"What happens when artists revolt?" is the question Dance Mission Theater artistic director Krissy Keefer and theater director Stella Adelman posed several months ago to Bay Area dance makers. Sixty-four choreographers representing a diverse range of genres, from modern to hip-hop to Peruvian folkloric dance, responded to their challenge. From these, Keefer and Adelman have selected 16 for D.I.R.T.—Dance In Revolt(ing) Times. With two programs spanning three weekends, D.I.R.T. is an opportunity to experience a spectrum of pieces by emerging and established choreographers, and support a theater that nurtures artists in an environment where producing a show has become less and less economically feasible. The question of what artists can accomplish in meager times seems more pressing than ever after the violence and solidarity in France — artists speak, and the world does listen.
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