Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival 2016

Antoine Hunter's Urban Jazz Dance, in collaboration with Dance Mission Theater presents...

Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival 2016

Director and Founder: Mr. Antoine Hunter

Assistant Director: Zahna Simon

Mission: The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) is an annual event produced by Urban Jazz Dance company that consists of performances and workshops that highlight the important contributions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to our community.

This Year: 

We have Deaf Artists flying in from London, Turkey, Mexico and Washington DC to name a few.   There will be a diversity of Sign Languages including but not limited to Mexican Sign Language (LSM), British Sign Language (BSL) and Turkey Sign Language.  Plus don't miss Sound, light and vibration engineering provided by Bobby Cox of Six Second Monks, a local Deaf Art Collective.

Deaf USA Celebrities: 

Antoine Hunter, CJ Jones, and Fred Beam

The 4th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival:

Aug 12-14, 2016 

Dance Mission Theater 

3316 24th St, 

San Francisco, CA 94110

(Close to 24th and Mission Bart) 

Date and Time:

Fri, Aug 12th - 8pm

Sat, Aug 13th- 8pm

Sun, Aug 14th- 4pm ( There will be a different program for the family friendly matinee)

 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2561054 

Price:

$30 at Door  

$25 on line

$12 Youth (under 16)

Babies Free

Group Discount (Please Call)  (415) 863-9824

Special Event!!

Meet the Artists Brunch:

Saturday August 13th 10 am-1 pm

Deaf Community Center (DCC)

1550 San Leandro Blvd, San Leandro, CA 94577

Come to our special "Meet and the Greet" our local and Guest Deaf Artists plus famous Deaf Artworks by Guy Wonder will be presented for sale.  Don't miss this opportunity to catch Q&A with the Artists plus live interviews and a fabulous delicious brunch provided by our Local Bay Area Deaf Cheif Philip Smith Jr!!

Special Admission Price: $5 at the door if you show your Deaf Dance Festival Ticket

Workshops: We’re excited to provide Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet, ASL DANCE, and more different types of dance classes taught by International, Domestic and Local Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Hearing artists who sign fluently.  These workshops will be taught for both Youth and Adult participants in various locations including Richmond, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, South Bay and other parts of the Bay Area...

Workshop Schedule:

Wednesday August 10th 6-10 pm

Deaf Community Center (DCC)

1550 San Leandro Blvd, San Leandro, CA 94577

6:30-8 pm Deaf Dance Academy from Istanbul, Turkey to present Belly Dance...

• Anatolian Folk Dance :

This dance is called "halay" in Turkish, belongs to East and Southern East side of Turkey. It is danced hand to hand and symbolizes unity and solidarity.

• Belly Dance: 

It is the esthetichs and rhythmic reflection of waist and hips with the arms to the body. The musics of the dance consist of Egypt and Turkish melodies. It mostly addresses to women participants.

Price: $5 (you are welcome to donate more and no one is turned away due to lack of funds)

8-10 pm Sign Dance Collective from London, United Kingdom to present:

Improvisation:

We have developed a way of improvising in dance which is very accessible.  It really can be for everyone...there is some contact involved but mainly it is about responding to impulse and variation in  using space and how the  the performer works in relation to the space and each other in an improvisation . We also pay a lot of attention to the use of the spine and the expression of the whole body . If there is space for wheelchair users we can include everyone .

Price: $5 (you are welcome to donate more and no one is turned away due to lack of funds)

Saturday August 13th 3:30-5 pm

Dance Mission Theater

3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

CJ Jones of Los Angeles, CA to present..

Creative Rhythms:

Creative rhythm game 

Demonstrate cajon drum 

Hands on cajon drum 

Create beat rhythm through cajon drum

Create ensemble body language beat based on creative rhythm 

Special Ensemble performance in the evening

Price: $5 (you are welcome to donate more and no one is turned away due to lack of funds)

Sunday August 14th, 12-2 pm

Dance Mission Theater

3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Antoine Hunter to teach Youth Workshops!  Youth of all ages welcome!

Suggested Donation: $5

No one is turned away for lack of funds!

If you are interested in becoming involved with the BADDF as either a performer or volunteer,  Please email Antoine Hunter at thegreatedancerah@gmail.com or Zahna Simon at zahnasimon@gmail.com

This project is made possible in part by support from the California Arts Council and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

Epiphany Productions is the fiscal sponsor for Urban Jazz Dance’s Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival. Visit www.epiphanydance.org.

