Under the pressures of the current global pandemic, the deadline for the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers will be adjusted to April 30, 2020 at 5pm PST. We understand that Wi-Fi is needed to submit an application and many artist depend on public space resources.  If any other hinderances relating to the Corona Virus stand in your way of applying for FLACC 2020: El Grito, please contact admin@flaccdanza.org.  

Thank you all for your continued strength and creativity during this uncertain time for humanity.  See resources from NALAC below.

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THE 7TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS SEEKS ARTISTS FOR FLACC 2020: "EL GRITO"

LOCATION: Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, California, USA AND Pop-Up Public Performance Spaces in San Francisco, CA. USA.
DATES: Dance Mission Theater: Nov. 13-15 / Public Spaces: Oct. 2-Nov. 6
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30th, 2020


CURATORIAL MISSION

Since 2014, FLACC has provided a platform of visibility and inclusivity for over 50 resistant, queer, indigenous, and hybrid choreographers of the Latinx diaspora who cross cultural, physical, and aesthetic borders of tradition to abstraction. This year, our 7th annual Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers will host 4 choreographers at Dance Mission Theater and 3 choreographers creating public art interventions in San Francisco.

The FLACC 2020 curatorial theme "El Grito" (The Scream) refers to an historically rooted demonstration that takes place every year on September 16th, marking Mexican Independence Day. El Grito originally took place in 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo urged the people to revolt against Spanish rule with a call and response speech that included crying out the names of revolutionaries that lead to their liberation. The call and response of El Grito (call the name... respond "¡VIVA!") is used all over Latin America as a way to bring the people together for social change.

During this precarious election year, FLACC is amplifying Chicanx/Latinx voices by bringing El Grito to the San Francisco Bay Area through the power of dance theater, performance interventions and public discourse from October to November 2020. FLACC artists are interpreting "the scream/call/cry" with a contemporary and emergent act of solidarity both in the proscenium stage at Dance Mission Theater and in public spaces throughout the Bay Area.

FLACC is seeking cutting edge contemporary Latinx dancers to think about El Grito in conceptual and innovative ways. Within the primary genre of contemporary dance theater, the scream can be visual, symbolic, musical, cacophonous, resounding, clamorous or silent.

Some ideas to consider:
What do you live for, cry or fight for? Who do you call out to? Víva qué? Víva quien? Víva por qué? Who has moved you toward liberation? What/who/how do we honor our sources of inspiration or survival? In what ways can you call or respond to your community with this piece? How does El Grito exist in your body?

FLACC looks forward to celebrating 7 years with you and acknowledging this pivotal moment for the Latina/x/o community inside and outside of the San Francisco Bay area.

¡¡¡VIVA FLACCistas!!!


HOW TO APPLY


1) Please complete the Online Form below
2) Please provide only one Video Link sample which includes one complete piece or work in progress from start to finish. Please also provide a time code with 3 minutes of uninterrupted footage that you want us to view within the piece. Include any passwords if link is in a private setting.


See website for more information: www.flaccdanza.org
or contact FLACC at admin@flaccdanza.org


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EL 7º FESTIVAL ANUAL DE COREÓGRAFOS CONTEMPORÁNEOS LATINOAMERICANOS BUSCA ARTISTAS PARA FLACC 2020: "EL GRITO"

UBICACIÓN: Teatro de Dance Mission , San Francisco, California, USA Y "Pop-Up" Espectáculos Públicos en San Francisco, CA. USA.
FECHAS: Teatro de Dance Mission: Nov. 13-15 / Espacios Públicos: Oct. 2-Nov. 6
FECHA LíMITE PARA APLICAR: 30 de Abril, 2020


MISIÓN CURATORIAL

Desde 2014, FLACC ha proporcionado una plataforma de visibilidad e inclusión para más de 50 coreógrafos resistentes, queer, indígenas e híbridos de la diáspora Latinx que cruzan las fronteras culturales, físicas y estéticas de la tradición hacia la abstracción.

