We going to have a lot of fun - i hope you all can make it- we will be doing something new !!!
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Showing posts with label Antoine Hunter Urban Jazz Dance Company Oakland California African American Antoine Hunter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antoine Hunter Urban Jazz Dance Company Oakland California African American Antoine Hunter. Show all posts
Friday, May 18, 2012
ANTOINE HUNTER PERFORMING @ CSD FREMONT WITH HIS BABY SISTER!!!
We going to have a lot of fun - i hope you all can make it- we will be doing something new !!!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Urban Jazz Dance COMPANY SHOW DONT MISSS!
DONT MISS OUT! Antoine Hunter want you there!
Hello Wonderful Reporter,
This is it! The show many of you been waiting for - The show that many people asked me to do. I, Antoine hunter is inviting you personally to my show. Many people say that East Bay Area there is nothing there. I disagree there many wonderful things in East Bay come see for yourself. I have wonderful dancers, many dancers who never perform before will leave you SHOCKED. Each dance present the life we live. I would love all your support- This my 1st one in a long time and I dont know when my own work will perform again so please come support us. We are wonderful strong dancers who have so much to make to jump your feet. Music of all kind: Jazz, african, classical, so much more. Many people believe deaf dancers cant dance because we cant hear the music - i gonna shwo them WE CAN DANCE! I am asking our community to see the wonderful work that I created with such amzaing dancers. Many NEW WORK. I will perform my famous work as well that no one got to see because it was perform in London.
The Dance Up Close/East Bay series presents Urban Jazz Dance Company under the direction of Antoine Hunter for two weekends this August at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley, California.
Where is Urban Jazz Dance Company from ?
Oakland-based Urban Jazz Dance Company is a convergence of artistic forces, where raw energy, rooted in freedom and syncopation is expressed through athleticism, lyrical flow, and high-energy movement.
Who is Antoine Hunter?
A proud member of both the African-American and Deaf/Hard of Hearing communities, Mr. Hunter and his company will present works that integrate jazz dance with ballet, modern, hip hop, African and American Sign Language. The company’s mission is to show people that they can reach their dreams through creation of new dance works using a wide range of contemporary dance vocabulary.
Yes I am an African American Deaf and Hard of Hearing Choreographer, Dancer, Dance instructor, actor and poet.
Mr. Hunter explains, "Dancing has shown me that people can reach their dreams, even people with disabilities... Dancing is a way to express oneself, a way to communicate. As a person, who is deaf, I have found dance is a way to communicate with both hearing and the deaf world." In this show you are in treat to learn about what is it like to be a DEAF DANCER!
See youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220IrO2Fg78
Mr. Hunter was born deaf and was raised Oakland, California-
and began dancing with Dawn James at Skyline High School as a teen. He train under West African Dance with Master C.K. and Betty Ladzekpo, and studied at the Paul Taylor Summer Intensives in New York City. Perform with Savage Jazz Dance Company, Alayo Dance Company, Roberts Moses Kins, and in addition to numerous stage performances, he has appeared in commercial and music videos and has performed and taught all over the United States and the world including tours in Rome, London, Cuba and Africa. Mr Hunter had been seen in Dance Magazine, dance Spirit, Cover story for DeafLife Magazine, and more ant more.
Mr Hunter is NATIONAL BAY AREA PEOPLE'S DANCER CHOICE AWARD WINNER 2011.
In 2011 Mr. Hunter was awarded the prestigious CHIME (Choreographers in Mentoring Exchange) grant in which he has been paired with seasoned choreographer Kim Epifano to support the development of new works that the company will premiere in August. The award includes significant artist fees and cost-free studio time over one year to work in the mentor/mentee relationship. http://www.mjdc.org/CHIME/chime.html
Mr Hunter also invited The famous wonderful Deaf stars; Fred Beam and Wild Zapper from Washington D.C to perform together with him on the 2nd Week of the show. This is a show you do not want to miss. See their web site: http://invisiblehands.com and he is on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gBJ6SB2Z6M
This show will leave you wanting more, more and more. This is show fit for all age. Please share this with everyone. Here the facebook invite http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132770926811751
The Dance Up Close/East Bay series offers local audiences an intimate space to see professional level work, and supports local choreographers in producing their work several weekends in a row. The Series was launched in 2008 by the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center and has included presentations by Paufve Dance, Nina Haft & Company, Dandelion Dancetheater, and ahdanco. The series has been supported by the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the Berkeley Civic Arts Commission.
The performances will take place over two weekends on Friday & Saturday evenings, August 19-20 and 26-27 at 8pm. Seating is limited to 60 audience members per show, so advance purchase of tickets is strongly suggested.
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CALENDAR LISTING
Event Title: Urban Jazz Dance
Date: August 19-20, 26-27 8pm
Location: Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
2704 Alcatraz Avenue at College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
Tickets: General Admission $18
Seniors/Students/$15 VIP $35 (Sat 27 only- with Q and A)
Children under 8 yearrs old free.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/184879
Contact: (510) 654-5921
info@shawl-anderson.org
www.shawl-anderson.org
Event Info: The Dance Up Close/East Bay series presents Urban Jazz Dance Company under the direction of Antoine Hunter at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center inBerkeley,California.
