¡FLACC!
FESTIVAL OF
LATIN AMERICAN
CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS
PRESENTED BY
PIÑATA DANCE COLLECTIVE
FISCALLY SPONSORED BY DANCERS' GROUP
GREETINGS FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF FLACC
¡FLACC! creates a platform of visibility and inclusion that amplifies the radical and traditional aesthetics of Latinx and Indigenous Choreographers from the U.S. and Latin America.
Bienvenidos! The purpose of this annual showcase is to celebrate the diverse heritages and innovations of Chicana/o/x/, Latina/o/x and Indigenous choreographers. ¡FLACC! creates a platform to connect and strengthen our communities through multi-media dance performance locally and internationally.
Departing from traditional and folkloric dance forms that typically represent Latino constituencies, FLACC’s culturally nuanced, hybridized and politically charged dance genre brings a refreshing perspective to the contemporary dance sector, igniting conversations with dance-theater enthusiasts and Latina/o/xs internationally. Our decision to create a welcoming space along the “cutting-edge” continuum of classical contemporary dance to conceptual performance art, gives marginalized choreographers more visibility and freedom socially, politically and artistically.
Our sustainability depends on our collaborations with each other and FLACC is rapidly creating a recognizable platform for Latina/o/x artists to meet one another under one roof. The artists’ subjects encompass a broad spectrum of abstract to dramatized themes of identity, immigration, deportation, gentrification, personal story, folkloric/modern fusions and re-appropriated cultural traditions.
Departing from traditional and folkloric dance forms that typically represent Latino constituencies, FLACC’s culturally nuanced, hybridized and politically charged dance genre brings a refreshing perspective to the contemporary dance sector, igniting conversations with dance-theater enthusiasts and Latina/o/xs internationally. Our decision to create a welcoming space along the “cutting-edge” continuum of classical contemporary dance to conceptual performance art, gives marginalized choreographers more visibility and freedom socially, politically and artistically.
Our sustainability depends on our collaborations with each other and FLACC is rapidly creating a recognizable platform for Latina/o/x artists to meet one another under one roof. The artists’ subjects encompass a broad spectrum of abstract to dramatized themes of identity, immigration, deportation, gentrification, personal story, folkloric/modern fusions and re-appropriated cultural traditions.
OUR VISION
¡FLACC! supports emerging and established Dance Artists of the Latina/o/x Diaspora who are choosing to make dances of the non-traditional, border-crossing, rule-breaking, cutting-edge, queer, avant-garde, contemporary, curious, experimental, abstract, sensitive, hybridized, neo-classical, or revolutionary varieties. For our purposes, choreographers with “Latin American” cultural heritage or ancestry are defined by all countries that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or Indigenous languages in the Americas- from the Borderlands of the US to the tip of South America, including many of the Caribbean Islands. Indigenous contemporary choreographers of North America and US-born Chicana/o/xs and Latina/o/xs are also invited to apply to this Festival.
¡FLACC! is committed to giving our greater community of Latina/o/xs more access and exposure to contemporary modern and experimental dance forms by offering affordable tickets to the show, panel discussions with the artists, teaching by local Latina/o/x dance educators, hosting international choreographers and aligning with Dancers' Group as our fiscal sponsors. We are also committed to bringing Bay Area Latino/a/x choreographers out of isolation and into a supported arena by providing work-in-progress feedback showings to help in the creative process by engaging with colleagues and established artists who are committed to support FLACC.
FLACC's educational component provides opportunities for FLACC artists to engage with schools locally and internationally. This includes: Offering student tickets to the show, workshops and symposia in high schools, colleges, private studios, community organizations, conferences and other dance festivals.
¡FLACC! is committed to giving our greater community of Latina/o/xs more access and exposure to contemporary modern and experimental dance forms by offering affordable tickets to the show, panel discussions with the artists, teaching by local Latina/o/x dance educators, hosting international choreographers and aligning with Dancers' Group as our fiscal sponsors. We are also committed to bringing Bay Area Latino/a/x choreographers out of isolation and into a supported arena by providing work-in-progress feedback showings to help in the creative process by engaging with colleagues and established artists who are committed to support FLACC.
FLACC's educational component provides opportunities for FLACC artists to engage with schools locally and internationally. This includes: Offering student tickets to the show, workshops and symposia in high schools, colleges, private studios, community organizations, conferences and other dance festivals.