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BAAD!Ass Women 2010 begins March 11th!
BAAD! - The Bronx
Academy of Arts and Dance proudly presents the 10th Annual
BAAD!ASS WOMEN FESTIVAL 2010
March 11 – April
3
Annual Festival
Celebrating FIERCE Women Artists!
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS INCLUDE
THE ACCLAIMED POET &
PERFORMANCE ARTIST SHARON BRIDGFORTH,
THE STIRRING DOCUMENTARY
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ANTONIA PANTOJA,
POWERHOUSE PERFORMER CARMELITA
TROPICANA,
EVENINGS OF MUSIC AND DANCE AND
WORKSHOPS INLCUDING
A WOMEN’S DRUM JAM AND DANCE WORKSHOP
(New York, NY ) BAAD! - The Bronx
Academy of Arts & Dance presents BAAD! ASS WOMEN 2010, its annual cultural
festival celebrating the empowerment of women through art, culture and performance.
The festival opens on Thursday, March 11, 2010 with the stirring documentary ANTONIO
PANTOJA: PRESENTE! celebrating the life of the dynamic
founder of the ASPIRA educational program and a quintessential BAAD!Ass Woman. The festival will continue through April 3
with dance, theatre, film and music. The events will be held at BAAD!, 841 Barretto Street in the South Bronx. Ticket prices
vary from free to $20. Participants can take advantage of the Five for $5
special (you and four “girlfriends” make a group of five and pay only $5 each
with a prior reservation.) BAAD! offers discounts to BAADGE cardholders and Bronx Cultural
Card holders. Ticket offers cannot
be combined.
The schedule for the final shows is as follows:
Thursday, March 11
at 8pm – Free
Celebrate a Latina Legend
Antonia Pantoja: Presente!
Filmmaker Lillian Jimenez
will be joined by Antonia Pantoja’s life partner Dr. Mina Perry for this screening of Antonia Pantoja: Presente! This
stirring documentary tells the story of educator/organizer Antonia Pantoja, founder of the New York-based education and advocacy
organization, Aspira and a champion of Puerto Rican
"immigrant-citizens." Through passionate personal testimony,
never-before-seen home movies and archival footage, the life of the passionate,
indomitable leader unfolds.
Friday, March 12 at
8pm - $10
Enough electricity to light up the whole Bronx
Sharon Bridgforth, Rha Goddess and Zera
Priestess
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to witness powerhouse poet/performers who’ll deliver unforgettable theatrical experiences. Bridgforth, a writer working in the theatrical jazz aesthetic presents Like Jazz, a collection of jazz/blues/prayer poems & performance stories. Rha Goddess presents an excerpt of her acclaimed show Low. Her style is so unique that it warrants its own one-word description, "Floetry," a phrase she coined which is a blending of rhythm, poetry, hip-hop and politics. Adding some Bronx flava is the one and only Zera Priestess, a poet, singer, actress and editor of the upcoming
Saturday, March 13
at 8pm – Free
Powerful Dance Doc from Trinidad and Tobago
Julia
and Joyce: Two Stories of Two Dance Pioneers
The dance history of Trinidad and
Tobago, and its local and global impact, is brought to the fore through the
eyes of two local dance legends - Julia Edwards and Joyce Kirton
in this documentary by Sonja Dumas. Julia and Joyce have collectively contributed
over 110 years of dedication and work. They have been instrumental in the
preservation and innovation of countless traditional dance forms. Their impact can be seen in the many dancers
and choreographers of the generations that have come after them. Co-presented
with the Dance Film Assocation.
Sunday, March 14 at
1pm / Tix: $7 suggested donation
Brunch
and Celebration of a Quintessential BAAD!Ass
Woman
Freda
Rosen Live
Join the BAAD! community for brunch
and a celebration remembering Freda Rosen a Freedom Fighter, Political Leader,
Writer, Life Coach and Bronxite who was pivotal in
the creation and development of BAAD!
