Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2007 Choreofest Press Releases

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2007 Press Releases

YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CHOREOFEST 2007

(San Francisco, CA) -- The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival announces the line-up for ChoreoFest 2007, a week-long celebration of dynamic dance running from Monday, July 9 through Saturday, July 14. Guest dance curator Brechin Flournoy has brought together some of today’s most compelling and dynamic artists whose dance styles appear to be disparate from each other but have an underlying connection.  Flamenco, square dancing, modern dance and African dance, will converge into a series of site-specific dance installations at Yerba Buena Gardens.

The full schedule of performances is as follows: (subject to change).

Monday, July 9, 12:30pm - Stairwell Sisters and Roots Revue.
San Francisco’s all-gal urban old-time teardown The Stairwell Sisters, are cutting a new figure in traditional music and square dancing. With a deep and rowdy repertoire of timeless tunes plus a solid standing of smart, original material that is winning praise, The Stairwell Sisters lay down concerts and square dances for every generation.

Wednesday, July 11, 12:30pm - Open Rehearsal of a site-specific collaboration directed by Matthew Graham Smith.
The collaborating artists are Naomi Bragin's DREAM Dance Company with guests Kory "Kato" Watkins and Tamika Harris; and paige starling sorvillo/blindsight (butoh dance) with special guests.  

Thursday, July 12,  12:30pm - Yaelisa Caminos Flamencos presents "Colores de Flamenco.”
Founded by Emmy Award-winning dancer and choreographer Yaelisa Caminos Flamencos creates and presents innovative and contemporary theatrical dance programs showcasing artists from Spain and the U.S., while reflecting the changing face of flamenco in the 21st century. 

Friday, July 13, 12:30pm - A DOUBLE BILL!
Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents an excerpt from "The Desire Line.”
Deborah Slater Dance Theater (DSDT) is a professional dance-theater company dedicated to the creation and production of works that explore timely social issues using original movement, text and music.
The premiere of DREAM’s BLINDSIGHT - a site-specific collaboration directed by Matthew Graham Smith with DREAM Dance Company and paige starling sorvillo/blindsight and Kory "Kato" Watkins of Housin' Authority and Tamika Harris.

Saturday, July 14 A DOUBLE BILL!
DREAM's BLINDSIGHT, 12:30pm.
A site-specific collaboration directed by Matthew Graham Smith with DREAM Dance Company and paige starling sorvillo/blindsight and Kory "Kato" Watkins of Housin' Authority and Tamika Harris.

Diamano Coura West African Dance Company, 1:30pm.
Performs Mansana Cisse - a full-length, 10-person extravaganza, Mansana Cisse is a Mandingo epic of love and a coming of age story that ends in tragedy, set to mesmerizing, fast-pace intricate dance moves, acrobatic song and musical patterns from Senegal, Liberia, Guinea and Mali, West Africa-Be emerged in this exciting drama.

Linda Lucero, Artistic Director of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival said,  “We are proud to present ChoreoFest 2007 – a week of dance, which investigates the relationships among the various performers and their interactions within the beautiful spaces of the Yerba Buena Gardens.”

This is Brechin Flournoy’s third year as the guest curator of the ChoreoFest.  Brechin is best known as the Founding Director of the San Francisco Butoh Festival (1995-2002), a notable international dance festival that became the de facto center for Butoh in the nation and popularized the genre among audiences.  Brechin is the recipient of a SF Bay Guardian GOLDIE Award and an Isadora Duncan Award for Sustained Achievement in the Arts.  In conjunction with the annual SF Butoh Festival, Brechin produced a variety of outdoor events at Yerba Buena Gardens under the banner “Butoh in the Gardens.”  The San Francisco Butoh ended in 2002, however, Brechin has continued to curate free, outdoor performances with butoh artists and experimental concepts at Yerba Buena Gardens in subsequent years.

Yerba Buena Gardens is located at Mission Street between 3rd and 4th Street in San Francisco's SOMA District.  The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, which takes place from May through October, features over 100 events, including classical and jazz concerts, opera, international music events, theater, dance, children's and family programs, visual art exhibits, educational programs and cultural events.

Yerba Buena Arts & Events, producer of The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is located at 760 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone (415) 543-1718; Fax (415) 543-1755; website: http://www.ybgf.org.

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