PRESENTED BY
PIÑATA DANCE COLLECTIVE
FISCALLY SPONSORED BY DANCERS' GROUP
Dancers for a Free Palestine: Tactics of Resistance that Artists Understand
By Liz Duran Boubion (Published in the April 2024 issue of In Dance )
To build a coalition implies that we are all connected to the suffering in Palestine—as we are all connected to the western capitalist agendas in Cuba, Chile, Venezuela, Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia and many other countries both historically and currently. Solidarity can range from simple awareness-building by raising the algorithms through reposting, liking or following Palestinian journalism, to signing petitions and calling elected officials, encouraging faith leaders to get involved, donating relief funds for Gazans, creating public art interventions, engaging in direct action protests, risking arrest and much more.
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Altered installation at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts by Ban 9 artist, Courney Desiree Morris, February 15, 2023
Photo Credit: Liz Duran Boubion
Read, learn and sign on to PACBI - Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (FLACC) proudly stands in solidarity with the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. We are committed to supporting the Palestinian struggle for justice and human rights, adhering to the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). We continue to call for a #FreePalestine and urge fellow dance and Latine organizations to embrace this important call for action and solidarity. We thank @Theaterworkersforaceasefire.
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GREETINGS FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF FLACC
Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (FLACC) creates a platform of innovation and inclusion that amplifies the radical and traditional aesthetics of Latine, Caribbean and Indigenous Choreographers from North America, Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.
¡Bienvenidos! The purpose of this annual showcase is to celebrate the diverse heritages and innovations of Chicanx, Latinx, Caribbean and Indigenous choreographers of the Americas. FLACC creates a space to connect and strengthen our communities through multimedia dance performance, public discourse and education 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 Latine/a/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 Latine/a/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 Latine/a/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 Latine/a/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 Latinea/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.
FLACC is committed to giving our greater community of Latinxs 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 Latinx dance educators, hosting international choreographers and aligning with Dancers' Group as our fiscal sponsors. We are also committed to bringing Bay Area Latinx 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 Latinxs 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 Latinx dance educators, hosting international choreographers and aligning with Dancers' Group as our fiscal sponsors. We are also committed to bringing Bay Area Latinx 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.
Artistic DIRECTOR
Liz Duran Boubion, MFA, RSMT (she/her/ella) is a second generation Chicana and queer choreographer of the Piñata Dance Collective since 2011 and founded the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (FLACC) in 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has held 9 residencies in the US, Germany and Mexico and is an associate teacher of the Tamalpa Institute founded by Anna Halprin. Her work as a choreographer and somatic movement therapist maintains a commitment to the coalescence of rigor, innovation and healing through the arts. She received her BA in Dance from CSU Long Beach and her MFA in Creative Inquiry and Interdisciplinary Art from California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Boubion has been published in InDance Magazine, Stance on Dance, Life as a Modern Dancer, Conscious Dancer Magazine and is registered with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). www.lizboubion.org
Marketing & Social Media
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Marivel Mendoza is a chicana professional dancer and educator from San Francisco currently living in LA. Training in grassroot programs throughout her adolescence, her community of SF Mission is her inspiration and guiding flame. She's performed with Modern dance companies like Dance Brigade, touring to Cuba and throughout northern California. Graduating from SF State with a double major of Dance and Education. She works as a dance specialist guiding youth with mindfulness and self affirming dance practices. Her work is centered in amplifying the voices of her latino community. Working behind the scenes on many latinx centered projects with La Mezcla dance company, Loco Bloco, and FLACC.
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Production Assistant
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Gioconda “Gia” Mirra (Production Assistant) (she/her) is delighted to join our team and be a part of creating the 10th Annual international dance festival FLACC 2023: Cuatro Vientos! She previously served as an Assistant Stage Manager / Asst. to the Producer in SBMT’s RENT along with Stage Managing for SLP’s production of Blithe Spirit. Other shows she’s performed in include LMT’s The Addams Family (Lurch Addams / Lucas Beineke understudy), Inferno Theatre’s The Tempest (Trinculo) and Chabot’s new work Dirty in Emotion (Piper). She Received her BA in Psychology and her minor in Musical Theater from Cal State East Bay. Her unwavering passion for the arts takes her all over the Bay Area, whether on stage or behind the scenes. In December, look out for her in Coastal Rep’s production of White Christmas, where she’ll be portraying Rita!
