¡FLACC!
FESTIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS
presented by
Piñata Dance Collective
CALL for submissions for "BREAKTHROUGH" FLACC 2018Call for Artists for BREAKthrough
The 5th Annual Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers LOCATION: Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, California, USA DATES: November 9-11, Fri-Sat. 8pm, Sun. 6pm. 2018 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: **NEW DEADLINE** JUNE 1, 2018 CLICK HERE TO APPLY |
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GREETINGS FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF FLACC
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 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 year-round work-in-progress feedback showings to help in the creative process by engaging with colleagues and established artists who are committed to support FLACC.
One of our goals is to develop an educational component that provides opportunities for FLACC artists to engage with schools locally and internationally. This includes: Offering tickets to the show, panel discussions, master classes, workshops and presentations 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 year-round work-in-progress feedback showings to help in the creative process by engaging with colleagues and established artists who are committed to support FLACC.
One of our goals is to develop an educational component that provides opportunities for FLACC artists to engage with schools locally and internationally. This includes: Offering tickets to the show, panel discussions, master classes, workshops and presentations in high schools, colleges, private studios, community organizations, conferences and other dance festivals.
Co-DIRECTOR |
Co-DIrector |
Liz Duran Boubion, MFA, RSMT
Artistic/Managing Director, Piñata Dance Collective The Piñata Dance Collective celebrates our diverse heritages, our inclusive identities and our artistic innovations through multi-media contemporary dance performance and education. FLACC was created in 2014 as a way to build a platform for Latina/o/x artists. www.lizboubion.org |
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Ph.D. Candidate
Co-Director of FLACC since 2017. *Check out Sima Belmar's insightful article featuring Juan Manuel Aldape. http://dancersgroup.org/2017/05/in-practice-borderlines/ www.juanmaldape.com |
PRODUCTION STAFF |
¡FLACC! ADvisory committee |
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Zoé Klein, Production Manager
Richard Aldag, Grant Manager Adrian Arias, Graphic Design Diana Lara, Outreach |
CatherineMarie Davalos
Ernesto Sopprani Eric Garcia Andreina Maldonado Karla Quintero |
History
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2017
REST/UNREST, curated by the new Co-Director of FLACC, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, intended to support communities who are directly impacted by current xenophobic, sexist, and anti-LGBTQQI policies. The theme highlighted the varied strategies that Latina/o/x and Indigenous choreographers use to regain their energy in the company of each other, to take care of each other in the face of oppression, and to acknowledge the people and places that have been lost due to police state violence and the silencing of our community members.
FLACC 2017’s featured artists included visiting companies, Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Gonzalez from Los Angeles, Tranze Producciones from Mexicali, Mexico and local choreography by Violeta Luna, Caleb Luna, Vincent Chavez, Piñata Dance Collective, Zoë Klein Productions, and Davalos Dance Company See Video Excerpts Here |
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2016
The 3rd annual festival featured 16 choreographers of the Latina/o/x diaspora, presented in three varied programs. ¡FLACC!’s curator, Liz Duran Boubión, created a regenerative platform of resistance in response to recent social and environmental attacks on our communities. On each night, ¡FLACC! celebrated the intersections of gender, sexuality, nationality and indigeneity among the artists:
Each evening was followed by refreshments and a 20 minute panel discussion with local scholars and choreographers. Moderators included: Ernesto Sopranni, Sandra Pacheco and CatherineMarie Davalos. See Video Excerpts here: |
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2015
Co-presented by Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and Piñata Dance Collective, 7 choreographers performed our 2nd annual showcase at MCCLA, engaged in a panel discussion at California Institute of Integral Studies and offered a teaching series at MCCLA. Featured choreographers, David Herrera, Zari Le'On, CatherineMarie Davalos, Liz Duran Boubion, Rogelio Lopez, Juan Aldape and Detour Dance were featured in SF Weekly, SF Arts Monthly, Dance Anywhere, and garnered a review by Catherine Orloff. See our PRESS PAGE for full details and articles. Video excerpts of FLACC 2015
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2014
With 8 local and visiting choreographers, the humble beginnings of the 1st Annual Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers began! Filling a gap within the contemporary dance community, FLACC finally joined our sisters and brothers of other cultural constituencies with a California-based dance festival of our own. With the generosity of Temescal Art Center's director, Leyya Tawil, in Oakland, CA, and the curation of FLACC's founder, Liz Duran Boubion, the first FLACC production was SOLD OUT with only 6 weeks of preparation upon the arrival of our visiting guest artists from Guadalajara, Mexico. ¡FLACC! 2014 was featured on KPOO FM with FLACC veterans, Natta Haotzima and Diana Lara and reviewed by writer, Heather Desaulniers in Critical Dance. Thank you to all those who have paved the way! Coreógrafos en Movimiento: ALARIETE, Detour Dance, Natta Haotzima, Diana Lara, Zari Le'on, Piñata Dance Collective, Rogelio Lopez, Davalos Dance.
Read ¡FLACC! 2014 Review by Heather Desaulniers : http://www.heatherdance.com/2014/10/flacc.html
Video excerpts from the 1st Annual ¡FLACC! 2014
With 8 local and visiting choreographers, the humble beginnings of the 1st Annual Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers began! Filling a gap within the contemporary dance community, FLACC finally joined our sisters and brothers of other cultural constituencies with a California-based dance festival of our own. With the generosity of Temescal Art Center's director, Leyya Tawil, in Oakland, CA, and the curation of FLACC's founder, Liz Duran Boubion, the first FLACC production was SOLD OUT with only 6 weeks of preparation upon the arrival of our visiting guest artists from Guadalajara, Mexico. ¡FLACC! 2014 was featured on KPOO FM with FLACC veterans, Natta Haotzima and Diana Lara and reviewed by writer, Heather Desaulniers in Critical Dance. Thank you to all those who have paved the way! Coreógrafos en Movimiento: ALARIETE, Detour Dance, Natta Haotzima, Diana Lara, Zari Le'on, Piñata Dance Collective, Rogelio Lopez, Davalos Dance.
Read ¡FLACC! 2014 Review by Heather Desaulniers : http://www.heatherdance.com/2014/10/flacc.html
Video excerpts from the 1st Annual ¡FLACC! 2014
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fill the Piñata to make ¡FLACC! a success!
Your donation supports inclusivity, innovation and connection. Piñata Dance Collective is committed to making contemporary dance practice and performance accessible to underserved Latina/o/x communities and to creating a platform of connection for Latina/o/x choreographers locally and internationally. ¡FLACC! is a project of the Piñata Dance Collective.
fill the Piñata to make ¡FLACC! a success!
Your donation supports inclusivity, innovation and connection. Piñata Dance Collective is committed to making contemporary dance practice and performance accessible to underserved Latina/o/x communities and to creating a platform of connection for Latina/o/x choreographers locally and internationally. ¡FLACC! is a project of the Piñata Dance Collective.
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All donations for Piñata Dance Collective and ¡FLACC! Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers are tax deductible through our non-profit fiscal sponsor organization:
DANCERS' GROUP 501C3 (415) 920-9181 EIN: 94-2879185 |
Community Collaborators
- ABD Productions
- Dance Mission Theater
- CounterPulse
- Shawl Anderson Dance Center
- California Institute of Integral Studies
- Joe Goode Performance Group
- Monkey Yoga Shala
- UC Berkeley working groups
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- Dolores Street Community Services
- Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
- Dancers' Group
- Footloose Dance Company
- NAKA Dance Theater