El tema curatorial de FLACC 2020 "El Grito" se refiere a una manifestación históricamente arraigada que tiene lugar cada año el 16 de Septiembre, con motivo del Día de la Independencia de México. El Grito tuvo lugar originalmente en 1810, cuando el Padre Miguel Hidalgo instó a la gente a rebelarse contra el dominio Español con un discurso de llamada y respuesta que incluía gritar los nombres de los revolucionarios que condujeron a su liberación. El llamado y la respuesta de El Grito (Decir el nombre ... responder "¡VIVA!") Se usa en toda América Latina como una forma de unir a las personas para el cambio social.

Durante este precario año electoral, FLACC amplifica las voces Chicanx/Latinx al traer a "El Grito!" al Área de la Bahía de San Francisco a través del poder del teatro de danza, las intervenciones y el discurso público de Octubre a Noviembre de 2020. Les artistas de FLACC están interpretando "El Grito/Llamada /Cry "con un acto contemporáneo y emergente de solidaridad tanto en el escenario del proscenio en el  Teatro de Dance Mission como en espacios públicos en toda el Área de la Bahía.

FLACC está buscando bailarines Latinxs contemporáneos de vanguardia para pensar en El Grito de maneras innovadoras. Dentro del lenguaje del teatro de danza contemporánea, El Grito puede ser visual, simbólico, musical, silencioso, cacofónico, rotundo y clamoroso.
Algunas ideas a considerar:
¿Por qué vives, lloras o luchas? ¿A quién llamas? ¿Viva qué? Viva quien? ¿Viva por qué? ¿Quién te ha movido hacia la liberación? ¿Qué / quién / cómo honramos nuestras fuentes de inspiración o supervivencia? ¿De qué maneras puedes llamar o responder a tu comunidad con esta pieza? ¿Cómo existe El Grito en tu cuerpo?

Esperamos celebrar 7 años contigo y reconocer este momento crucial para la comunidad Latina/x dentro y fuera del Área de la Bahía de San Francisco.

¡¡¡VIVA FLACCistas !!!


COMO APLICAR


1) Por favor complete la Planilla Electrónica abajo
2) Proporcione solo una muestra de enlace de video que incluya una pieza completa o trabajo en progreso de principio a fin. También proporcione un código de tiempo con 3 minutos de material ininterrumpido que desea que veamos dentro de la pieza. Incluya las contraseñas si el enlace está en una configuración privada.

Revise nuestro sitio web para más información: www.flaccdanza.org
Ó contacte FLACC a admin@flaccdanza.org

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LOCATION: Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, California, USA AND Pop-Up Public Performance Spaces in San Francisco, CA. USA.
DATES: Dance Mission Theater: Nov. 13-15 / Public Spaces: Oct. 2-Nov. 6
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 10th, 2020

CURATORIAL MISSION

Since 2014, FLACC has provided a platform of visibility and inclusivity for over 50 resistant, queer, indigenous, and hybrid choreographers of the Latinx diaspora who cross cultural, physical, and aesthetic borders of tradition to abstraction. This year, our 7th annual Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers will host 4 choreographers at Dance Mission Theater and 3 choreographers creating public art interventions in San Francisco.

The FLACC 2020 curatorial theme "El Grito" (The Scream) refers to an historically rooted demonstration that takes place every year on September 16th, marking Mexican Independence Day. El Grito originally took place in 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo urged the people to revolt against Spanish rule with a call and response speech that included crying out the names of revolutionaries that lead to their liberation. The call and response of El Grito (call the name... respond "¡VIVA!") is used all over Latin America as a way to bring the people together for social change.

During this precarious election year, FLACC is amplifying Chicanx/Latinx voices by bringing El Grito to the San Francisco Bay Area through the power of dance theater, performance interventions and public discourse from October to November 2020. FLACC artists are interpreting "the scream/call/cry" with a contemporary and emergent act of solidarity both in the proscenium stage at Dance Mission Theater and in public spaces throughout the Bay Area.

