More than a dozen choreographers from around the Bay Area are presenting work as part of the 11th annual Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now at Dance Mission Theater. Now entering its second decade, the BCF has increased its scope every year to showcase African-American dance by local and national artists during Black History Month. This year's programming highlights the legacies of established Bay Area choreographers Alonzo King, Robert Moses, Reginald Ray Savage, and Deborah Vaughan, whose protégés offer new works in two separate programs. The festival also includes a number of special events, including a master class with former festival artist and MacArthur fellow Kyle Abraham at 2 p.m. at Oakland's Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts. His new work, Pavement, documents the decline of urban black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and the development of black male identity. A post-production Q&A on March 1 invites community dialogue.
The Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now starts at 7:30 p.m. and runs through March 1 at Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St., S.F. $10-$20; bcfhereandnow.com.
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