This series features informal and intimate conversations using archival media to reflect on past performances by Bay Area artists that have left a lasting impact on our performance community. Often, artists and fans find themselves saying, "Sorry I missed your show!" This series aims to revive those memorable performances, capturing their political and artistic significance from a specific era, space, and time.

What does it mean for Japanese Americans to have ancestors from Okinawa? How is it different from the histories and experiences of other Japanese Americans? This workshop is for people with at least one family member/ancestor (e.g., parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc.) from Okinawa, specifically welcoming people of all ages who don't know much about Japanese or Okinawan cultures, languages, and histories; people of multiple ancestries; and people who identify with multiple marginalized communities (in terms of ability, sexuality, gender, etc.).

We warmly invite you to the first in a series of three events about the Okinawan Diaspora

Organized by the Beyond the Fence Collective, Hosted by J-Sei and sponsored by the Northern California Okinawa Kenjinkai

Okinawans have been migrating to the United States for over 100 years. They have come in two major waves - before World War II and after World War II. What have been the circumstances for their leaving Okinawa and coming to the United States?

We’re traveling to Los Angeles to perform two shows in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in celebration of International Women's Day and in support of tenants' rights, thanks to our friends from Unión de Vecinos.

We’re traveling to Los Angeles to perform two shows in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in celebration of International Women's Day and in support of tenants' rights, thanks to our friends from Unión de Vecinos.

Jody Stillwater’s short documentary film Y Basta Ya!/Enough! highlights the stories of several grassroots immigrant women who work as caretakers/domestic workers in the Bay Area, and also have performed with NAKA Dance Theater.

CANCELLED IN SUPPORT OF BOYCOTT - Jody Stillwater’s short documentary film Y Basta Ya!/Enough! highlights the stories of several grassroots immigrant women who work as caretakers/domestic workers in the Bay Area, and also have performed with NAKA Dance Theater.

CANCELLED IN SUPPORT OF BOYCOT — Join us for a dynamic afternoon of dance performances exploring the experiences of migration and immigration. Shaped as “choreopoems,” the pieces explore border crossing, sanctuary cities, and lived experience by sharing personal stories and narratives through choreography and sound.

CANCELLED IN SUPPORT OF BOYCOTT - Watch a film screening of NAKA Dance Theater’s seminal work The Anastasio Project (2015), followed by a conversation with artists from the project.

NAKA Dance Theater y Mujeres Unidas y Activas les invitan cordialmente a la celebración del grupo de Telares Maya Mam!

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Join NAKA Dance Theater and Mujeres Unidas y Activas for a celebration with our Indigenous Maya Mam Weaving Circle participants!

MU-칠성새남굿 Chilseong Saenamgut (Duringut)
Ritual contra Las Enfermedades

Obra creada por la galardonada artista de artes tradicionales y contemporáneas Dohee Lee, directora artística de Puri Arts, como una acción ritual performática inspirada en los rituales sagrados de la ciudad natal de la artista, la isla de Jeju, en Corea. La ceremonia está acompañada por tres percusionistas y cantantes creando así, un altar público. Proyecto que continúa la exploración de las representaciones rituales que comenzó en 2004.

Join us for a presentation of Performance of the Performance: Y Basta Ya! As part of our residency at Rosy Simas Danse’s 331 Space.

NAKA Dance Theater’s José Ome and Debby will reflect on the creative process and why they were inspired to create Y Basta Ya! In collaboration with the women of Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA). The performance will feature performances by two women, Sarita and Maria, originally from Guatemala, who perform their stories through movement, storytelling, art objects and dance.

Indigenous Roots and NAKA Dance Theater invite you to a community gathering with food and performance excerpts of Y Basta Ya!

Our intention is to cultivate a space where community members take ownership of the poetic representation of their own stories. We are thrilled to be partnering with Indigenous Roots in St. Paul, MN and Angelica Bello’s Circulo de Mamitas to host performances and sharing events between.

Join us for a work-in-progress showing and community gathering to support the Performance of the Performance: Y Basta Ya! NAKA Dance Theater’s José Ome and Debby will reflect on the creative process and why they were inspired to create Y Basta Ya! In collaboration with the women of Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA).

Los pueblos se organizan y luchan. Eso lo sabemos y lo hemos visto a lo largo de estas charlas. Sin embargo, el desafío mayor es el de la unidad y la coordinación de las distintas formas de resistir. ¿Cómo logramos que el dolor de las madres que buscan a sus hijos se una con el coraje de quienes hemos sido despojados de nuestras tierras, nuestro trabajo, nuestros sueños?

The D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process.

NAKA Dance Theater with MUA will be performing Y Basta Ya!

NAKA Dance Theater and Ohlone College present: Labor Rights and the Experiences of Latina Immigrant Women

Join us for a conversation with three powerful women leaders who have transformed their communities by advocating for labor rights for domestic workers.

Desde hace más de 20 años en México se lleva a cabo una guerra contra la población. Enmascarada detrás de “la guerra contra el narcotráfico” la estrategia del Estado mexicano -siguiendo directivas de los distintos gobiernos norteamericanos- ha sigo utilizar las fuerzas militares y paramilitares para sembrar el terror en la población e intentar exterminar todas las formas de resistencia y lazos sociales que unen a las comunidades y pueblos. Hoy en día México tiene cifras de guerra: más de 100mil personas desaparecidas, varios millones asesinados y actualmente se ha militarizado la seguridad y la vida pública.

LIVE ARTS IN RESISTANCE / Eastside Arts Alliance, NAKA Dance Theater and Puri Arts present…

칠성 새남굿- Chilseong SaenamGut (Duringut): Ritual for Sickness

Dohee Lee calls upon “Chilseong Saenamgut,” a ritual for sickness, illness and destruction from Jeju Island, her hometown, in order to confront and heal. This ritual is for facing and naming challenges, for purging destructive and monstrous spirits (Heomaengyee-허맹이 *), white supremacy and patriarchal culture and inviting back vital spirits (Chilseong-칠성신 **).

Join us for our first Community Art Festival, Que Vivan los Muertos!! We will celebrate with music, dance and poetry to commemorate our ancestors. The lineup for this day is: Shavon Moore, Ms Ryan Nicole, Beats and Flows! And Tongo Eisen Martin.

Join us for our first Community Art Festival, Que Vivan los Muertos!! We will celebrate with music, dance and poetry to commemorate our ancestors. The lineup for this day is: Cristina Suarez Lopez, HouseFull / Amara Tabor-Smith with Unique Holland, NAKA Dance Theater with members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas and Megan Lowe Dances.