FLACC is seeking cutting edge contemporary Latinx dancers to think about El Grito in conceptual and innovative ways. Within the primary genre of contemporary dance theater, the scream can be visual, symbolic, musical, cacophonous, resounding, clamorous or silent.

Some ideas to consider:
What do you live for, cry or fight for? Who do you call out to? Víva qué? Víva quien? Víva por qué? Who has moved you toward liberation? What/who/how do we honor our sources of inspiration or survival? In what ways can you call or respond to your community with this piece? How does El Grito exist in your body?

We look forward to celebrating 7 years with you and acknowledging this pivotal moment for the Latina/x/o community inside and outside of the San Francisco Bay area.

VENUE TECHNICAL INFO

Dance Mission Theater is a 135-person capacity black box theater with professional lighting and sound capabilities. Stage dimensions are 28 feet wide by 35 feet deep, with four 4-foot wings per side. The stage floor is sprung wood with black Marley. Audience seating is on risers, black curtain background and 4 wings with dressing room at the upstage right entrance.

WHO CAN APPLY

¡FLACC! supports emerging and established Dance Artists of the Latin@ 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. We present Latina/o/x artists that have presented independent work for at least five years.

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 Chicanxs and Latinxs are also invited to apply to this Festival.

For the proscenium stage at Dance Mission Theater:
ARTIST REQUIREMENTS
* Work must be between 15- 20 minutes, performed all 3 nights Fri-Sun Nov. 13-15.
* The piece is encouraged to address, but is not limited to, the curatorial mission stated above.
* The specific piece submitted to FLACC cannot be performed in any other San Francisco or East Bay venue 3 months prior or 3 months after Nov. 13.
* Piece must be completed and be performance ready before tech rehearsal (Nov. 12th) for November show
* Participate in optional work in progress showing (La Estación) and discussion to gain feedback from invited guests (date to be determined)
* Artists must be available for a tech rehearsal time slot (up to 3 hours max) on Nov. 11th between 9:00AM-3:00PM or on Nov. 12th between 9:00 am -7 pm
* Artists are required to participate in the post-show discussions with the audience.
* Artists are required to regularly promote and announce the festival during the 6 weeks leading up to the show through social media and email.
*Artists are asked to attend "FLACCistas Juntos"- a community building workshop with all 7 FLACC artists Sunday Nov. 15th. 12-2pm.

ARTIST SUPPORT
FLACC 2020 will provide artists with the following:

* La Estación- An invite-only Feedback process as the piece develops prior to the performance.
* FLACCistas Juntos- A community building workshop for the 2020 artist cohort to engage with each other outside of the performance arena in the studio. It is a time to get to know each other, share visions and ask questions relating to your artistry, cultural equity, organization or other things related to the communities you work with.
* Honorarium: $1000
* Sound & Light board operator for tech and shows at Dance Mission
* Light Designer to design the lights during your tech rehearsal time slot
* Professional Video and Photo documentation of your piece
* Stage Manager to coordinate scene changes of all pieces
* Publicity & Marketing throughout Bay Area

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For site-specific performance spaces/public art interventions:
ARTIST REQUIREMENTS
* Duration is flexible and must be performed 2-3 times between Oct. 2nd- Nov. 6th
* Location can be chosen by the artists. Space can be by reservation or gorilla style on the street, public space etc. Please include desired locations in your proposal. FLACC is also working to provide artists partnerships with local organizations to host these FLACC public interventions.
* The piece is encouraged to address, but is not limited to, the curatorial mission stated above.
* Artists must arrange a site visit and discuss the performance score with FLACC organizers prior to the first performance.
* Participate in optional work in progress showing (La Estación) and discussion to gain feedback from invited guests (date to be determined)
* Artists are required to regularly promote and announce the festival prior to the performance through social media and email.
*Artists are asked to attend "FLACCistas Juntos"- a community building workshop with all 7 FLACC artists Sunday Nov. 15th. 12-2pm.

