No puedo, no quiero abrir los ojos, no quiero encontrar un corto de tragedia en el celular, no quiero confrontar la realidad de los balazos y relinches de carros en la calle, no, si, si, no, si.
I can't. I don't want to open my eyes. I don't want to find a short clip of tragedy on my cell phone. I don't want to confront the reality of the gunshots and the neighing of cars in the street. No, yes, yes, no, yes.
Read MoreMy beloved mother departed three years ago today. She has appeared in my dreams lately, making me remember the time of her departure during the height of the pandemic. I will go to visit her, bring her flowers and some food and hang out with my brothers and sister. I miss her. I miss the people who made an impression on my life — the ones that departed too soon.
Last year, we asked our friends at Usuzawa ShishiOdori (Usuzawa Deer Dance) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, if there was any way for them to dance a mourning dance for her and our family members who passed away during the COVID pandemic.
Read MoreToday was one of the coldest nights yet this winter. As I readjusted in bed, seeking the warmest spot for a restful sleep, a persistent scratching at my door around 7 am signaled the arrival of Canelo, wagging his tail eagerly. As I opened the door, he leaped onto the bed, also searching for that cozy warmth. His affectionate nips and bites seemed his way of expressing gratitude to the one who provides his meals twice a day.
Following my usual routine, I reached for my phone, scanning through emails, various platforms, and then the news. However, one piece of news triggered bitter sensations, an overwhelming emotion that lingered heavily. Yesterday marked the global boycott against Israel's state of terror toward Palestine. A friend and I decided to postpone any digital international transactions in solidarity with the boycott. Within the art community of San Francisco, there's a push for public denunciation of Israel's actions. Despite joining these efforts, a lingering heaviness remained, realizing that the focus on Israel or Palestine in the war is less important than who benefits from it. The real issue lies with those perpetuating atrocities by supplying armament and ammunition
Read MoreHappy Fall to you! We hope you’re able to find ease and comfort, and can connect with folx you love, both near and far. José Ome and Debby are closing out 2022 by celebrating 21 years of NAKA Dance Theater making work together in community.
Could you help support NAKA projects by giving a dollar for each year of our 21 years? Through your generosity, you can help NAKA meet our goal of raising $12,000.
Read MoreDismantling Tactic X: On August 1st, we begin 10 days of an intensive creative process followed by two public presentations. Some collaborators from the first iteration are joining us, and some new folx have joined our process. Together, we will be contemplating how to resist supremacy, patriarchy, and systems of oppression. What does this praxis look like for us in our bodies and in our daily lives?
Read Moreether-NITY: Nuevo trabajo experimental de José Ome Mazatl, de NAKA Dance Theater, que mezcla la realidad con la ficción, examinando las heridas del pasado para sanar y liberar el cuerpo y el alma de una manera funky, cruda, terrenal y espiritual en escenarios urbanos no convencionales.
ether-NITY: a new experimental work by José Ome Mazatl, of NAKA Dance Theater, hybrids reality with fiction, looking at the wounds of the past to heal and liberate the body and soul in a funky, raw, earthy, spiritual way in urban unconventional settings.
Read MoreOn November 2, some members of the East Oakland community gathered at the EastSide Arts Alliance Garage Lot for a Día de los Muertos Celebration. This is the day where our intentions are to celebrate our ancestors. This day is very important to us because it is not only about remembering those who came before us, but also remembering the essence of the people who had an impact on our lives.
Read MoreJosé was interviewed in the SF Classical Voice by Lou Fancher, where they discussed the repercussions of the pandemic, NAKA’s ongoing collaboration with MUA, the future of choreography, and the intersection between contemporary art, social justice, and community.
Read MoreAna Muñoz created these three artworks which were inspired by:
1. The poem “Too Much” by Learkana Chong, written in response to the Atlanta Spa shootings on March 16, 2021 in which eight people were killed, six of whom were Asian women, and one other person was wounded.
3. The violence inflicted on Black folk, or the “tercera raiz”
Read MoreSoy Evangelina Contreras Ceja, y yo busco a mi hija Tania Contreras Ceja, ella desapareció el 11 de julio de 2012. Desde entonces estoy buscándola. No saben el dolor tan fuerte que sufre una madre, por no saber dónde está su hija. Nuestra familia duró un año sin mencionar el nombre de mi hija por el dolor que teníamos. Amigos y amigas de mi hijo me decían que él estaba sufriendo mucho, que tenía mucho dolor, que pusiera atención en él. Entonces yo les dije que un herido no puede curar a otro herido,”Ustedes son amigos, confortenlo”. Yo no podía, yo no podía tampoco nombrar a mi hija, me dolía muchísimo.
Read MoreMe llamo Julio Domínguez Morales, soy un padre de familia que tengo a mi hijo desaparecido. Va cumplir seis años que desaparecio, él se llama Lorenzo Domínguez Jáquez. Tengo tres años participando en las brigadas nacionales del estado de Baja California.
Read MoreMi nombre es Gregorio Hernández. Tengo 28 años. Soy de aquí de Tijuana Baja California, también soy estudiante de derecho y pertenezco a la comunidad LGBT (Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Transgéneros) y al colectivo Una Nación Buscándo”T”.
Read MoreMi nueva misión es visualizar una brigada internacional en donde todas las madres de otros países vengan a buscar a sus seres queridos a esta gran frontera que es Baja California que todos tengan el derecho de saber la verdad de dónde está su familia.
Read MoreMi nombre es Miguel Angel Trujillo Herrera. Soy miembro de los buscadores en las Brigadas Nacionales y Estatales de Búsqueda. Soy miembro activo y parte fundadora de Armadillo Rastreadores México Formadores de Paz. Estuvimos ahorita en la en la Tercera Brigada Estatal de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas en Baja California en la ciudad de Tecate.
Read MoreMi nombre es Álvaro García García. Estoy buscando a mi hija, Selena Guadalupe Garcia Castillo la cual está desaparecida desde hace poco más de un año, desde el día 2 de Marzo del año 2020. Estoy participando en la tercera Brigada de Búsqueda estatal en la cual están participando personas de varios estados de México.
Read MoreI have always wanted to do a quest journey. A few times in my life, I have been lost — unable to find my way through, confronted by all the things I was supposed to or must do. This desire was accompanied with lots of anxiety, mainly fears of safety and, of course, death.
Read MoreToday was a busy day, a “positive day,” which doesn’t mean that it was an easy-going and friendly day. A “positive day” means that we found one dead body and possibly more. We went back to the previous site, El Morro, near Rosarito, 45 miles from Tijuana City. Before going to El Morro (a cliff used as a garbage dump) we stopped at two sites nearby.
Read MoreWe arrived at Los Volcanes, Rosarito around 10 am. The site was at the top of hill, and the big bus couldn’t go up the unpaved and narrow road. The National Guard, Commission for Human Rights, National Commission for Desaparecidos and the crime scene team drove up the hill in pickup trucks. Most of the families and volunteers walked up the hill.
Read MoreToday were in sierra Juarez, two hours away inland of Ensenada city, there was a Indian reservation Kutap Kuhtey.
Read MoreToday we went to Meneadero, Ensenada. At the beginning of the search, the people in charge gave us instructions about the place and where to do rastreo. This time the security guards were warning us to be careful because in this location, we could run into people who might be armed. I got chills when the commandante said that we might see some pobladores armed around the area and if that happened we should take precautions.
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