Saturday, August 27, 2016
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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)
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.
Epiphany Productions is the fiscal sponsor for Urban Jazz Dance’s Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival. Visit www.epiphanydance.org.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Antoine Hunter and Urban Jazz Dance Company will be performing!! Green Show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.
Antoine Hunter and Urban Jazz Dance Company will be performing!!
Green Show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.
Friday July 22nd and Saturday July 23rd at 6:45 pm
Free admission located outside!!
Come support! We will be there with the whole company!
Urban Jazz Dance Company
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Performing in the 2016 Green Show on Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23
This is their first season at the OSF Green Show.
Deaf, artistic, RAW-energy, FREEDOM, expressed, athletic-bODY, UNCONTROLLABLE, PASSIONATE dancers.
Founded in 2007 by pioneering Deaf dancer/choreographer Antoine Hunter, Urban Jazz Dance Company (UJD) consists of a mix of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers. UJD's mission is to provide opportunities for deaf and other-abled artists to contribute to the arts and larger society, increasing awareness around deaf issues via the performing arts. Featuring the syncopation of urban jazz rhythms, the company values the importance of play and performance to connect cultures of all races, ages, abilities, and backgrounds. UJD performs all over the Bay Area and beyond, including festival such as; the Black Choreographers Festival, CubaCaribe Festival, Art and Soul Festival, and the Ethnic Dance Festival. Its programs thrill deaf and hearing audiences alike. UJD is also the producer of the annual Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival and views deafness as a human experience with its own values, principles, and cultural norms – not a disability.
A Bay Area native, director Antoine Hunter is an award-winning African-American Deaf and Hard of Hearing choreographer, dancer, dance instructor, actor, poet, and deaf advocate. The founder and artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance, Hunter has performed with Savage Jazz Dance Company, Nuba Dance Theater, Alayo Dance Company, Robert Moses’ KIN, Man Dance, Sins Invalid, Amara Tabor-Smith, Kim Epifano, Push Dance Company, Fly Away Productions, Joanna Haigood, and the Lorraine Hansberry Theater. He has performed throughout the Bay Area and the world including Cuba, Rome, and Paris. Hunter is a faculty member at East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Shawl-Anderson, Youth in Arts and Dance-A-Vision. He is the founder of Iron Tri-Angel Urban Ballet in Richmond, was an instructor and rehearsal director for the Ross Dance Company, and dance captain for Expedia.com commercials. His awards include the 2011 National Dance Week Dancer's Choice Award, Margaret Jenkin's CHIME award, the 2009 VRS Award (the international organization on arts and disabilities), and the 2000 Bay Area Star Award. He has been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine and Dance Magazine, and is the former president of the Bay Area Black Deaf Advocate and Director-at-Large for the Northern California chapter of the California Association of the Deaf. He has been featured in Oakland North and is a representative for Purple Technologies, which sells deaf services and products. Mr. Hunter is an active supporter of DeafHope, an organization whose mission is to end domestic and sexual violence in deaf communities through empowerment, education, and services. He teaches dance and ASL in both hearing and deaf communities, and is the founder and artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance Company, and has been producing the Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival since 2013. His projects have been awarded funding by both CA$H Theater Bay Area and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
Deaf from birth, assistant director Zahna started her dance training with City Ballet School in San Francisco. She expanded her dance background when she was accepted to San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) by training with Elvia Marta in Modern, Jazz, African, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Choreography, as well as participating in Alonzo King’s LINES Pre-Professional Summer Programs. Upon graduating from SOTA in 2003, Zahna attended UCI to double major in Chemistry and Dance. At UCI she trained and performed in over 20 performances in various dance styles, working with fellow peers, graduate students, and distinguished faculty such as Lisa Naugle, David Allan, and Donald McKayle. In 2008, Zahna received a BS in Chemistry and a BFA in Dance performance and moved to San Diego to pursue her Chemistry career as a Senior Research Associate at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. In San Diego, Zahna performed with the Mesa College Dance Company, CAC Repertory Dance Theatre (CACRDT), Bite Dance Company, Visionary Dance Theatre and in Jean Isaac’s Trolley Dances 2013. In August of 2014, she relocated to Bay Area and immediately jumped into ODC’s Next Moves intensive and the Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival.
