Black Choreographers Festival opens this week in SF February 7, 2006

The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now serves the community by providing a forum to increase the visibility of African American dance. BCF celebrates the ingenuity and uniqueness of African and African American choreographers by highlighting the importance of the African and African American experience in dance.

The San Francisco performances on February 10-12 will include the following choreographers: Joanna Haigood (Aerial Dance); Robert Moses (Modern); Chloe Arnold from Los Angeles (Rhythm Tap); Deborah Vaughan/Dimensions Dance Theater (Traditional/Modern); Kim Sims-Battiste/Culture Shock Oakland (Hip ?Hop); and emerging artists Paco Gomes (Modern) and Susan Voyticky w/mentor Joanna Haigood (Aerial Dance). There will be a post-performance curtain talk on Sunday, February 12.

For more information visit www.bcfhereandnow.com

Friday, February 10 - Saturday, February 11, 8pm
Sunday, February 12, 7pm
Sunday, February 12, 3pm (Family Matinee)

Project Artaud Theater, 450 Florida Street @ 17th Street, San Francisco

$15 advance, $20 at the door for general; $15 for students and seniors; $10 general for family matinees

ODC Theater Box Office @ 415-863-9834 or www.odctheater.org;
www.ticketweb.com

www.bcfhereandnow.com