Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA)
Saturday, March 26, 2008
Doors open at 6:30pm
Show: 7pm – 9:30pm
Admission:
General: $7.00
Students and Seniors: $5.00
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
(MCCLA is 1/2 block from the 24th Street BART Station, and is wheelchair accessible.)
CONTACT:
Events Coordinator: Sebastian Davila. events@missionculturalcenter.org
Luna Negra Producer: Adrián Arias. multimedia@missionculturalcenter.org
www.missionculturalcenter.org
http://luna-negra-mccla.blogspot.com/
About Luna Negra
A show that has been honoring the art of women in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past six years, the evening includes the live mediums of Poetry, Music, Performance and Video.
Featuring: Poetry with Nina Serrano and Mamacoatl, a fusion of jazz and Venezuelan music with Jackeline Rago, ALJIBE Flamenco dance company, OJALA, six women percussionists performing Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms, song and dance.
Videos by: Manijeh Gonzales, Carolina Stankiewich and Sabina Nieto.
About the Venue
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) was established in 1977 by artists and community activists with a shared vision to promote, preserve and develop the Latino cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Mexican, Central and South American, and the Caribbean people.
About Nina Serrano
Nina Serrano is a Bay Area poet, translator, storyteller, and independent media producer. She conducts storytelling and poetry writing workshops in schools, libraries, and community centers and was a co-founder of the Mission Cultural Center. She recently completed an 18-segment video/DVD telenovela "Grand Cafe" for a non-profit organization about immigrant women. She hosts and co-produces regular community and literature programs on KPFA-fm "La Raza Chronicles" and "Open Book." Nina is a former director of both poetry and storytelling programs in the schools and focuses on making the arts an everyday experience in the public schools. Serrano is serving as the artistic director for Ecocity World Summit 2008 to be held in San Francisco in April 08. After many decades of social justice and cultural activism campaigns, Nina Serrano does not give up hope.
About Mamacoatl
“From seductress to revolutionary to Earth Mother San Francisco-based singer MamaCoAtl is a performer unafraid to sing and speak about our turbulent times. Her sharp lyrics are social commentary laced with poems and prayers. She brings the altar to the kitchen and cooks a multicultural stew, fusing songs made out of spoken word, bilingual blues, and the secret ingredient; "jazzmientos." At her outstanding debut at La Peña's Hecho en Califas Festival in 2006, MamacoAtl’s stage presence mesmerized the audience who responded with a spontaneous standing ovation.”
About ALJIBE Flamenco Dance Company
"Aljibe" is a word that originates from the Arabic. It was the place in ancient cultures where the rain water was gathered to quench thirst. La Tania has created the Flamenco group "Aljibe" to unite the emerging talents in the Bay Area to show the richness and fluidity that Flamenco art has in this part of the World. "Aljibe" will perform "Agua" a work in progress which will be performed for the first time in Luna Negra.
About the choreographer:
La Tania grew up in "Andalucia" southern Spain in the heart of the flamenco culture where she began to learn this art form. By the age of 17 she was performing professionally. She made Madrid her base and performed in many "Tablaos" such as Corral de la Moreria", "Zambra" and toured internationally with many companies including Mario Maya, Paco Peña etc. She began her own company in 1991 and performed in the US for the first time in 1993. Since then she has won many awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the California Arts Council Fellowship, the National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship, the James Irvine Fellowship and the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Artistic Excellence. Currently she is based in San Francisco where she teaches regularly and continues to perform locally and Internationally.
Dancers: Sandra Gabas, Anna Ciacchella, Lea Kobeli, Gina Giammanco.
Singer: Roberto Zamora
Guitarist: David Mclean
Choreography by La Tania
www.latania-flamenco.org
About Jackeline Rago
Jackeline Rago was born in Caracas, Venezuela, she is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer and educator who specializes in Venezuelan Folk-Music as well as music from other countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Jackeline is the artistic and musical director of the "Venezuelan Music Project" (Venezuelan Folk music, www.venezuelanmusicproject.com) and a founding member of the"VNote Ensemble" (formerly The Snake Trio, (www.vnotensemble.com), bands which she travels and performs with in an ongoing basis. She was also a founding member of “Altazor” (Nueva Canción ensemble),” Wild Mango” (world beat music), “Keith Terry & Crosspulse” (world percussion) and “Trio Altamira” (contemporary Latin American music).
Jackeline has performed nationally and internationally for over 20 years showcasing the music of Latin America with an emphasis in Venezuelan Folk-Music.
Just recently, Rago received the “Award of Excellence in Music“ given by the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts in its 30th Anniversary, in San Francisco.
For more information and CDs please visit: ww.jackelinerago.com
About OJALA
Ojalá is a talented, multi-cultural group of women whose musical celebration inspires and uplifts. Infuenced by the African Diaspora, Ojalá wraps you in its special blend of percussion, vocals and dance. Performances combine traditional Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms and chants, infectious funky beats, imaginative original songs, and heartfelt dance. Ojalá’s performances create an exciting environment that a rhythms the strength of the feminine vision, and preserves cultural art forms that have been passed to us from ancient times. Thoroughly steeped in tradition, yet utterly contemporary, Ojalá provides both entertainment and education. Groundbreaking percussionist Carolyn Brandy has combined her extensive knowledge of rhythm with the soulful vocals of Elouise Burrell and Regina Wells, the drumming and back-up vocals of Annette Acosta and Sue Matthews, and the high energy dance of Ava Square-LeVias.
About the Videos
Flor (Carolina Stankiewich, 2005, 7 min)
When Flor, a Latina living in San Francisco sees her image all across the Mission, she finds herself immersed within an internal quest . . . Meanwhile, she is not aware of an angel that observes and changes her near destiny.
Las Fruteras: A Fruitvale Tale (Manijeh Gonzalez Fata, 2005, 12 min)
The daily ritual of two Latina women, a young prostitute and middle-aged fruit vendor, who share the same street corner in East Oakland produces a heartening outcome.
AxSawFallRope (Sabina Nieto, 2008, 2:10 min)
A look at early construction instructional films multiplies the motion of (men) yielding materials. A performance for working the land by hand.
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
(MCCLA is 1/2 block from the 24th Street BART Station, and is wheelchair accessible.)
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