Video Archive

2022

16th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2022 Festival Page

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Ada Ara / She Who is Queen

Ada Ara / She Who is Queen video

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Arenas Dance Company - She Who is Queen

2020

Power of Resiliency Online Series

2020 The Power of Resiliency Page

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​The Power of Resiliency videos

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Week 1: Bobi Céspedes - Song Class

Week 2: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi - Artist Talk

Week 3: Elio Villafranca - Artist Talk

Week 4: Adia Whitaker - Artist Talk

Week 5: Interview Shorts

Week 6: In Depth Interviews

Week 7: Virtual Performance Videos

Week 8: Live Collaborations

2018

14th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

Movements of Migration

2018 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Alayo Dance Company

Alayo Dance Company videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Calle

Alayo Dance Company - Manos y Vida Cotidiana de Una Mujer Cubana

Alayo Dance Company - Quality of Movement

Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye

Alayo Dance Company - What is Happening Here?

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Mixed Program

Mixed Program videos

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Dimensions Dance Theater - Ain't No Turning Back

The Cali Dance Company - Fiesta Cubana

El Wah Movement Dance Theater - Maafa - Revealing the Story

Hijos Del Maiz - Nicaragua Multiétnica: Cultura Garífunas

Dandha da Hora & Yabas Dance Company - Our Roots

Alafia Dance Ensemble - Supplication

Águas Dance Company with Filhas das Águas - Yansa

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2016

12th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2016 Festival Page

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Week 2 - Cuba on my Mind

Cuba on my Mind videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go

Embodiment Project - Chalk Outlines (excerpts)

Kissy Keefer - Gracias a La Vida

Alayo Dance Company - 24/7

Alayo Dance Company - Goodbye

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2014

10th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2014 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Moving Forward

Moving Forward (matinee) videos

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Muriel Johnson - The Clever Woman and The Pumpkin 

Conceicao Damasceno’s Borboletas Dance Troupe - Hoje e Dia de Nossa Senhora / Keni Je & Samba Da Roda

Swing Kids - Acrobatic Rock & Roll

Faces SF - Passages

Dimensions Extensions - Suite Solo 

Loco Bloco’s Pocos Locos - Loco en el Coco

Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco - Let’s Dance

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Explosion Cubana
Explosion Cubana videos

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Explosion Cubana - First Half

Explosion Cubana - Second Half

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2012

8th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2012 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Poder Popular

Poder Popular videos

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Cunamacué - Zamacaueca

Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango

Las Puras Dance Company - Mambo Cha

Las Que Son Son - Valoma's Tango

Alafia Dance Ensemble - Aguas de Oxalá

Aguacero - Goze mi Bomba

Star Studded Entertainment

Rueda con Ritmo - El Pillo

Grupo Experimental Nago - Masun y Petro

Arenas Dance Company - Ciclo Palo Makuta

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Week 2 - Oil and Water

Oil and Water videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes

Alayo Dance Company - Layers of Love

Alayo Dance Company - Oil & Water

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2010

6th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

From Katrina to Port-au-Prince

2010 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Perseverance of Spirit

Perseverance of Spirit Videos

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ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Libation

Afoutayi - O Chan Neg Nago

ASE Dance Theater Collective (NYC) - Uncle Freddie

Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective - The Spirit of New Orleans

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2008

4th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2008 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Spring Begins to Move

Spring Begins to Move Videos

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Urban Jazz Dance Company

Nsamina Kongo (Light of the Congo) - Makela ha Mbongi

Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way

Tou Limen Youth Ensemble - Being the Change

Napoles Ballet Theatre - Retazos (Pieces)

Aguas da Bahia - Jomada (Journey)

Loco Bloco’s Las Locas y Los Locos por Samba - Soul To Sole

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Week 2 - Haiti!

Haiti! videos

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Konpayi - Nanchon Nago

Oyu Oro - Cubaila

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Week 3 - Blood + Sugar

Blood + Sugar Videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Grace Notes

Alayo Dance Company - Blood + Sugar

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2006

2nd Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2006 Festival Page

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Week 2 - Africa Here

Africa Here Videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Everything Comes From the Earth

GRRRL Brigade - We are the Daughters

GRRRL Brigade - A Praise to These Young Dancers

Michelle Martin & Konpayi - Kombit Zaka

Timbea! - Rueda de Casino

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2004

Piece of White Cloth

Piece of White Cloth video

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Alayo Dance Company - Piece of White Cloth

2021

Mouth of a Shark (work in progress) - Online Premiere and Discussion
Mouth of a Shark video

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Alayo Dance Company - Mouth of a Shark (work in progress)

2019

15th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2019 Festival Page

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Tradiciones Cubanas

Tradiciones Cubanas videos

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Arenas Dance Company - Baila mi Son