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Language Liberation Staff
Andreína Maldonado is a Venezuelan performing artist, language interpreter, cultural worker, educator, and social justice advocate based in San Francisco, California. She has 4 years of professional experience as an independent contractor and consultant providing language interpretation/ translation services to various social justice organizations in the Bay Area and beyond, has received the 2019 Community Language Interpretation Certificate from the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, is part of the language interpreters’ bank in the city of San Francisco, and has helped create the first Bay Area Interpreters Network.
LEAD PANEL Moderator
Dr. Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Panel Moderator of FLACC. Juan Manuel was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, is the former managing director of FLACC and is currently pursuing a fellowship at Cornell University. As practitioner and researcher, his work focuses on movement, migration and mapping discourses related to undocumented spaces and choreographic processes. Aldape holds a PhD in Performance Studies from UC Berkeley, an MA in International Performance Research from the University of Warwick (UK), as well as a BFA in Modern Dance and BA in Anthropology from the University of Utah (USA).
PANEL MODERATORS
Dr. Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
Eric Garcia
Miguel Gutierrez
Dr. Melissa Blanco Borelli
José Ome Navarrete
Liz Duran Boubion
Sandra Pacheco
Ernesto Soprani
CatherineMarie Davalos
Landa Lakes
Mary Jean Robinson
Eric Garcia
Miguel Gutierrez
Dr. Melissa Blanco Borelli
José Ome Navarrete
Liz Duran Boubion
Sandra Pacheco
Ernesto Soprani
CatherineMarie Davalos
Landa Lakes
Mary Jean Robinson
Advisory Committee
Violeta Luna
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
Miguel Gutierrez
Eric Garcia
CatherineMarie Davalos
Karla Quintero
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
Miguel Gutierrez
Eric Garcia
CatherineMarie Davalos
Karla Quintero
FLACCistas 2014-present
Featured Artists and Culture Bearers: Marlet Martinez and Victor Infante’s ALARIETE(Guadalajara, MX), Eric Garcia ofDetour Dance(US/CUBA), Natta Haotzima(MX/US), Diana Lara(Honduras/US), Zari Le'on Dance Theater(US/MX), Liz Duran Boubion’s Piñata Dance Collective(US/MX), Rogelio Lopez(MX/US), CatherineMarie Davalos’ Davalos Dance Company (US/MX). David Herrera Performance Company(US/MX), Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz(MX/US), Sabrina Castillo’s Momentum Dance(Guatamala City), Rulan Tangen’s Dancing Earth(New Mexico), Alfonso Cervera(US/MX), Irvin Gonzalez(US/MX), Rosa Rodgriguez-Frazier(US/MX), Patty Huerta (US/MX), Primera Generación Dance Collective (Los Angeles, CA), Joey Navarrette(US/MX), Victor Talledos(MX/US), Sebastian Hernandez(US/MX), Javier Stell-Frésquez(US/MX) Mother the Verb(US/MX/Brazil), Karla Quintero(US/Ecuador/Nicaragua), Juliana Mendonca(Venezuela/US), Gabriel Mata(MX/US), Adrian Arias(Peru/US), Jesus Cortez’ Cuicacalli Dance Company(US/MX), Tranze Producciones(Baja California, Mexicali, MX), Violeta Luna(MX/US), Caleb Luna(US/MX), Vincent Chavez(US), Zoë Klein Productions(Colombia/US), Vanessa Sanchez’ La Mezcla(US/MX), randy reyes/Estrellx Supernova(Guatemala/US), Marisa Plasencia (US/MX), Maribel Plasencia (US/MX), Bruno Augusto and Kate Jordan’s Arts & Above(Cuba/Angola/US), Fabiola Guillén(Puebla, MX), Miguel Gutierrez(US/Colombia), Jocelyn Reyes' Reyes Dance(US/MX), Ariadna Saenz(Brazil/US), Gizeh Muniz(MX/US), Jose Navarrete and Debbie Kajiyama's NAKA Dance Theater + Mujeres Unidas y Activas(MX/US).