Deaf from birth, assistant director Zahna started her dance training with City Ballet School in San Francisco. She expanded her dance background when she was accepted to San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) by training with Elvia Marta in Modern, Jazz, African, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Choreography, as well as participating in Alonzo King’s LINES Pre-Professional Summer Programs. Upon graduating from SOTA in 2003, Zahna attended UCI to double major in Chemistry and Dance. At UCI she trained and performed in over 20 performances in various dance styles, working with fellow peers, graduate students, and distinguished faculty such as Lisa Naugle, David Allan, and Donald McKayle. In 2008, Zahna received a BS in Chemistry and a BFA in Dance performance and moved to San Diego to pursue her Chemistry career as a Senior Research Associate at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. In San Diego, Zahna performed with the Mesa College Dance Company, CAC Repertory Dance Theatre (CACRDT), Bite Dance Company, Visionary Dance Theatre and in Jean Isaac’s Trolley Dances 2013. In August of 2014, she relocated to Bay Area and immediately jumped into ODC’s Next Moves intensive and the Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival.
Antoine and Zahna will be joined by two other deaf dancers from Isreal, who excel in modern dance, and recently joined the company four months ago.
Urban Jazz Dance Company on Community:As a former Bay Area Black Deaf Advocate President and Northern California Association of Deaf Director, my company uses the artistic talents of our company members to educate audiences about what going on in the world; empowering the deaf community, advocating for deaf rights, and working to eliminate discrimination, prejudice, and more. We also use dance as an expression of healing after abuse.We host shows at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont and Riverside, California, and perform and offer workshops in London, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Africa, and all over USA. We also host an annual show at the Bay Area Deaf International Dance Festival in San Francisco, Ca.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Bay Area Deaf dance festival for the 3rd time!!
Welcome to 3rd annual of
The Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival
In addition to San Francisco Deaf performers, there will be visiting Deaf Master and Emerging Artists from London, Mexico, Israel, AZ, NYC, DC, LA and more! Don't Miss Silent Auction from Deaf Painter!
Where:
ODC Theater
3153 17th Street
San Francisco, Ca
(415) 863-9824
Date and Time:
Fri, Aug 28 - 8pm
Sat, Aug 29- 8pm
Sun, Aug 30- 4pm ( family matinee-different program)
WaWa and Dj Nicar visiting Saturday sell shirt (Sunday performing)
Price:
$30 at Door
$25 on line
$12 Youth (under 10)
Group Discount (Please Call)
$40 Lunch (2pm) and dance (Sunday Only)
Silent silent auction every night
Friday, June 5, 2015
Love shouldn't be followed by fists
Is there an easy ways to talk about abuse at home or being raped by someone you love or you trusted?
I believe it never easy.. Being victim, survivor, artist, community leader, father and so on...
I wanted to a take minute to inform the community..
Love shouldn't be abused..
Love shouldn't be followed by fists, shouldn't be followed by Verbal abuse, shouldn't be followed by Threats of violence or losing what is dear to you, shouldn't be followed by using the past mistake to be able move forward today or right now, shouldn't be followed by Rigid sex roles, shouldn't be followed by Unrealistic expectations plus blaming other for their own feeling or action shouldn't followed by fear..Love is not jealousy.. Yes, sometime we get jealous but it is not love.. Love shouldn't be followed by belittling someone by calling them names, insulting their religious freedom, tease about their health, dehumanizing, love shouldn't be followed by the act or acts of hate! Again, I say love shouldn't be followed by fists.