Friday, March19 at
8pm and Sunday, March 21 at 5pm / Tix: $15
Bronx Choreographer Premieres Work
Jessica Danser/Dansfolk presents
Some Very Good Years: An Evening of Contemporary Dance
Award-winning
Bronx choreographer, Jessica Danser, premieres “mixtape
for some pretty good years,” a celebration of young womanhood during the hip
hop generation created through a series of workshops with young women from the
Odyssey House in Hunts Point, and “Sensitive Female Chord Progression,” a solo
by Ms. Danser with original music composed by
Haitian-American guitarist Karl Schwarz.
The evening will also include Danser’s “The
Opposite of War,” (2009), a dance which incorporates stage combat, krumping, and Graham-infused contemporary dance with a soundscore spanning 40 years of popular protest-themed
music.
Saturday, March 20
at 8pm / $20
Sensational Evening of Dance!
UPLIFTED!: BAADAss
Woman 2010 Dance Concert
For the last 10 years, the
compilation dance concert at the BAAD!Ass
Women Festival has been a highlight showcasing an exciting and diverse line-up
of choreographers and a magnificent mix of contemporary dance forms. This year’s artists include Marjani Forté, Ingrid Graham, Sue Hogan &
Heather Sakima, MAWU, Sari Nordman,
Noelle Phillips, Jule Jo Ramirez, Jessica St. Vil-Ulysse and Zoe!
Thursday, April 1 at
8pm - $15
Drama and Laughter!
Carmelita Tropicana and Carolyn Ritteray
Strap yourself down for a
night of thrilling theater and luscious laughter when award-winning performer Carmelita Tropicana presents Cucaracha,
about a cockroach ruminating on Cuban politics and Elian Gonzalez and
actress/performer Carolyn Ritteray, who as the NY Times has
called ‘breathtaking,’ brings her one woman tour de force, Insta-Bliss.
Friday, April 2 at
8pm / suggested donation $5
MIX NYC presents HOME
Mix NYC Experimental Queer Festival curates this collection of short films and videos. In our larger culture, women are
charged with sustaining the home. For queer people, home could include a wide
array of places including a home created with a chosen family, a community or
even a nation. Home is impacted by both political factors and small private
moments. This collection, curated by Rocko Bulldagger, looks at the city, the intimacy of shared living spaces and the
internal emotional landscape of home.
With Changing House by Zave Martohardhojono, Cusps by Sara Zia Ebrahimi and Cash Free by EE Miller with Bernadine Mellis.
Saturday, April 3 at
8pm - $20
Not-to-be-Missed Music!
UNITED VOICES OF SONG
This
not to be missed evening features 4 amazing singers and musical acts including
the international One World Beat and
trombonist Toli Nameless; the Bronx’s vocal powerhouse, Lah Tere, delivers a socially-conscious , thumpin’ hip hop laced set; the mighty and seductive jazz stylings of Chaney Sims; and back by popular demand, the Ganessa James Trio infuses its soulful sound with a rock edge.
MUSIC AND DANCE WORKSHOPS
Mondays – March 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 6:30-8:30pm - Free will
donation
Yoga with Shizu Homma
Everybody
is welcome to open level vinyasa, meaning
participants will get a flow workout for your mind and body, and adjust to
their own pace in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Shizu Homma is a Yoga Alliance
registered, Core-Strength Vinyasa Flow certified yoga
instructor. She has been practicing yoga
for about 12 years, has been teaching since November 2005. RSVP required. Arrive early.
Wednesdays – March 10, 17, 24 &31 – Drumming Jam from
6:30-7:30 Afro-Caribbean Dance from 7:30-9:30 / Free will donation
Women’s Drumming Jam and Afro-Caribbean
Dance Class presented by Retumba!
Don’t miss the unique experience to the join Yvette Martinez and Nancy
Friedman, the artistic directors of the acclaimed Retumba!, in this is all
women drum circle and jam (from 6:30 -7:30pm) followed by an all-out
Afro-Caribbean Dance Class (at 7:30pm) where each week a different region of
the Caribbean will be celebrated – Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Dominican
Republic. Participants are encouraged to
bring drums and dancers should bring long wide skirts.