See your attachment for more information.
Sincerely, Antoine Hunter
Founder/Artistic Director Urban Jazz Dance Company
The Company NEWEST SITE WWW.UrbanJazzDance.COM
Former Co-Founder/ Artist Director Iron Tri-Angel Urban Ballet
www.AntoineHunter.com
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Welcome: Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Antoine Hunter / Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1918)
Zaccho Dance Theatre
"Sailing Away" (world premiere)
(a live site-specific performance installation)
Thursday October 7th through Sunday October 10th
Runs continuously between 1PM-5PM
Market Street (between First & Powell Streets)
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Zaccho Dance Theatre
"Sailing Away" (world premiere)
(a live site-specific performance installation)
Thursday October 7th through Sunday October 10th
Runs continuously between 1PM-5PM
Market Street (between First & Powell Streets)
(PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE MOVING UP AND DOWN THE STREET COME FIND US- WE ARE EASY EASY TO SPOT- YOU WILL KNOW IT IS US AND KNOW WHO I AM WHEN YOU SEE ME)
We start from Market and Powell street then dance all the way down to 1st and Market street and back again for (!!!4hours!!!)
San Francisco, CA
Free event -- Open to the public
Concept/Direction/Choreography:
Joanna Haigood
Costumes:
Callie Floor
Performers / Characters:
Shakiri / newsie
Raissa Simpson / Sarah Lester
Tristan Cunningham / modern day
Byb Chanel / George Washington Dennis
Matthew Wickett / Archy Lee (1840- 1873)
Travis Rowland / Peter Lester (1814-1891?)
Antoine Hunter / Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1918)
Amara Tabor Smith / Mary Ellen Pleasant (1812-1904)
Robert Henry Johnson / Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918)
Artwork Description:
This work is drawn from the history of this specific site and echoes the distinct forces that still have resonance in the present. This performance installation piece for Market Street, "Sailing Away", will highlight the history of African Americans early contributions to the development of San Francisco. It will be embedded into the everyday activities of the Market Street scene, formatted in a continuous loop with fourty-minute cycles, and will be formated to the downtown urban environment of San Francisco.
The piece will feature eight African American historical characters from San Francisco; characters who lived and worked near Market Street during the mid nineteenth century. These characters will traverse the north side of the Market Street blocks between Powell and First Streets, stopping at points along the sidewalk. Historical narratives will be translated into a series of gestures and activities shaped in relation to each specific environment. Several monuments will be engaged as backdrops and metaphors. Each character will follow a score that will include brief interactions with other characters, occasionally making use of small props, at designated locations where they will create a series of tableaux. Interactions will illustrate the business relationships that characterize the commercial life of 19th century Market Street.
The sites that have been selected for performance activity are all public property. Sidewalks around the proposed performance spaces are wide, allowing spectators to stop and watch without disturbing pedestrian traffic or causing congestion.
At the top of each fourty-minute cycle all the characters will appear at the NE corner of Market and Battery Streets near the brass plaque that marks the early San Francisco shoreline. They will create a short series of gestures that are meant to acknowledge the exodus of African Americans in 1858. This is also a moment to reflect the invisibility and loss of African American history while commenting on current out-migration of African Americans.
Performance Background:
In 1854, San Francisco was the site of a myriad black-owned enterprises, including two joint stock companies, four boot and shoe stores, four clothing stores, two furniture stores, sixteen barbershops, two bathhouses, newspapers, and literary societies. Over the course of the following decade, many African Americans would choose to flee San Francisco and abandon their homes and businesses due to growing discriminatory pressure.
In 2008 the African American Historical and Cultural Society along several other city agencies commemorated the extraordinary exodus of African Americans to Canada in 1858. 2008 marked the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the sailing of The Commodore; a ship that carried African Americans from San Francisco to the British colony of Victoria on Vancouver Island. During the exodus, half of San Francisco’s African American population departed, including some of the city’s most prominent black figures. People, like Mifflin Gibbs, all took sail to leave behind the pains of racial discrimination and the resulting economic pressure. They left California for the same reason they originally came – in search of equitable treatment.
This event was precipitated by California’s admission into the Union as part of the Compromise of 1850. In exchange for passing The Fugitive Slave Act, antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, as well as prohibition of slavetrading in the District of Columbia. Ironically in 1851, in an attempt to discourage black migration to the state, extensive discriminatory legislation was passed in California, including the testimony restriction, which outlawed testimony by African Americans (also included Chinese and Native Americans) against whites in court. Cases where blacks would be robbed, beaten, raped or even killed had no recourse to justice if whites would not testify on their behalf. This new legislation mirrored slave state practices.
This story reflects the first of several African American out-migration events in San Francisco history; others include the redevelopment debacle of the 1960’s in the Fillmore district and the migration currently underway. About twenty three percent of the black population has left San Francisco in the past ten years.
