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Brava!forWomenintheArtsincollaborationwithPrecitaEyesMuralistsandCalle24presentthe2017
BAILEENLACALLE:THEMURALDANCES
Sunday,May7,2017
Muraltoursbeginatthecornerof24thStreetandFolsom(infrontofPhilzCoffee),SanFrancisco,CA
Toursstartat11am,12pm,1pm&2pm
ToursledbyPrecitaEyesMuralistsDocents:
CarlaWojczukandJorgeMorell
Free
Featuringperformancesby:
AntoineHunter&HisUrbanJazzDanceCompany
RisingRhythm●LocoBloco●SandraGarcíaRivera
CuicacalliDanceCompany●CuicacalliEscueladeDanza
MariachiJuvenillaMisión
Brava!forWomenintheArts’annualeventtakesoverthestreetsandalleysofSanFrancisco’sMission
Districttocelebrateandpreserveitslivingculturalheritage!Nowinitsfifthyear,BaileenlaCalle:The
th
2781 24 Street, San Francisco CA 94110 | Info 415-641-7657 | www.brava.org
MuralDancesdrawstheBayArea’smostdynamicdancecompaniesandperformingartiststointerpretthe
muralsthroughmusicanddance,alongsidedetailednarrationbyPrecitaEyesMuralistsdocents.Baileen
laCalle:TheMuralDancesprovidesaudiencesanintricatelookateachmuralanditsrelationshiptothe
cultureandthelifeoftheMission.Thisyear’stourincludesanewmuralatRedPoppyArtHouse
commemoratingthelivesofyoungmenlostrecentlytopoliceshootingsandtwoclassicMissionmuralsat
CesarChavezElementaryschools.ProfessionalAmericanSignLanguageinterpreterswillbeonhandto
facilitatecommunicationacrossDeafandhearingcultures.
Muraltoursbeginatthecornerof24StreetandFolsom(infrontofPhilzCoffee)at11am,12pm,1pm,&
2pm.Therearefivetourstops:
1) Location:PhilzCoffee,24thStreetandFolsomStreet
Mural:ThisPlace,directedbyMaxMarttilaandFredAlvaradowiththePrecitaEyesUrbanYouthArts
class
Performance:JessicaRecinos&RisingRhythm
2) Location:RedPoppyHouse,23rdStreetandFolsomStreet
Mural:RememberingEricGarner,AlexNieto,MichaelBrown,andAmilcarPerez-Lope;designedby
Yescka,aMexicanstreetartcollective
Performance:LocoBloco
3) Location:23rdStreetbetweenShotwell&Folsom
Women’sArtofResilience–Celebratingthe10thAnniversaryoftheWomen’sBuildingmural
MuraldirectedbySusanCervantesincollaborationwithemergingartists
ReadingbypoetSandraGarcíaRivera
Location:23rdStreetatShotwell
ElInmigrantebyJoelBergner
4) Location:CesarChavezElementarySchool,ShotwellStreetbetween22nd&23rdStreets
Mural:TheSilentLanguageoftheSoul/ElLenguajeMudodelAlma,designedbySusanCervantes
andJuanaAlicia
Performance:AntoineHunter&HisUrbanJazzDanceCompany
5) Location:CesarChavezElementarySchoolcourtyard,Folsombetween22nd&23rdStreets
Mural:SiSePuede;designedbySusanCervantesincollaborationwithJuanaAlicia,ElbaRivera,Margo
Bors,andGabrielaLujan
Performance:CuicacalliDanceCompany,CuicacalliEscueladeDanza,andMariachiJuvenillaMisión
Biographies:
AntoineHunter&HisUrbanJazzDanceCompany
ABayAreanative,AntoineHunterisanaward-winningAfrican-AmericanDeafproducer,choreographer,
film/theateractor,dancer,danceinstructor,model,poet,speaker,mentor,andDeafadvocate.Hunter
receivedhistrainingindanceandactingtrainingatSkylineHighSchoolOakland,CaliforniaInstituteofthe
Arts(CalArts),andPaulTaylorDanceSchoolinNYC.ThefounderandartisticdirectorofUrbanJazzDance,
HunterhasperformedwithSavageJazzDanceCompany,NubaDanceTheater,AlayoDanceCompany,
