In COmmunity
EHC’s mission to produce art while dismantling systems of oppression is in alignment with and builds upon the work of many other organizations and individuals in our local community and throughout the dance field. Below is a list of admired forebearers, active partners, and wholehearted recommendations from EHC.
Dance Artists’ National COllective
Dance Artists’ National Collective (DANC) is a united group of dancers advocating for safe, equitable, and sustainable working conditions for dancers in the U.S., especially those who are most impacted by systems of oppression. DANC works to empower dancers, who are often underpaid, mistreated, manipulated, and misclassified, by engaging in research, sharing resources, educating members, organizing for collective action, and championing labor standards.
Check out DANC’s programming and resources.
Sins Invalid
Sins Invalid is a disability justice based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized. Led by disabled people of color, Sins Invalid’s performance work explores the themes of sexuality, embodiment and the disabled body, developing provocative work where paradigms of “normal” and “sexy” are challenged, offering instead a vision of beauty and sexuality inclusive of all bodies and communities.
Recommended reading: Disability Justice Primer
Bay Area Artists Against Genocide
Bay Area Artists Against Genocide dedicates their work to the dignity, liberation, freedom and sovereignty of the Palestinian people and their indigenous homeland. The group includes artists involved with Love Letter to Gaza, fighting for a liberated Palestine in all art spaces 🍉
Dragons Dance
Led by EHC collaborator Erin Yen!
A contemporary dance company guided by the belief that the most impactful art is made by treating artists well along the way.
Eight Moves
Led by EHC collaborator Mia J. Chong!
EIGHT/MOVES is a contemporary dance company dedicated to breaking boundaries and creating unity through movement. We bring artists, audiences, and communities together to empower marginalized voices, bridge gaps between communities, and utilize the universal language of dance to generate social and cultural change.
Rebecca Fitton Projects
Led by EHC collaborator Rebecca Fitton!
Their creative work is largely informed by experiences as a disabled, multi-cultural immigrant. Presenting artistic work in non-traditional performance spaces, providing audio description services, and advocating for equity in the performing arts field.
REYES Dance
Led by EHC collaborator Jocelyn Reyes!
REYES Dance is a contemporary dance company working in live performance and film. Creating new work and curating opportunities for other San Francisco artists to be presented by REYES Dance.
adrienne maree brown
adrienne maree brown grows healing ideas in public. Through her writing, which includes short- and long-form fiction, nonfiction, spells, tarot decks and poetry; her music, which includes songwriting, singing and immersive musical rituals; and her podcasts, including How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia’s Parables and The Emergent Strategy Podcast, adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination and Transformative Justice as ideas, frameworks, networks and practices for transformation.
Recommended reading: Emergent Strategy