Las Alturas de Simpson - Tradiciones

Vission Latina

Arenas Dance Company - Que Rico ChaChaCha

Los Lupenos de San Jose - Salon Mexico

Arenas Dance Company - Ahora Que La Habana es Mia

Ara Irawo and Theater Flamenco of San Francisco - Del Flamenco a la Rumba

CubaCaribe Carnaval Contigent - Conga Santiaguera

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2017

13th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2017 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Manos de Mujeres

Manos de Mujeres videos

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Los Lupeños de San José - Comala

Almazônica Dance Collective - Floresta Feminina

Arenas Dance Company - Manos de Mujer a la Obra

Cunamacué - Mis Manos

Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala San Francisco - Mulheres Livres

Amor Do Samba - Under Pressure: Asi Hicieron Las Mujeres Diamantes

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Sunday Matinee

Sunday Matinee videos

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Quenepas - Inspirados: de Boriken a la Bahia

Maracatu Pacífico - Mulheres no Maracatu: Do Terreno ao Sagrado

Cuicacalli Dance Company - Raices Sin Limites

Bolivia Corazón de América - Death of Slavery

Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble and Batala SF - Mulheres Livres

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2015

11th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

In Search of Soul

2015 Festival Page

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Week 3 - Alma

Alma videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Where the Butterflies Go

Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Defective Deflection Devotion

Duniya Dance and Drum Company - Yamama

Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Company - Witness

Alayo Dance Company - House of Water

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2013

9th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

Tributes to Our Teachers

2013 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Our Teachers

Our Teachers videos

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Las Que Son Son - Underneath It All

Arenas Dance Company - Las Dos Aguas

Aguacero - Huellas

Ritmo y Movimiento - Tren Bala

Las Puras - El Cuarto de Tula

Rompe y Raja - Amador

Sambaxe - Spirit of Carnaval

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Week 3 - El Discípulo
El Discípulo videos

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Alayo Dance Company - Siempre Corriendo

Alayo Dance Company - What About Love?

Alayo Dance Company - A Piece Of White Cloth Excerpt

Danza Del Caribe - Sulkary

Alayo Dance Company - On Top of the Beat

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Family Matinee

Family Matinee video

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Conceição Damasceno's Butterflies - Fanfarra

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2011

7th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

La Tierra de Arara

2011 Festival Page

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Week 1 - La Tierra: Descendents of the Dahomey

La Tierra: Descendents of the Dahomey videos

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Colette Eloi and El Wah Movement

Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble - Identidad

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Week 2 - El Agua: Transatlantic Tongues

El Agua: Transatlantic Tongues videos

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Yagbe Awolowo Onilu - Opening Prayer

Heritage - The Vision Continues

Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Chicago, Sudan

Liberation Dance Theater - Guerra

Cunamacué - Libera Tu Danza

Aguas Da Bahia - Movendo con Capoeira

Afoutayi Dance Company - Damballah

Grupo Experimental Nago - Merengue del Cafetal

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Week 3 - La Orilla: Loss & Acceptance

La Orilla: Loss & Acceptance videos

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Alayo Dance Company - La Madre

Alayo Dance Company - Grief

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2009

5th Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2009 Festival Page

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Week 1 - 50 Years of Performance Since the Cuban Revolution

50 Years of Performance Since the Cuban Revolution Videos

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Jeff Chambers & Ramón Ramos Alayo - Grace Notes

Juan Carlos Blanco & Omo Ache

Chancleteros

Las Que Son Son

Napoles Ballet Theater

Las Que Son Son

Alayo Dance Company - Wrong Way

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2009 BOUNDtogether

BOUNDtogether Page

BOUNDtogether videos

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Alayo Dance Company - A Piece of White Cloth

Aguas de Bahia

Alayo Dance Company - Solo & Duet

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2007

3rd Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2007 Festival Page

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Week 1 - Shaking off the Dust

Shaking off the Dust Videos

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Konpayi - Muzik Gede

Konpayi - Papa Legba, Ouvre bare pou nou (…we begin)

Konpayi - Banbouche! (…we continue)

Bateria Bay-Lleza de San Francisco y Grupo los Locos por Samba - Bay-Lleza

Las Que Son Son - Banda Gagá

Rara Tou Limen - Manbo Ayizan

Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 1 - Neg Daome

Rara Tou Limen - Nachons: An Ancestral Link (Old World to the NEW) - Suite 2 - Evolution

Rara Tou Limen - Viv Rara!

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Week 2 - 3 Threes & Traces

3 Threes & Traces Videos

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Alayo Dance Company - 3 Threes

Alayo Dance Company - Traces

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2005

1st Annual Festival of Dance & Music

2005 Festival Page

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Week 4 - La Madre

La Madre Video

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Alayo Dance Company - La Madre

2003

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