Saturdays, - March 13, 20 & 27 from 9:30- 11am/$7 per class
Capoeira Dance with “Bronx” and Sasha of Ginga Mundo
Bronx
native Moses McCarter and his
wife Sasha McCarter lead a class for
dancers of all levels in this amazing folk dance that ritualizes movement from
martial arts, African dance and acrobatics. Guaranteed to get
your blood pumping and your body moving.
Crowned
“a funky and welcoming performance space” by The New York Times , BAAD! is a 70 seat workshop and
performance space that presents cutting-edge and challenging works by
established, evolving and emerging choreographers, playwrights, poets,
musicians and artists that are empowering to women, people of color and the
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) communities.
The BAAD! ASS WOMEN FESTIVAL
received support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Councilwoman
Carmen Arroyo, The New York State Council on the Arts and The Mertz Gilmore
Foundation.
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BAAD!/AATT receive support from The NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs,
The New York State Council on the Arts, The Bronx Council on the Arts,
Hispanics in Philanthropy, The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Carnegie
Corporation, The Tides Foundation/Starry Night Fund, The Union Square Arts Grant, Councilmember
Maria del Carmen Arroyo, CITGO and private donations. BAAD! is a proud
recipient of a 2006 Union Square Arts Award.
Crowned "a funky and welcoming performance
space" by The New York Times , BAAD! is an art, performance and workshop space
that presents cutting-edge and challenging works by established, evolving and
emerging choreographers, playwrights, poets, musicians and visual and
performing artists that are empowering to women, people of color and the LGBT
(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. BAAD! is
home to Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre and the Bronx Dance Coalition. BAAD! presents four annual festivals, BAAD! ASS WOMEN, THE BOOGIE
DOWN DANCE SERIES, OUT LIKE THAT! and the BlakTino
Performance Series.
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DANCE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS @ BAAD!
Saturdays, 9:30-11am/$7 per class
CAPOERIA DANCE CLASSES WITH “BRONX” of GINGA MUNDO
Bronx
native Moses McCarter will lead a class for dancers of all levels in
this amazing folk dance that ritualizes movement from martial arts, African
dance and acrobatics. Guaranteed to get your blood pumping
and your body moving. For more info please call 718 842 5223
CALL FOR
ARTISTS…
BAAD! is
ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR 2010 FESTIVALS AND EVENTS!!!
BAAD!Ass Women (March 2010) – Submission Deadline – December 7, 2009
BOOGIE
DOWN DANCE SERIES (MAY 2010) – Submission
deadline January 29, 2010
OUT LIKE
THAT! (JUNE 2010) - Submission Deadline March 1, 2010
The 2010
BlakTino Performance Series – Submission Deadline July
15, 2010
We are
looking for works
in all performance disciplines, film and visual art (for art talks and slide
presentations)
that are empowering
to women, people of color and
the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community.
Call 718-842-5223 for info
and application or e-mail rice-gonzalez@usa.net.
Most performances take place
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SUBMITTING A PERFORMANCE OR PRESENTATION PROJECT
TO BAAD! CALL CHARLES AT 718-842-5223 OR BY EMAIL TO RICE-GONZALEZ@USA.NET OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.
THANKS!
YOU CAN HELP KEEP IT GOING BY MAKING A DONATION TO BAAD!
ONLINE
JUST CLICK AND VISIT http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/donations.htm
OR YOU CAN MAIL A DONATION TO: ARTHUR AVILES TYPICAL
THEATRE/BAAD! 841 BARRETTO STREET, BRONX NY 10474
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Crowned “a funky and welcoming performance space” by The New
York Times, BAAD! is an art, performance and cultural workshop space that
presents cutting-edge and challenging works by established, evolving and
emerging choreographers, playwrights, poets, musicians and visual and
performing artists. BAAD! presents four annual festivals, BAAD! ASS WOMEN, THE BOOGIE
DOWN DANCE SERIES, OUT LIKE THAT! and the BlakTino Performance Series. BAAD! celebrates the
arts created and featuring women, people of all colors and the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender community.
BAAD! is home to Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre and the Bronx
Dance Coalition.
All
events at BAAD!
Call
718-842-5223 for more info or visit
www.BronxAcademyOfArtsAndDance.org
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