Antoine Hunter in Dance Magazine 2013 "Why I Dance"

Hey
There everyone - I just want to take the time to give thanks to ONE OF MY FAVORATE WRITTER.. Wendy Perron !!!!
She took a minute with me to learn about Deaf culture.. As many of you know English is not my 1st language and an Editor job is to correct us  LOL!!!!

One day I wrote: "I am an African-American Deaf dance artist" She said, change Deaf to deaf...

Now I know my English is bad but I knew my culture, scary as it sound I almost couldn't reply back because who am I kidding it WENDY PARRON!!  Who am I to correct her lol !!

Yet!!

 I knew as President of Bay Area Black Deaf Adocate and CAD's Director at Large for Northern, CA.  

California Association of the Deaf

I had to be brave and explain our culture.

She was so beautiful and sweet and very direct. She say She learned something new in the forms of writing.

She change deaf into Deaf and I want to say THANK YOU MS WENDY PARRON!!!!!! FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY AND SEEING US AS DEAF AND NOT deaf..

Peace and Love

-Antoine Hunter

This written work is in Dance Magzine

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Why I Dance: Antoine Hunter

By Antoine Hunter

An award-winning dancer/choreographer and beloved figure in the Bay Area, Antoine Hunter has danced with Savage Jazz Dance Company, Nuba Dance Theatre, and Robert Moses’ Kin dance company. He founded Urban Jazz Dance Company and is co-director/founder of Iron Tri-Angel Urban Ballet. He teaches at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Dance-A- Vision Entertainment, and Ross Dance Company, where he also serves as rehearsal director. Hunter has performed and taught in Rome, London, Cuba, and Africa.

Photo by Matt Haber, Courtesy Hunter.

I am an African-American Deaf dance artist. My desire for dance began at the age of 4. I can remember seeing everyone break dancing and I wanted to try. I got on the cardboard and did a spin and a kick—but then there was a bam!—I wound up in the hospital with an injured knee.

That knee injury was painful, but not as much as the idea of not ever being able to dance again. My passion for dance was put on hold until I was 5 and my mother took me to see Oakland Ballet. I was so in awe of the dancers’ poise, grace, and their ability to use their bodies to tell a story. They touched the hearts and souls of the audience—of me.

But my mother couldn’t afford to take me to any kind of dance class. We were very poor. At the same time, I found it harder and harder to fit in with the other kids—to be understood, to be heard.

I would want to play outside with the other kids, and their parents wouldn’t let them play with me. Maybe it was because I was black. I wanted to hang out with the other kids of color, but they didn’t want to play with me either. Maybe it was because I was Deaf. I tried to socialize with deaf people, and they didn’t want to hang out with me either.

I began to feel very alone and, at one point, suicidal. But soon, there was a beacon of hope. Dance. It wasn’t until I enrolled in Skyline High School in 1995 that my passion for dance was reignited. At first, the classes were very hard and I felt intimidated. And just like during my childhood years, no one wanted to dance with me. But then my dance teacher, Ms. Dawn James, approached me and told me to create a solo. I decided to dance to Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”

 

When the music started, I began rocking my head side to side as if a boat were rocking me. I grabbed my shoulders as if I were cold and alone in the dark. Then, letting the music take me over, I was moving all over the room. During the instrumental break of the song, I began to dance as if lightning, fire, wind, water, and finally the earth were attacking me.

When I finished dancing, everyone had so many different expressions on their faces—even before they clapped. Many people told me that they could understand me and feel me.

From that day forward, I went on to learn other “languages of dance”—like African, ballet, and so much more. Soon I began to teach these languages to others. Dance is so powerful. Not only does it have the ability to bring people together, but it also has the power to heal.

 

I dance because I’m happy. I dance because I’m free. Lordy hallelujah, for the spirit of dance has saved me!

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Dance is so powerful. Not only does it have the ability to bring people together, but it also has the power to heal. - Antoine Hunter

Thank you Ms Wendy Perron

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Deaf Culture is Present at the SF's Ethnic Dance Festival !!!!

For the 1st time history Deaf Culture will be present at Ethnic Dance Festival

Please be Sure to look our SF Chronicle New Paper and June/Aug InDANCE 

Please look out for Antoine Hunter Fan PAGE!!!
Please Share with other and come Support Deaf Culture!!!
I want to thanks Amazing Wanda Sabir! For she was the one who reminded me to audition!!
Antone Hunter will perform a SOLO!!!!! Come see the newest work!