ARTIST SUPPORT
FLACC 2020 will provide artists with the following:

* La Estación- An invite-only Feedback process as the piece develops prior to the performance.
* FLACCistas Juntos- A community building workshop for the 2020 artist cohort to engage with each other outside of the performance arena in the studio. It is a time to get to know each other, share visions and ask questions relating to your artistry, cultural equity, organization or other things related to the communities you work with.
* Honorarium: $1000
* Sound & Light support to be determined.
* Professional documentation of your piece for at least one performance intervention.
* One FLACC staff or volunteer to assist with technical needs or audience management.
* Publicity & Marketing throughout Bay Area

HOW TO APPLY

1) Please complete the Online Form below to include the following information:
Letter of Intent, Choreographer's Bio, Project Description, Collaborators, Technical Needs, Website.
2) Please provide only one Video Link sample which includes one complete piece or work in progress from start to finish. Please also provide a time code with 3 minutes of uninterrupted footage that you want us to view within the piece. Include any passwords if link is in a private setting.

See website for more information: www.flaccdanza.org
or contact FLACC at admin@flaccdanza.org

Contact us with any questions!

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We are excited to announce that the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures is supporting FLACC 2019! FLACC is dedicated to becoming the premier platform for celebrating Latinx diversity and innovation. NALAC's support will help us meet this mission. 

You can read the full press release: 
www.nalac.org/communications/newsroom/2602-43-grants-latino-artists-organizations

Dear FLACC supporters and enthusiasts, 

​We are just over a month away from commencing our celebratory activities! We are going to start the celebration with a collaboration between the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (FLACC), the Latinx Research Center, the Dance Studies Working Group, and the Performance in the Americas Working Group. This panel will feature local and international choreographers talking about the role of aesthetics and embodiment in Latinx contemporary dance.
This panel is a conversation with Latinx contemporary dance makers Randy Reyes, Fabiola Guillén, and Vanessa Sanchez

This event is free and open to the public. 
Food and refreshments provided.
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November 7, 4:00pm-7:00pm
Latinx Research Center
2547 Channing Way, Berkeley, California 94720

RSVP: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/239871503364439/

(Photo Credit: Robbie Sweeney)

Two weeks ago, FLACC offered special pricing on a limited amount of tickets! Did you miss the opportunity to buy $5 tickets? If you did, you still have time to get a good deal. Make sure to buy the tickets in advance. 

FEATURED ARTISTS:  
FLACCs three-day festival will be at Dance Mission Theater opening with a performance ritual by a local conceptual artist, Adrian Arias, who will be breaking through a plastic cocoon.  FLACC is featuring 5 additional local companies including: David Herrera Performance Company, La Mezcla (Vanessa Sanchez), Diana Lara, Piñata Dance Collective, Randy Reyes; and  3 visiting visiting companies including: Twin sisters, Marisa and Maribel Plasencia(Santa Barbara, CA), Arts & Above(Missoula, MT) and Fabiola Guillén(MX) who is bringing a group of 7 dancers from Puebla, Mexico presenting a piece confronting the restrictions of religion and sexuality. 

The show will include post-show panel discussions on Friday and Saturday and conclude with a 5th Annual FLACC birthday reception ceremony on Sunday Nov. 11 after the show.

Get your tickets today! 
flacc2018.brownpapertickets.com/

Inspired by the success of the past four festivals, this year we are celebrating this momentous occasion with the theme of BREAKThough! We are opening the festival with a performance ritual by local conceptual artist, Adrian Arias. Three visiting companies will be participating: Twin sisters, Marisa and Maribel Plasencia (Santa Barbara, CA); Arts & Above (Missoula, MT); and Fabiola Guillén(MX) who is bringing a group of 7 dancers from Puebla, Mexico, presenting a piece confronting the restrictions of religion and sexuality. We will feature five local companies: Randy Reyes, La Mezcla (Vanessa Sanchez), Diana Lara, David Herrera Performance Company, and Piñata Dance Collective. ​

Stay tuned for more information about ticket prices and the panel discussion! 

