A dazzling, array of kinetic street dance idioms transforms the Gardens into a liberated movement zone with the world premiere of the way home is an upwards spiral. Commissioned by YBG Festival, Sammay Peñaflor Dizon (she/they) created this experimental, site-responsive work to push the boundaries of street dance forms, challenge Western notions of concert dance and draw attention to ongoing policy battles concerning a woman’s sovereignty over her/their body. A Filipinx American choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, and cultural producer of Bikol, Kapampangan and Ilokano descent, Dizon brings together Bay Area artists who are practitioners of Black social dance forms, specifically street dances like popping and krumping, and club styles such as house, whacking, and vogue/ballroom.

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