RobertMoses’KIN,ManDance,SinsInvalid,AmaraTabor-Smith,KimEpifano,PushDanceCompany,Fly
AwayProductions,JoannaHaigood,OETtheater,andtheLorraineHansberryTheater.Hehasperformed
throughouttheBayAreaandtheworldincludingCuba,Rome,Hawaii,Peru,andLondon.Hunterisa
facultymemberatEastBayCenterforthePerformingArts,Shawl-Anderson,YouthinArts,andDance-AVision.HeisthefounderofIronTri-AngelUrbanBalletinRichmond,wasaninstructorandrehearsal
directorfortheRossDanceCompany,dancecaptainforExpedia.comcommercials,andwashead
choreographerdirectorforthePhilippines'sMusical"Amerikana-TheMusical."Hunterlovesdoingshort
filmsandlongfilmsplusmusicvideos,hewasheadchoreographerforD-PAN:DeafProfessionalArts
NetworkASLMusicVideo:"CallMeMaybe"byCarlyRaeJepsen.
JessicaRecinos&RisingRhythm
JessicaRecinosisadancer,dancecoordinator,choreographer,and"artivist"whowasbornandraisedin
SanFrancisco.SheisthefounderofRisingRhythmProjectSF,aSanFranciscoBayAreadancecollective
connectingadiversegroupofcreatorstoinspireandartisticallyexpresstheirpassionsforcollaboration
andcreativitythroughdance,music,andcreativearts.Aself-taughtdancerwithnaturalrhythm,Jessica
usesherlifeexperiencestoshapeherartandtobringaboutchangeinhercommunitythroughher
involvementasaCarnavalDanceCoordinatorwithLocoBlocoandinstructorforLEAP.Recinosstrivesto
provideyouthwiththeopportunitiestoparticipateintheartsthatshedidn'thavewhengrowingup.
LocoBloco
LocoBlocoisoneofSanFrancisco’smostpopularandlong-runningcreativeprogramsforyouth,andan
award-winningperformanceensemble.LocoBloco’smissionistopromoteSanFranciscoyouth’shealthy
transitionintoadulthoodbyengagingtheminthecreationandperformanceofmusic,dance,andtheater
rootedinAfro-Latinotraditions.LocoBlocoencouragesyouthtousemulticulturalartformsasatoolfor
theirownempowermentandasacatalysttohelpthemovercomediscriminationandbringaboutchange
intheircommunities.LocoBlocopresentsanannualoriginalperformanceontheBravamainstagethat
givesacreativevoicetoissuesintheMissioncommunityandhasparticipatedinBaileenlaCallesinceits
beginningin2013.
SandraGarcíaRivera
Awardwinningpoetchanteuse,SandraGarcíaRiverahascapturedaudiencesthroughouttheU.S.,Puerto
Rico,Cuba,GreatBritain,andHollandwithherNuyoricansoulandbluesinspireddelivery.Herpoemshave
appearedinnumerousmagazines,journals,andanthologiesincludingCaribbeanErotic(PeepalTreePress,
U.K.),UrbanLatinoMagazine,HostosReview,CentroJournal,PrometheanJournal,RiodeSoul.com,and
GaleríadelaRaza’szineManteca.Shehaspublishedtwochapbooks:DivinationoftheMistressand
ShoulderHigh,alongwithtwoarteditionsofherinternationallyacclaimedpoemThatKiss(Ediciones
Mixtas).GarcíaRiveraistheco-founderofYayatheall-women’sAfro-PuertoRican&Dominicanmusic
ensemblebasedinNYC,andisafeaturedvocalistandpercussionistonthealbumBoricuaRootsMusicby
Yerbabuena.ArecentguestartistontheMUN2showTheChicasProject,shealsoappearedinRosie
Perez’sdocumentaryYoSoyBoricuaPaQueTúLoSepa.Aculturalworkerandeducatorsheproducesarts
eventssuchasTheThreeKingsDayParade(ElMuseodelBarrio,NYC),LunaNegra(MissionCultural
Center,SF),andwastheExecutiveProducerofSheHurtHerselfAgain,thedocudramashortvideocreated
toraiseawarenessaboutteendaterape,empoweringyoungwomenthroughmedialiteracy(YWCA).