Hot off the Press!!! Article by Liz Duran Boubion and Juan Manuel Aldape: InDance Magazine  October Issue!
REST/UNREST: Latina/o/x Choreographers Provide Community and Craft to Strategize, Recover & Resist. Read full article...

​Come to the show!
FLACC2017: REST/UNREST  
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco
November 10-12, 2017, 
Fri/Sat, Nov.10 -11 (8:00 pm) 
Sunday, Nov. 12 (6:00 pm)

*note: Violeta Luna will not be performing on Friday

Tickets $18 pre-sale $25 at the door
FLACC needs volunteers! Please contact: zoe@flaccdanza.org 
flacc2017.brownpapertickets.com/ 


**​Our FLACC 2017 curator, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, was sadly injured during the earthquakes in Mexico City. ​Part of our ticket sales will be donated to his recovery fund.  

We'll see you soon! Please feel free to share this far and wide:-)

Hot off the Press!!! Read the article in the October issue of InDance Magazine by Liz and Juan. "Rest/Unrest: Latina/o/x Choreographers Provide Community and Craft to Strategize, Recover & Resist"  READ FULL ARTICLE...

Mil Gracias!

Liz Duran Boubion
​Artistic Director

SHARE the FLACC 2017 Event Page on FaceBook

Juan's friends have created a recovery fund you can donate to directly as well. https://www.gofundme.com/juanmanuelsrecovery

For the last 4 years, FLACC has been breaking through the Bay Area’s dance scene with an exhilarating array of multi-media dance-theater performances celebrating over 30 local and visiting Chicano/Latino and Indigenous choreographers from the U.S. and Latin America.   This festival theme for 2017, “REST/UNREST”, which was conceived by one of FLACC’s rotating curators (Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz), is intended to support communities who are directly impacted by current xenophobic, sexist, and anti-LGBTQQI policies.   The theme will highlight the varied strategies that Latina/o/x and Native 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.

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 Latinos internationally. FLACC 2017’s featured artists will include visiting companies, Primera Generación Dance from Los Angeles, Tranze Producciones from Mexicali, Mexico and local choreography by Violeta Luna, Caleb Luna, Vincent Chavez, Piñata Dance Collective and Davalos Dance Company.  See slide show below! For more info see: www.flaccdanza.org
  
Tickets:  FLACC2017.brownpapertickets.com 

Click on SLIDE SHOW of Featured Artists! 

Your donation supports our growing platform of inclusivity, innovation and connection for Latina/o/x and Indigenous choreographers. Besides being the only West Coast festival of it's kind, FLACC’s founding mission is to establish a supportive community for marginalized Latina/o/x voices. In addition to the annual showcase, FLACC has added an artist feedback showing to bring the artists out of isolation and into dialog as their work develops. Additionally, FLACC offers master classes by leading Latino dance artists.  Finally, the audience is invited to join the dialogue with FLACC choreographers in a FREE Panel Discussion on November 8, 2017. This event will feature FLACC artists talking about the role of contemporary dance and performance as a mode of expression to challenge the ongoing oppressive policies at the local and national level. This event is being co-sponsored by the Performance in the Americas Working Group and the Dance Studies Working Group at UC Berkeley. 

We are 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.

Mil Gracias!

From the FLACC team:
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Liz Duran Boubion, Artistic Director
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Curator
Zoé Klein, Production Manager
​Richard Aldag, Grant Manager
CatherineMarie Davalos, Advisor
Ernesto Sopprani, Advisor
Andreina Maldonado, Advisor
Bianca Rodriguez, Fundraising
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Fiscal Sponsors

FLACC is fiscally sponsored by Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. Funding and support provided by San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Philip and Myn Rootberg Foundation, community partners and generous individuals.