FACT/SF: Diffusion

Join FACT/SF for our return to live and in-person performances! Created by Charles Slender-White and a cast of 7 performers, Diffusion takes audience members on a guided, 45-minute walking tour through one […]

Agni: Virtual Screening & Talk

[THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT; NO IN-PERSON GATHERING AVAILABLE.] Enjoy a virtual screening of acclaimed short dance film “Agni.” The virtual screening will be followed by a discussion about creation […]

Grassroots to Cyberspace: Evolution of Dancing Earth

Birthed from a vision from Founding Artistic Director Rulan Tangen to create global Indigenous contemporary performing arts opportunities, Dancing Earth is rooted with one foot in Yelamu – occupied Ohlone territory also known as San Francisco, California and the other foot in Ogaa Po Ogeh – occupied Tewa territory also known as Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Soft Power

Uncomfortable sweat drips under my arms, my cheeks burning as I speak up on the panel. I challenge an application because it’s unclear how the applicant belonged to a marginalized BIPOC community and why they share stories of this community as a cis-white person.

Welcome

I’ve been reading, reading, reading. It’s a lovely part of my job. I get to read grant proposals, budgets (numbers tell a story, too), research studies, emails and numerous articles […]

Mosaic America: A Movement for Moving Communities

Typically seen as a form of individual expression, dance can be a form of worship, a powerful tool for passing on ritual and tradition through generations.

It’s Hard To Say

This is the story of a dancing banana. Try saying it out loud: “Dancing banana.” On the first syllable of “dancing” and the second syllable of “banana” your mouth turns up into a smile.

Burn Scars

You can still see the burn scars that dot the hills near the campus where I live, which is on the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi tribe and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

An gì chua?

“did you eat yet?”
ma would ask
“did you eat yet?”
ma would ask
“?n gì ch?a?”

South and Southeast Asian New Year Celebration

Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) will present its first-ever virtual South and Southeast Asian New Year Celebration with a weeklong schedule of diverse cultural content featuring new year’s traditions from […]