African Americans and their histories are disappearing from San Francisco. The average San Franciscan would not recognize the names of Mifflin Gibbs or James Whitfield and yet they were national figures, working on behalf of all African Americans. This piece hopes to illuminate obscured histories and initiate meaningful dialogue around their subsequent legacies.
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Antoine Hunter / Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1918)
Zaccho Dance Theatre
"Sailing Away" (world premiere)
(a live site-specific performance installation)
Thursday October 7th through Sunday October 10th
Runs continuously between 1PM-5PM
Market Street (between First & Powell Streets)
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
Zaccho Dance Theatre
"Sailing Away" (world premiere)
(a live site-specific performance installation)
Thursday October 7th through Sunday October 10th
Runs continuously between 1PM-5PM
Market Street (between First & Powell Streets)
(PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE MOVING UP AND DOWN THE STREET COME FIND US- WE ARE EASY EASY TO SPOT- YOU WILL KNOW IT IS US AND KNOW WHO I AM WHEN YOU SEE ME)
We start from Market and Powell street then dance all the way down to 1st and Market street and back again for (!!!4hours!!!)
San Francisco, CA
Free event -- Open to the public
Concept/Direction/Choreography:
Joanna Haigood
Costumes:
Callie Floor
Performers / Characters:
Shakiri / newsie
Raissa Simpson / Sarah Lester
Tristan Cunningham / modern day
Byb Chanel / George Washington Dennis
Matthew Wickett / Archy Lee (1840- 1873)
Travis Rowland / Peter Lester (1814-1891?)
Antoine Hunter / Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1918)
Amara Tabor Smith / Mary Ellen Pleasant (1812-1904)
Robert Henry Johnson / Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918)
Artwork Description:
This work is drawn from the history of this specific site and echoes the distinct forces that still have resonance in the present. This performance installation piece for Market Street, "Sailing Away", will highlight the history of African Americans early contributions to the development of San Francisco. It will be embedded into the everyday activities of the Market Street scene, formatted in a continuous loop with fourty-minute cycles, and will be formated to the downtown urban environment of San Francisco.
The piece will feature eight African American historical characters from San Francisco; characters who lived and worked near Market Street during the mid nineteenth century. These characters will traverse the north side of the Market Street blocks between Powell and First Streets, stopping at points along the sidewalk. Historical narratives will be translated into a series of gestures and activities shaped in relation to each specific environment. Several monuments will be engaged as backdrops and metaphors. Each character will follow a score that will include brief interactions with other characters, occasionally making use of small props, at designated locations where they will create a series of tableaux. Interactions will illustrate the business relationships that characterize the commercial life of 19th century Market Street.
The sites that have been selected for performance activity are all public property. Sidewalks around the proposed performance spaces are wide, allowing spectators to stop and watch without disturbing pedestrian traffic or causing congestion.
At the top of each fourty-minute cycle all the characters will appear at the NE corner of Market and Battery Streets near the brass plaque that marks the early San Francisco shoreline. They will create a short series of gestures that are meant to acknowledge the exodus of African Americans in 1858. This is also a moment to reflect the invisibility and loss of African American history while commenting on current out-migration of African Americans.
Performance Background:
In 1854, San Francisco was the site of a myriad black-owned enterprises, including two joint stock companies, four boot and shoe stores, four clothing stores, two furniture stores, sixteen barbershops, two bathhouses, newspapers, and literary societies. Over the course of the following decade, many African Americans would choose to flee San Francisco and abandon their homes and businesses due to growing discriminatory pressure.
In 2008 the African American Historical and Cultural Society along several other city agencies commemorated the extraordinary exodus of African Americans to Canada in 1858. 2008 marked the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the sailing of The Commodore; a ship that carried African Americans from San Francisco to the British colony of Victoria on Vancouver Island. During the exodus, half of San Francisco’s African American population departed, including some of the city’s most prominent black figures. People, like Mifflin Gibbs, all took sail to leave behind the pains of racial discrimination and the resulting economic pressure. They left California for the same reason they originally came – in search of equitable treatment.
This event was precipitated by California’s admission into the Union as part of the Compromise of 1850. In exchange for passing The Fugitive Slave Act, antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, as well as prohibition of slavetrading in the District of Columbia. Ironically in 1851, in an attempt to discourage black migration to the state, extensive discriminatory legislation was passed in California, including the testimony restriction, which outlawed testimony by African Americans (also included Chinese and Native Americans) against whites in court. Cases where blacks would be robbed, beaten, raped or even killed had no recourse to justice if whites would not testify on their behalf. This new legislation mirrored slave state practices.
This story reflects the first of several African American out-migration events in San Francisco history; others include the redevelopment debacle of the 1960’s in the Fillmore district and the migration currently underway. About twenty three percent of the black population has left San Francisco in the past ten years.
African Americans and their histories are disappearing from San Francisco. The average San Franciscan would not recognize the names of Mifflin Gibbs or James Whitfield and yet they were national figures, working on behalf of all African Americans. This piece hopes to illuminate obscured histories and initiate meaningful dialogue around their subsequent legacies.
Antoine Hunter in "Sailing Away" by Zaccho Dance Theatre
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