SKIN & YBCA Present "Radical Ancestry"

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SKIN & YBCA Present "Radical Ancestry"

Time: October 10, 2015 at 8pm to October 11, 2015 at 12am
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Street: 701 Mission Street
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Info/Tickets/Map: http://ybca.org/radical-ances…
Phone: 415-978-2787
Event Type: yerba, buena, center, for, the, arts, skin, oakland, world, music
Organized By: miss candi
Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2015

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YBCA and SKIN World Wide Present:

“Radical Ancestry”

Closing Finale of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Arts

Saturday, October 10th 2015

 

Oakland based Cultural Arts collective, SKIN World Wide has partnered with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to present “Radical Ancestry”, a dance floor journey through sound, art, tradition, and folklore. We invite you to this gorgeous, visceral celebration that weaves through the African and Latin-American diasporas. Featuring a mixture of live performances, dance, visual art, and DJ’s, we pay homage to our common bonds of ancestry and rhythm.

 

Featuring an extravaganza of live performances by:

Rara Tou Limen

Sambaxé Dance & Drum Company

MJ’s Brass Boppers

DJ Cecil with Percussionists Ibou Ngom, Jeff Pierre & Vincent Perrault

Piwai

Son of Sōn

DJ Emancipacion

 

Visual Artists:

Azteca Negra

Sabreena Haque

Tigre Bailando

Tres Mercedes

 

Hosted By: Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Curator: Candi Martinez

 

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

701 Mission Street San Francisco, USA

Doors 8pm - 12am, All Ages

Free to YBCA Members / $10 with RSVP / $15 Door

 

Info: http://www.skinworldwide.net 

 

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