MUSIC

PERLA BATALLA continues to wow audiences around the world. Check her dates here and let us know if you want to see a show, including Live Climate in NYC on April 23.! Fill-in dates are available in the southwest in April, 2020, the East Coast/South in late April, and the Northwest again and Canada in May. And, taking requests for 20/21, November is now booked.
"Onstage, offstage, digital, or analog, I love Perla Batalla."
-Leonard Cohen

ADAAWE''s signature contemporary global soul rocks enthusiastic audiences worldwide! They have open availability in 2020, and are looking for summer festivals. See their "A New Day" video here.
"This is something rare: a work which is both entertaining and educational."
-Tasmin Grainger, The Wee Review

ARTES LATINAS: Calle Sur has begun work on its new “Cancun Project” (Latin folk & jazz piano – see Preview). Artes Latinas is a leader in making the performing arts more environmentally responsible. Contact Karin Stein for more information. Americas3 is looking for a last-minute, discounted, community performance or educational engagement opportunity on May 21st of 2020 in the greater Chicago area.

EL VEZ has avails in the Midwest in early April, 2020, summer 2020 festivals, Day of the Dead, and Christmas, 2020.El Vez is also available to emcee events. Additionally, Robert Lopez's new show The Unhappy Hour is gaining traction!
"Elvis con salsa"
-People Magazine

Busy times continue for PAMELA ROSE and BLUES IS A WOMAN - 23 consecutive sold out shows, and looking forward to upcoming appearances in the Northwest in May, 2020. Fill-in dates are possible! Come see an upcoming concert.
"Pamela and her crew created a magical show that was fun, educational, and kick-ass!"
-Tim Jackson, Artistic Director, Monterey Jazz Festival

VAL VIGODA, offers her PEAK Aliveness Musical Keynote, and Just Getting Good for all ages. Ask about her outreach offerings, and 1-minute Songs. She will be heading east for Live Climate in 2020, and has openings for East Coast states in the spring!
"Valerie Vigoda unleashes a diva-worthy torrent of passion..."
-The Washington Post

JOSELYN WILKINSON & DON BARAZZO will have their debut LP, "Always Coming Home," out soon. Fill-in dates are available in the Western United States in July 2020.
"This is music for the ears and heart, but also the mind and the soul."
-Taran Schindler, Grand Annex Music Hall

YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE is fresh off of several performances in Southern California and offers unifying concerts and messages of peace, ensemble members offer workshops and masterclasses in the sacred music and movement ritual (Whirling), several different cultures.
"In his compositions all differences disappear, even for just a moment, to let the real soul of peace, shalom, salaam enter the heart."
-Rabbi David Zaslow

SPECIAL PROJECTS

FLYAWAY PRODUCTIONS just presented at APAP’s UPNEXT event in New York, and just hosted TALK.DANCE.CAKE- an evening of conversation about gender and power in the Bay Area dance community. The Wait Room tours to the Boom Arts Festival in Portland, OR on June 26-28th. Part 2 of the Decarcation Trilogy — Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy— premieres October 9-17, 2020 in San Francisco. Mercy is a public art project that asks the question, “How can Black and Jewish Voices amplify the call for racial justice via an end to mass incarceration?”

GEORGE CHAKIRIS, Academy Award Winner, is available for appearances and to do Q&A's in front of any of his movies, especially West Side Story.
"What a special night. George knocked it out of the park.. He was so gracious!.. He's just a gem... The happiness he brought to so many last night was delightful."
-Jen Maxcy, Skirball Cultural Center

Wonderful TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK, lunatic, charm-meister, and international solo artist, is zig-zagging around the globe, delighting audiences and filling venues. He is also teaching, directing and and masterminding several outlandishly epic community extravaganzas. There are still some avails in the Northwest/Alaska/Canada and Southeast coast this April/May 2020.
"Hilarious and enormously talented."
-Time Out Magazine, London

DANCE

The wheels are turning and gaining momentum as AXIS DANCE COMPANY is touring the U.S. and had much fun in Holland and Switzerland. They will present their annual Dance Access Day & Family Matinee in April in Oakland, CA, showcasing the beauty of dance and disability. They are currently offering in-ter-twine, a triple bill featuring works by works by Jennifer Archibald, Robert Dekkers and Arthur Pita. Join a block in the fall and onward.
"Fearless and contemporary...inventive and reinvigorated."
-San Francisco Chronicle

BACKHAUSDANCE offers new work by two stellar choreographers: Spellbound’s Mauro Astolfi, and Complexion’s Dwight Rhoden. LA Dance Chronicle review, Los Angeles Times, click here. They are looking for a last minute date suitable for a black box next month in SoCal to premiere a new work with Rachel Erdos.
"A fluid, unforced fusion of classical and contemporary dance."
-The Brooklyn Rail

CITADEL + COMPAGNIE Nuit, by Jean-Pierre Perreault, starts touring in the U.S. in February, 2021. C&C also has shows for varying-sized casts ready to go on the road immediately.
"Sophisticated and highly self-aware."
-Fjord Review

PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY sparks up the new year with three current works inspired by the Jarocho, Oaxaqueno and Yaki Indians. The three suites will be debuted at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater, Summer of 2020! A Western blockis in process for Latin Heritage month this fall. Day of the Dead is still available.
"...elegant, beautifully costumed dancers...the evening reached its peak of visual and aural entertainment."
- Los Angeles Times

The Live Creature & Ethereal Things returned to RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY’S winter season at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City, UT. This vibrant production features storytelling in English and Spanish; original music, lyrics, script, costumes and choreography; tours easily; and is appropriate for the all ages. All rep is touring in 20/21 and NIKOLAIS DANCE THEATRE is available for 21/22 touring.
"The experience was powerful and transformative for our community--and the impact will be long lasting."
-The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College

MIXED eMOTION THEATRIX has a busy Spring! They are currently prepping their community based storytelling/dance show SO NOW YOU KNOW for their California tour in March. In May and September they are presenting their site specific work based on The Great Gatsby, GATSBY REDUX, at two vintage sites, the Brand Library and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center. The company is developing a work based on Hans Christian Andersen’s THE SHADOW, that includes dance, vocals, shadow play and puppetry and is in the finals for a Residency through the Jerome Robbins Foundation. Also, touring ANAIS NIN: UNBOUND through 2022.
"Brilliant and daring."
-Hollywood 360

Santa Barbara's renowned STATE STREET BALLET, in it's 25th year, are looking forward to The Sleeping Beauty in the spring! CHAPLIN is looking for a SoCal date April 18-21, 2021, en route to its debut in Switzerland! The Jungle Book is available as well! Stay tuned for a new production of The Little Mermaid....
"Full-throttle modern choreography in the service of narrative art."
-Santa Barbara Independent