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Performance

The intention of each Bad Unkl Sista performance is to weave experiences in the present, followed by a logical understanding once the apparition and pageantry of the glorious living moment has passed.

Each performance contains elements of surprise for the audience as well as the dancers. There are moments choreographed into every performance where each dancer—at different times—is metaphorically pushed to the edge of a cliff and asked to jump off. The direction of the performance from there is an unknown for all.

Every performance happens only once, compelling the dancers and the audience to share in the moment, together. This is gives life to the dancers and the audience, and together we reach a level of trust and vulnerability that is rarely experienced in our day-to-day social interactions.

All work by Bad Unkl Sista is infused with this same sense of awe and living wonder.

 

Second Skin at The Exploratorium (2008)
Raygun Rocketship (2009)
LovEvolution (2008)
Symbiosis (2009)

Second Skin at The Exploratorium (2008)
Portland Butoh Festival (2009)
Hot Couture at The Crucible (2008)
Carpetbag Brigade (2005)

Second Skin at The Exploratorium (2008)
Second Skin at The Exploratorium (2008)
Destroy the Universe Festival (2009)
The Study of Soft (2010)

Portland Butoh Festival (2009)
The Study of Soft (2010)
Symbiosis (2009)
Second Skin at The Exploratorium (2008)


Upcoming

The Decameron

The Decameron

(May 29-June 9, 2013) The Decameron is a ten-day festival of intimate, cafe-style stories told by a wide range of voices and artistic disciplines, presented from within a symbolic contemporary catastrophe scenario: a post-earthquake disaster area.

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Ongoing

Butoh Training

Butoh Training

(Ongoing classes) Bad Unkl Sista training draws from the threads of accumulated life experience to bring to the surface valuable core movements and emotional content.

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Supperclub San Francisco

Supperclub San Francisco

(Ongoing shows) Anastazia Louise and other Bad Unkl Sista company artists offer spotlight performances as well as intimate roaming and audience interaction throughout the evening.

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Archive

Little Match Girl Passion – Denmark

Little Match Girl Passion – Denmark

(April 5-13, 2013) A re-telling of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, presented by Den Fynske Opera (Odense, Denmark) and featuring Anastazia Louise as The Little Match Girl in collaboration with the San Francisco Lyric Opera.

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All Worlds Fair

All Worlds Fair

(February 22-23, 2013) Our world, in our universe, has been selected to host the greatest gathering of all of time and space! Come marvel at the wonders of the pasts that never were, presents not of our Earth, and futures that never will be again!

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First Breath – Last Breath : CD Release Party

First Breath – Last Breath : CD Release Party

(December 18, 2012) Come celebrate our release of “First Breath – Last Breath”, featuring a special live performance by Bad Unkl Sista plus the world premiere screening of our documentary, “The Space Between: The Making of First Breath – Last Breath”.

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Artumnal 2012

Artumnal 2012

(December 1, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed at this annual celebration in honor of our community’s artists and in support of Black Rock Arts Foundation’s future initiatives.

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Viva Muerta

Viva Muerta

(November 3, 2012) As the ancestors fill their cups, bound by our memories, we feed them our sadness in sweets and song — carrying their bones into the path of the rising sun. A full lineup of live music, ritual performance and living altars. And of course, miles of Bad Unkl Sista.

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CODAME 2012

CODAME 2012

(October 27, 2012) CODAME brings together independent artists, creators, performers and musicians for one night to find where Art and Technology meet. Bad Unkl Sista explored this year’s theme, DIMENSIONS, and audiences experienced our offering in an intimate gallery setting.

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UP: San Francisco 2012

UP: San Francisco 2012

(October 20, 2012) UP: fosters a wide array of new creative projects which blend the digital and physical to explore new possibilities in public space. Bad Unkl Sista presented at this year’s event in San Francisco.

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Yerba Buena Night 2012

Yerba Buena Night 2012

(October 13, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista presented throughout this year’s Yerba Buena Night, a free outdoor evening of art, music, dance and performance in downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena neighborhood.

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Decompression 2012

Decompression 2012

(October 7, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed at this year’s street party, bringing our Burning Man experience to the streets of San Francisco.

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Burning Man 2012

Burning Man 2012

(August 27-September 3, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed offerings during its annual pilgrimage to the playa – performing at the Dustfish camp, processing inside the Temple, and haunting a sunken ship – while expressing this year’s theme, Fertility 2.0.

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Priceless 2012

Priceless 2012

(June 29-July 2, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed at this year’s campout, a celebration of music, art and community on the banks of the Feather River.

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Symbiosis 2012

Symbiosis 2012

(May 17-21, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed at this year’s Gathering, a synaesthesia of art, music, transformational learning, and sustainable living on the eastern shore of Pyramid Lake in celebration of the solar eclipse.

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First Breath – Last Breath

First Breath – Last Breath

(April 27-28, 2012) Come experience this Butoh-based fusion of dance, aerial, music, couture costuming, art and video installation—and check your expectations at the door.

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Little Match Girl Passion

Little Match Girl Passion

(March 23-25, 2012) A re-telling of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, presented by the San Francisco Lyric Opera at ODC Theater and featuring Anastazia Louise as The Little Match Girl.

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Burnal Equinox 2012

Burnal Equinox 2012

(March 3, 2012) Bad Unkl Sista performed at this year’s Burnal Equinox, celebrating the mid-point in our burning year—a seriously mad-capped cultural Petri dish of imagination and boundless reality!

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Oracle & Enigma

Oracle & Enigma

(February 24-25, 2012) Oracle and Enigma is a Butoh dance theatre work directed by Master KATSURA Kan. This work explores our human relation to earthly and cosmic elements through the movement of the “curious body.” Costuming by Bad Unkl Sista.

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LoveSick 5

LoveSick 5

(February 14, 2012) This Valentine’s Day, it’s time for those who can’t commit to get committed. Straighten your best jacket, adjust your medication, and get out of the house from 7-10 pm. Fashion show with special appearance by Bad Unkl Sista.

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Spider Ball 2011

Spider Ball 2011

(October 29, 2011) Bad Unkl Sista provided concepting, production and performance services for Spider Ball 2011, a massive Halloween party held every year at the historic Bently Reserve in San Francisco.

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Spider Ball 2009

Spider Ball 2009

(2009) Bad Unkl Sista provided concepting, production and performance services for Spider Ball 2009, a massive Halloween party held every year at the historic Bently Reserve in San Francisco.

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Contact

info (at) badunklsista.com
+1 415 209 5569
PO Box 640096
San Francisco, CA 94164 USA

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