As a Deaf person I've learned that many Deaf people experiences these abusive treatment. Actually many of them never really knew they were being abused or knew a way out..sometimes, both individuals involved in a (partnership or as a couple), fail to realize they are in an abusive situation or having an abusive relationship, since they're both being abusive towards each other.
Truth, often time many Deaf people being brain wash to believe they(Deaf people) have to suffer and not tell anyone all because they're Deaf and believe no one would believe them, listen to them, believe values of their own life worth saving. It is said 1 out of 2 Deaf experience these abuse.. This the truth !
Deafhope foundation.. Provide victim the truth.. They will be heard, they don't need to suffer, theirs own life is worth saving,and they will be protected, and teach you how protect yourself and those you love .. It's time to inform community with the truth..
I went California School for the Deaf to see Theater show present about victims and survivors of abuse..
Theme:" Dare to Utter" Dare to Utter is a compilation of stories from Deaf survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence as shared through actors in American Sign Language on stage. Their stories are all true and the story-sharing serves to raise awareness about the cycles of abuse and sexual violence in our communities
Amazing cast, heart breaking stories and indeed also inspiring stories. There is so much I can't give out on here because the list will go on and on but I would say.. There is so much to give in our community, and nothing beat the truth..
My hat goes out
DeafHope ( http://www.deaf-hope.org)
Dare to Utter is a compilation of stories from Deaf survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence as shared through actors in American Sign Language on stage. Their stories are all true and the story-sharing serves to raise awareness about the cycles of abuse and sexual violence in our communities.
I'm writing to say love shouldn't be followed by fists and it's our job to let our community and people of all age out there be informed about it...
My hat goes off for all "Dare to be utter"s ensemble and hope to see more..
©2015
Antoine Hunter
Thank you 💗🙏 and silent moments for all those who suffered and die from abuse..🌹
Ps..
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Wonderful deaf owner
A quick note
Every year I go visit californa school for Deaf in Fremont school and give my time ... Many various ways... Last year I was president of BDA we attracted so many people to sign up for black Deaf advocate..
While this year I not president of BDA however I was there to present Deaf owner business... I love my business and I want to continue support deaf culture ...
It was great to sit amount other Deaf owner business...
Proudly loving culture Deaf culture.. I thanks all those who remember me..
Monday, November 17, 2014
Welcome to Deafhood Monologues
The Deafhood Monologues is an episodic play of Deaf experiences, chronicles and reflections delivered through poetry, stories, and presentations in American Sign Language. Inspired by “Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood” and “The Vagina Monologues”. Created by Ella Mae Lentz and produced by Deafhood Foundation.
HEARING AND DEAF ARE WELCOME NON SIGNER AND SIGNER WILL ENJOY
NOV 22-23 SHOW AT AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE - TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Get links @ www.deafhoodmonologues.com
Student (with ID) $16.50
High School or College students with proper
ID
General $22.00 Event
The Deafhood Monologues American River College
4700 College Oak Dr
Sacramento, CA 95841-4217
United States
The Deafhood Monologues at American River College
November 22 and 23, 2014
An episodic play of Deaf experiences, chronicles and reflections delivered through poetry, stories and presentations in American Sign Language. Inspired by Paddy Ladd's "Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood" and Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues."
Created by Ella Mae Lentz
Produced by the Deafhood Foundation (www.deafhoodmonologues.com)
Directed by JAC Cook
Voice directed by Jeremy Jack
ASL Coach - Judy Catron
Local Coordinator - Jill Birchall and Deaf Culture & ASL Studies Department
CAST
Kimberly Bogle, Sophia Brunton, Rima Cornish, Richard Jordan, Isabella Gomez, Don Lee Hanaumi, Jasmine Harris, Collin Hillenbrand, Antonie Hunter, Michele Lennert, Leang Ngov, Stephanie Piscitelli and Kristeena Thaten.
4700 College Oak Dr
Sacramento, CA 95841-4217
United States
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