Dance Monks(MX/US), Tyler Rivera(US/Puerto Rico), Rosie Herrera (US/Miami/Cuba), Yndira Perea (Colombia), Victor Quijada/Rubberband Dance Group(Montreal/MX), Kevin Gaytan(MX/US), Mariana Sobral (Argentina/US), Kanyon Sayers Roods(Ohlone Mutsen), Gregg Castro(Ohlone Ramaytush), Hummaya Singers and Dancers(Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe), Xochipilli Dance Company(MX/US), Arenas Dance Company(Cuba/US), Asociación Mayab(MX/US), Red Lightening Woman Power, Intertribal Youth Ensemble, Olé Youth Ensemble (Mission High School).
Master teachers/hosts/moderators/curators: Dr. Melissa Blanco Borelli (US/Cuba/Colombia), Rosana Barragán(Colombia/US), Maria Lopéz De Leon(US/MX), Arturo Fernandez(US/MX), Sandra Pacheco (US/MX), Ernesto Sopprani (Peru/US), Rebeca Sanchez(US/MX), Emmeline Gonzalez-Beban(US/MX), Bianca Rodriguez(US/MX), José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, Liz Duran Boubion(US/MX), Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz(MX/US), Catherine Marie Davalos(US/MX), Eric Garcia(US/Cuba), Miguel Gutierrez(US/Colombia), Arturo Moh Mendez(MX/US), Andreina Maldonado (Venezuela/US), Stephanie Sherman (US), Kanyon Sayers Roods (Ohlone-Mutsun/ Chumash/US), Snowflake Calvert (US/Yaqui, Raramuri, Tzotzil Mayan), Emelia Martinez-Brumbaugh (US/MX), Mary Jean Robinson (Bird Clan Cherokee Nation Citizen), Carla Muñoz (Costanoan Ohlone-Rumsen Carmel Tribe), Landa Lakes (Chickasaw).
Community Artivists: Adrian Arias (Peru/US), Pancho Pescador (Chile/US), Cece Caprio (Pilipina), Xedex Olivas (MX/US), Ras K'Dee (Dry Creek Pomo)
Dance Monks(MX/US), Tyler Rivera(US/Puerto Rico), Rosie Herrera (US/Miami/Cuba), Yndira Perea (Colombia), Victor Quijada/Rubberband Dance Group(Montreal/MX), Kevin Gaytan(MX/US), Mariana Sobral (Argentina/US), Kanyon Sayers Roods(Ohlone Mutsen), Gregg Castro(Ohlone Ramaytush), Hummaya Singers and Dancers(Ohlone Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe), Xochipilli Dance Company(MX/US), Arenas Dance Company(Cuba/US), Asociación Mayab(MX/US), Red Lightening Woman Power, Intertribal Youth Ensemble, Olé Youth Ensemble (Mission High School).
Master teachers/hosts/moderators/curators: Dr. Melissa Blanco Borelli (US/Cuba/Colombia), Rosana Barragán(Colombia/US), Maria Lopéz De Leon(US/MX), Arturo Fernandez(US/MX), Sandra Pacheco (US/MX), Ernesto Sopprani (Peru/US), Rebeca Sanchez(US/MX), Emmeline Gonzalez-Beban(US/MX), Bianca Rodriguez(US/MX), José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, Liz Duran Boubion(US/MX), Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz(MX/US), Catherine Marie Davalos(US/MX), Eric Garcia(US/Cuba), Miguel Gutierrez(US/Colombia), Arturo Moh Mendez(MX/US), Andreina Maldonado (Venezuela/US), Stephanie Sherman (US), Kanyon Sayers Roods (Ohlone-Mutsun/ Chumash/US), Snowflake Calvert (US/Yaqui, Raramuri, Tzotzil Mayan), Emelia Martinez-Brumbaugh (US/MX), Mary Jean Robinson (Bird Clan Cherokee Nation Citizen), Carla Muñoz (Costanoan Ohlone-Rumsen Carmel Tribe), Landa Lakes (Chickasaw).
Community Artivists: Adrian Arias (Peru/US), Pancho Pescador (Chile/US), Cece Caprio (Pilipina), Xedex Olivas (MX/US), Ras K'Dee (Dry Creek Pomo)