Grantee Database
Urban Jazz Dance Company
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Urban Jazz Dance Company will produce the 14th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) in August 2026. BAIDDF is the first and only festival of its kind in the Bay Area, celebrating Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists through dance, music, poetry, and education. The 2026 Festival will feature three performances, three workshops, and an Artist Q&A panel, reaching over 500 audience members and 300 students. CAC funds will support artist fees, access services including ASL interpretation and audio description, and administrative staffing. By centering Deaf leadership, artistry, and community, BAIDDF uplifts historically excluded artists and provides accessible, inclusive experiences that bridge Deaf, Disabled, and hearing communities through the power of performance and cultural connection.
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