GarcíaRiveracurrentlyresidesintheSanFranciscoBayAreawheresheperformsasasoloartist,andin
collaborationwithesteemedlocalmusiciansandpoets,whileworkingonanMFAinPoetryatAntioch
UniversityinLosAngeles.
CuicacalliDanceCompany
CuicacalliEscueladeDanzaisaninternational,cross-cultural,danceartseducationalinstitutionwitha
professionaldanceensemblehousedatBravaTheaterCenter.AsacollaboratingpartnerintheMission
AcademyofPerformingArts(MAPA)atBrava,CuicacallioffersdanceinstructioninMexicanBallet
FolkloricaanddancesoftheAmericas,alongsidemoderndanceandcontemporaryurbandance
techniques.FoundedandledbyrenownedinternationalperformerJesus"Jacoh"Cortes,Cuicacallibuilds
communitiesthroughdance–expanding,exploring,andcelebratingtheculturaltraditionsofthe
Americas.
CuicacalliEscueladeDanza
CuicacalliEscueladeDanzaworkswithyouthtobuildcommunitiesthroughdance,expanding,exploring,
andcelebratingthedancetraditionsofMexicoandbeyond,includingfolkloric,hiphop,andmoderndance
styles.ClassesareledanddirectedbyCuicacallifounderJesusCortes.
MariachiJuvenillaMisión
Ledby ArianaCortes,MariachiJuvenilLaMisiónteachesstudentstomakebeautifulmusicmariachistyle
throughacombinationofindividualcoaching,smallensemble,andfullclasslearningcircles.Students
explorevariousmusicforms,suchasrancheras,boleros,sonjalisciense,huapangos,andmodern.Students
alsohonetheirskillsinvoiceandmariachiinstrumentsincludingguitar,trumpet,violin,guitarrón,and
vihuela.MariachiJuvenilLaMisiónconnectsyouthtothemusic,history,andcultureofMexicoandseeks
tobringallgenerationstogether.
PrecitaEyesMuralists
As an inner city, community-based mural arts organization, Precita Eyes Muralists Association seeks to
enrichandbeautifyurbanenvironmentsandeducatecommunitieslocallyandinternationallyaboutthe
processandthehistoryofpubliccommunitymuralart.Wemaintainadeepcommitmenttocollaborating
withthevariouscommunitiesweserve.Ourdedicationtocollaborationguaranteesthatcreativework
producedisaccessible,bothphysicallyandconceptually,tothepeoplewhoselivesitimpacts.Weintend
tobringartintothedailylivesofpeoplethroughaprocesswhichenablesthemtoreflecttheirparticular
concerns,joysandtriumphs.
BaileenlaCalle2017wassupportedinpartbytheCaliforniaArtsCouncil,astateagency,andtheNational
ArtsandDisabilityCenterattheUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles.Bravaalsoreceivedfundingfromthe
SanFranciscoGrantsfortheArts,SanFranciscoNeighborhoodArtsCollaborative,WalterandEliseHaas
Fund,William&FloraHewlettFoundation,andtheDepartmentofChildrenYouth&theirFamilies.
FORCALENDAREDITORS
MEDIACONTACT: EdrisCooperAnifowoshe
[email protected]
415-933-5956
WHEN:
Sunday,May7,2017
11am–3pm
WHERE:
MuralToursbeginatthecornerof24thStreetandFolsom(infrontofPhilzCoffee)
TICKETS:
Free