Grantee Database
Urban Jazz Dance Company
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$25,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Urban Jazz Dance Company will produce the 12th annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) to be held August 2024 in collaboration with Dance Mission Theater. The 2024 BAIDDF will feature over 60 Deaf and Hard of Hearing artists for an audience of 500. The 12th Annual BAIDDF will consist of three performances, three workshops, and an Artist Q&A for Deaf and Hearing audiences and students. While primarily featuring dance, BAIDDF will also include poetry and music, including 4 live music orchestra members. The first of its kind in the Bay Area, BAIDDF is a highly anticipated annual event. BAIDDF fosters shared understanding between people by highlighting the contributions that Deaf artists make to our community and raising Deaf awareness.
Organization Summary
UJDC educates audiences about current events, empowering minorities, lack of early access to language for Deaf children and social justice. We provide educational workshops/performances at Deaf schools, mainstream programs, Universities, state colleges and seniors homes in the process, creating a healing space for many who have experienced domestic abuse. UJDC passionately visits over 70 schools per year, local to International, working with both hearing and Deaf people of all ages and abilities.
Organization
Urban Jazz Dance Company
Address
1446 Market Street
San Francisco
94102
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(510) 575-9711
Congressional District
California's 12th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
