recinos
Raissa Simpson
Anupama Srivastava2018 Program B
Bernard Brown
Weslie Ching
Cherie Hill
Courtney Hope & Hien Huynh
Lissa Resnick
Jocelyn Reyes
Agatha “Agatron” Rupniewski
Martha L.Z. Pamintuan & Kao Vey Sebastian Saephanh
Kameron N. Saunders, SueMo: A Dance Experience
Ayo Walker
Luis Valverde
2019 Program A
Jesselito Bie
Julie Crothers
Sierra Don
David Herrera
Peri Trono
Hannah Young2019 Program B
Cindy Heen
Meghan Horowitz
Jamal Jackson
Yayoi Kambara
Joslynn Mathis Reed
Nya McCarthy-Brown
SNJV2019 Program C
Sierra Don
Kathleen Hickey
Tony Nguyen
Bhumi Patel
Andi Salazar
Jyotsna Vaidee2019 Program D
Annie Kahane
Tony Nguyen
Jennifer Perfilio
Anupama Srivastava
Mariana Sobral2020 PUSHfest Global
— Week 1 —
Bhumi B Patel
JP Alejandro
Shannon May and Lauren Yeung— Week 2 —
Niharika Mohanty
Shaun Keylock
Molly & Aviva Rose-William— Week 3 —
Ishika Seth
Christine Baltes restaged by Janell Burgess
MaryAnngeline Medenas and Sara Vincent— Week 4 —
Lucy Dillon
Kyle Limin
Antavius Ellison— Week 5 —
Raissa Simpson— Week 6 —
Angus Wu
Vertika Srivastava
Elizabeth Shea— Week 7 —
Peri Trono & John Paul Alejandro
Joan Lazarus
Mariella Morales