Asian

Artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Abhinaya Dance Company

Trial by Fire

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Samudra Dance Creations

A dance concert performed to scintillating music featuring depictions of the Sun-god, the primal and immortal flame; Jwala Devi, a goddess worshipped in the Himalayas; and a new work on the wildfires devastating California, a direct consequence of global warming.

Crescent Moon Theater Productions

Hold On, When Everything Changes in a Flash

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 16, 7:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Four young adults share harrowing and courageous stories of fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, Afghanistan, Iraq and Venezuela, and starting their lives in the United States. An evening of storytelling with live music accompaniment that reveals intimate and honest accounts of the refugee experience.

Eth-Noh-Tec and Storytelling Friends

Strong Like Bamboo: Stories of Resilience for Healing in this Era of Anti-AAPI Violence

Date(s) & Time(s): Tuesday, June 13, 7:30 PM
Duration: 90 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: FREE


Stories and dialogues will offer an experience confirming we are not alone in our quest for respect, justice, peace and safety. The art of storytelling and music will launch audiences into deep and reassuring dialogue. By sharing our stories, we become a community of solace, support and strength. Allies welcomed.

Francis Wong

Wong Works! A Memoir in Music

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 10, 7:15 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


"Wong Works! A memoir in music" will feature original compositions framed by personal reflections on family and cultural legacy, his life in music, and experiences in the struggle for peace and justice in our world. Wong will be joined by both long-time and recent collaborators to be announced.

Jason Bayani

Locus of Control

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 9, 8:30 PM, Saturday, June 10, 5:30 PM
Duration: 75 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


"Locus of Control" explores the complicated, sometimes fragmented experience of the Filipinx-American background and identity. Setting himself behind a DJ booth, Bayani seamlessly moves between poetry, storytelling, music and video taking the audience through his family’s history of migration viewed through both a historic and intensely personal lens.

John Calloway

Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippine-American War: A Crisis of Conscience

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A preview workshop presented in anticipation of its upcoming Fall premiere, “Buffalo Soldiers” brings an artistic perspective to the dilemma African American soldiers faced over the American military's treatment of native Filipinos, which in some ways was historically similar to their treatment by white society in the United States.

Navaye Azadi (Voice of Freedom) Ensemble

Echoing the Voice of "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement in Iran

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Advance: $25, Door: $30


Navaye Azadi Ensemble presents diverse musical performances influenced by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement in Iran. The concert includes newly arranged classical/traditional songs with lyrics inclined by the recent social issues in Iran. We are pleased to have guest artist “Shahrzad Khorsandi” performing an authentic choreography with live music.

Purnamasari

Amazeum

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 6:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


The story of an elderly woman and her great-great-granddaughter living on an artificial island orbiting the sun. Refugees waiting to inhabit a new planet, an imagined community of people born in outer space. And a metaphor for displaced populations amidst the collapse of global systems on Earth.

Pusaka Sunda

Utama Gamelan Degung and Vocal Music of West Java

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 4:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A performance that showcases the music from Pusaka Sunda’s recent recordings,"Utama" and "Ningnang." Award-winning musicians from Indonesia join the ensemble to present a dynamic range of music, from the spirited gamelan degung to the refined sung poetry of Tembang Sunda.

Ranko Ogura

HAMON-ring on the water

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 3:15 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance $25, Door: $28


A new multi-media performance representing the unifying nature of water that integrates Butoh, contemporary dance, storytelling, sound instrumentation and digital projections. A dance-journey to raise awareness on water stewardship.

Samudra Dance Creations

The Earth Speaks 2.0

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 70 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Abhinaya Dance Company

"The Earth Speaks 2.0" is an evening-length oddyssey, a multi disciplinary work with dance-music-spoken word raising awareness on climate change. It has been enjoyed and appreciated by audiences across US & Canada and was nominated for the prestigious Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Company Performance

Steamroller Dance Company

Young Gods Reimagined

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 15, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 3:30 PM
Duration: 90 minutes with intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28

This performance is part of a shared bill with: Jessica Fudim

Steamroller re-investigates one of the company’s seminal works, interviewing former company members to recount their experiences of the creative process. Choreography from the original work is reconfigured. Former dancers engage with new dancers cast for the performance. Interviews and archival footage is woven into the performance to create an immersive experience.