San Francisco International Arts Festival
san francisco international art festival sfiaf multicultural performance visual art festival held annually first two week may multiple venue mission district san francisco california sfiaf present work groundbreaking performing artist bay area around world many international artist u representation rarely never previously performed country sfiaf presenting partner coordinated presented andor produced performance artist art ensemble bay area country well conducting numerous educational outreach activity first sfiaf held september yerba buena center art total ensemble performed festival eight san francisco bay area seven abroad akram khan dance company london salia nï seydou burkina faso quasar companhia de danca brazil made northern california debut second sfiaf held may june presented total production four international artist six international collaboration local artist working artist country local artist beginning season sfiaf held late may early june early year festival made fort mason principal venue sfiaf presented show number different venue throughout san francisco including yerba buena center art theater artaud mission high school fort mason beginning season held may june showcased performance local international ensemble performance staged fort mason center art culture festival cancelled due coronavirus pandemic pandemic sfiaf worked develop safe socially distanced outdoor performance six month pandemic lockdown supported grant san francisco art commission phyllis c wattis foundation sfiaf presented first legally permitted public performance san francisco october event safely featured live concert performance total live audience people livestreamed several thousand sfiaf continued work dozen bay area artist research stage outdoor performance around fort mason however pandemic restriction stretched year became clear fort mason center suffered severe financial loss would longer able partner sfiaf july festival board director voted return festival program mission district first run minus international artist took place full festival returned may season sfiaf took place fort mason center art culture may june showcased local international artist ensemble commemorating th anniversary martin luther king jr assassination festival theme riverside headline concert riverside requiem king composition anthony brown spoken word angela davis saw worldpremier may fort mason cowell theater season sfiaf took place may june fort mason center art culture showcasing local international artist ensemble themed path democracy festival presented number production directly indirectly engaged political activism théatre de la feuilles hong kong new adaptation orphan zhao spitfire company czech republic antiwords inspired late václav havel play audience two company originally scheduled appear year festival compagnie virginie brunelle modern dance group based montreal canada collective ma’louba syrian theater company based germany denied visa u show cancelled sfiaf primarily presenting organization also produced project year production include “a long way home concertizing golden triangle” composed arranged linda tillery cultural heritage choir black voice uk “crazy cloud” shinichi iovakoga inkboat collaboration ko murobushi japan “placas dangerous tattoo” written paul flores directed michael john garces starring ric salina “classic black” written bystarring devorah major brian freeman directed ellen sebastian chang “iya esselen remember” staged reading written luis juarez baktun collaboration ohlone costanoan esselen nation directed kinan valdez “daughters delta” composed michelle jacques cava menzies arrangement bryan dyer religion kitendi dress code directed choreographed chanel “byb” bibene original music manolo davila kiandanda dance theater san francisco international art festival