PUSH

Raissa Simpson’s PUSH Dance Company Builds Vibrant Contemporary Dances To Gain A Deeper Understanding Of The Challenges Attributed To Mixed Heritage

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1PM | YERBA BUENA GARDENS CHOREOFEST (DAY TWO)

Details

Time: July 20, 2024 01:00PM-02:30PM
Location: Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts. San Francisco, CA
Event Type: Performance

About Tour

8 dance companies, over 50 artists, and 2 days of extraordinary outdoor performances. Mark your calendars for YBG ChoreoFest 2024 at the Yerba Buena Gardens!

We’re excited to feature all new work by Associate Artistic Director Ashley Gayle

Two-days of site-specific dance
DAY ONE – 1pm July 13
DAY TWO – 1pm July 20
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts, San Francisco

After a thrilling season, YBG ChoreoFest returns with PUSH Dance Company’s Artistic Director Raissa Simpson and Associate Artistic Director Ashley Gayle serving as co-curators alongside David Herrera Performance Company’s David Herrera.

“What makes this year’s ChoreFest so unique this year is unpredictable performances we’ll see from an all BIPOC/global majority artists working in tradition more experimental forms at the gardens. Expect to be surprised by a variety of dance genres, including some groups whom may have been invited to the festival for the first time— street dance, West African, etc. This is site-specific dance at its finest.” – Raissa Simpson

A two-weekend festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene.

Artist Lineup*

*not in showorder

PUSH Dance Company

 

Rogelio Lopez & Dancers

 

Siddhi Creative

 

Diamano Coura West African Dance Company