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Read about the 35th Anniversary of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival in this Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Section Tickets for the 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival are selling fast! “A glorious achievement... I heartily envy the Bay Area residents who can see the three programs I must miss” -Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic for The New York Times Don't miss out on the celebration. Get your tickets here before they're all gone. ..........................................Urban Jazz Dance Company / Photo by RJ Muna ...................................... Come see Urban Jazz Dance Company  in the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival In this stunning solo, Antoine Hunter presents American Sign Dance, expressing felt syncopation through the athletic body. Hunter unites jazz, African, hip-hop, gospel, and signing as a poetic gestured language. The piece honors deafness as human experience. We will be performing June 29 & 30 at Yerba Buena Center's Lam Theater in San Francisco. Click here for tickets! This year's Festival features 35 extraordinary dance companies in a series of thrilling and inspiring performances honoring cultural legacies and highlighting the vibrancy of the Bay Area’s world dance community. For tickets and a full performance schedule, visit www.sfethnicdancefestival.org Urban Jazz Dance Company performs:  Saturday, June 29 at 2pm and 8pm Sunday, June 30 at 2pm Tickets are going fast, so don't wait! Tickets are $18 - $58; Subscriber discounts are available when purchasing tickets to three separate performances; Group discounts for 20 or more are available; Kids 12 and under receive half-price admission for all Saturday matinees. This e-mail was sent from World Arts West Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.

History Made! Antoine hunter Join: 35th Anniversary Festival Schedule Announced

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As far as I know - 

1st time in history Deaf Artist's work is presents as Deaf Culture's work in SF Ethic Dance Festival !!! 

Antoine Hunter will be presenting Deaf Culture!!!!

This festival is very hard to get into so manh hundred of beautiful different culture people are coming from all over the world to audition to present their culture. Only few out of a hundred are picked. You're presenter Antoine Hunter - will be on the front line - His company Urban Jazz Dance Company - Present No matter where or what you are you still can reach your Dreams! 

Please my deaf community please - join me and support me and our people. Show we are here!!! 

Festival Weekend Four, June 29 & 30
Lam Research Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Saturday at 2 pm & 8 pm; Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets: $18, $28, $38, $48, $58
TICKETS ON SALE BEGINNING APRIL 18
Available online, or by phone 415.978.2787

Urban Jazz Dance Company (American Sign Language Dance)
In this stunning solo, Antoine Hunter presents American Sign Dance, expressing felt syncopation through the athletic body. Hunter unites jazz, African, hip-hop, gospel, and signing as a poetic gestured language. The piece honors Deafness as human experience.

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Tickets for the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival on sale April 18! You can beat the rush and purchase your tickets early by becoming a Festivalsupporter. Don't miss out on your chance to get the best seats in the house! Click here for more information. Sponsor a FestivalArtist Take advantage of this opportunity to become a sponsor of one of this year'sFestival artists. You'll receive prominent recognition in our Program Book, and VIP tickets to theFestival. More information is available here. 2013 Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Festival Artistic Director CK Ladzekpo has been honored at this year's "Izzie" awards for his many years of work teaching and promoting African music and dance at UC Berkeley. Congratulations, CK! More information about CK and the other distinguished honorees can be found here. ....................Antoine Hunter/Urban Jazz Dance Company / Photo by RJ Muna  2013 Festival Schedule Released The World United Through Dance We celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival this year with a series of thrilling and inspiring performances honoring cultural legacies and highlighting the vibrancy of the Bay Area’s world dance community. Named as the 2012 “Most Valuable Player” in dance by the San Francisco Chronicle, this year’s Festival features dances from Bali, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Haiti, Hawai‘i, India, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, the Middle East, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Tibet, and the continental US. Each weekend’s program is different, and includes innovative works by masterful dancers and numerous cross-cultural collaborations. The Festival opens in grand style at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, June 7 with a special Rotunda Dance Series performance and Artist Dialogue with Ballet Folklórico Netzahualcoyotl and Fogo Na Roupa Performing Company. Join us on Saturday, June 8, at the Legion of Honor museum for a special, innovative performance and Artist Dialogue featuring Charya Burt Cambodian Dance. Weekends two, three and four of the Festival are at the Lam Research Theater and the Forum at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and feature breathtaking performances by more than 30 Bay Area dance companies. Be sure to join us for these special events: Performance, Artist Dialogue, and Ojo de Dios (God's Eye) making workshop with Ballet Folklórico Costa de Oro. Saturday, June 22, at 11:30am. Artist Dialogue with four Bay Area dance leaders - Blanche Brown, Colette Eloi, Latanya d. Tigner, and Deborah Vaughan - who will reflect on the history and current status of dance from the African Diaspora with Festival Artistic Director CK Ladzekpo. Saturday, June 29, at 6:30pm.  For the full Festival schedule and other information, please visit ourwebsite. connect with us This e-mail was sent from World Arts West Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.