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In 2025, three theatre and performing arts organizations in the United States became the first in our industry to officially be designated Apartheid Free Zones (AFZs): Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, Bechdel Project, and Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (FLACC).

The AFZ campaign is inspired by the South African anti-apartheid struggle and the international solidarity movement that emerged in support of it. Like the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the AFZ campaign is a form of nonviolent action aimed to end all forms of complicity with apartheid Israel to compel it to comply with international law.

TW4C sat down with Sulu LeoNimm, executive director at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC; Maria Aparo, co-creative director at Bechdel Project; and Liz Duran Boubion, artistic director of FLACC. We talked about what motivates their action in solidarity with the Palestinian people and what role they see the American theatre industry playing in international struggles for peace and justice.

Read the full article on HowlRound. Link in our bio!

Do you work at a theater institution? Want to learn more about how your organization can become an Apartheid Free Zone? Request a copy of our AFZ toolkit for theaters or get in touch with a TW4C organizer by filling out this form: tw4c.com/afz. by @flaccdanza_

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Starting off 2026 strong!

Thursday March 5, 2026
5pm PST / 8pm EST - Virtual (Zoom)
ASL interpretation provided

Join us in conversation with trailblazing leaders from national dance festivals amplifying Latinx artists. These speakers will spotlight their festival’s mission and offerings, the application and selections process, and how artists can stay in touch with them.

Register at www.dhperformance.org by @flaccdanza_

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Christopher Unpezverde Núñez @unpezverdedance graces us with his presence. Here with @axisdanceco choreographing a new work for the company. Christopher was a featured artist in FLACC 2023 and helped curate Santuario in 2025. May there be more collaborations, solidarity and friendships with flaccistas far and wide. by @flaccdanza_

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✨Last Saturday, we had the opportunity to be part of a sacred space.

We thank our friends at FLACC 2025 @flaccdanza_ for inviting us to connect with our roots and community through music.
Shout out to @dancemissiontheater for the wonderful space.

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✨El sábado pasado, tuvimos la oportunidad de ser parte de un espacio sagrado.

Agradecemos a nuestros amigos de FLACC 2025 @flaccdanza_ por invitarnos a conectar con nuestras raíces y comunidad a través de la música.

¿Quieres conocer nuestra próxima presentación?

¡Activa las notificaciones!
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#raicesyvoces #santuario #FLACC2025 #música #danza #performance #sanfrancisco #California taken in San Francisco, California by @flaccdanza_

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Sanctuary Keeper: CatherineMarie Davalos - one of the founding choreographers of flacc provided this beautiful mandala that the participants contributed with thoughts, prayers and intentions. This kind of ritual centers community and properly feeds the ancestors, the sacred, the spirit. We give thanks for our artists who bring interdisciplinary wisdom and beauty to our work. Thank you Cathy!
@toosourfilms @dancemissiontheater @gwenbenitez

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CatherineMarie Davalos is a Chicana choreographer; her work emerges from her Mexican voice making dances that utilize a mestiza consciousness, asking us to love our Brown bodies and allow our indigeneity to inform a contemporary narrative towards liberation. Davalos Dance is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. taken in Dance Brigade's Dance Mission by @flaccdanza_

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Our Sanctuary Keepers at Dance Mission Theater managed 5 sanctuary spaces with endurance, care and technical mastery. @dancemissiontheater
Tech director/Lights: Harry Rubeck
Sound: Jabari Tawiah
House Manager: @tinydarling
Co-Director: @nefertiti_charlene
Artistic Director: @pinatadances

#santuario #flacc2025 taken in Dance Brigade's Dance Mission by @flaccdanza_

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Sanctuary Keeper Nefertiti Charlene Altán welcomes you to FLACC, SANTUARIO 2025. This trilingual force of nature recently joined FLACC as our managing director- bringing spirit, social justice advocacy, dance and organizing leadership with the utmost generosity and grace.
Thank you Nefertiti for lifting up Flacc during this precarious time, trusting the process and grounding in love for our community .

Join @nefertiti_charlene and @pinatadances on Tuesday mornings at @dancemissiontheater
10am-12pm for Movimiento Santuario

Bio:
Nefertiti Charlene Altan, MFA is a queer afro-indígena performance artist, educator, producer, activist and language interpreter working towards embodied liberation through ritual storytelling that centers Black and Indigenous memories, resistance, feminisms and futurist dreams. The daughter of Guatemalan migrants, she has collaborated with cultural workers from Africa, the Americas and Europe in more than 20 site-immersive dance, theater, music and film works, presenting in Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany and the US. She has been based between San Francisco, California and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil since 2013, receiving a technical degree in dance from the Bahia State Cultural Foundation (FUNCEB), co-founding the feminist performance collective Deslimites Mediações Artísticas and the independent cultural space Casa Rosada. She received her MFA in dance practice from Saint Mary’s College of California and was a recipient of the Somatic Embodiment Award. She is an adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s College of California and a co-director of the multidisciplinary project TERRESTRIAL, a collaborative composed of queer Black, Indigenous artists from the “US” and “Brazil,” premiering The Sprout at New York Live Arts in March, 2025 as a Creative Capital project.

#flacc2025 by @flaccdanza_

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Santuario Keeper: Aram Ronaldo aka Bella Hadeed led the zine therapy workshop at SANTUARIO! From turtle island to Palestine she embodies the intersection of Palestinian, Armenian and queer activist dimensions. Gratitude to @thehalacollective for collaborating with Flacc this year. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
@palexico @dancemissiontheater @flaccdanza_
📸 @coyotewoman

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Bella Hadeeed (Aram Ronaldo) is a genderfly Palestinian-Californian artivist and zines fan. Together with Palexico and the HALA Collective, Bella continues to enjoy administering zine workshop therapy gatherings among other artivisms in so-called New York, so-called New England, and so-called California [often around the Ohlone Lands]. by @flaccdanza_

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Sanctuary Keeper: Tessa Nebrida took the role of House Manager this year and went above and beyond for SANTUARIO. Working behind the scenes to create a coordinated system of support for all in attendance is only one of their gifts in our artistic communities.

FLACC celebrates our dear friend Tessa in gratitude and love.

@tinydarling @flaccdanza_ @dancemissiontheater by @flaccdanza_

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Sanctuary Keeper: Daniela Garcia served as FLACC’s production manager this year in SANTUARIO. We extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation for the behind the scenes labor that often gets overlooked but has a crucial role in keeping people safe, welcome and grounded in the process. Thank you Daniela!

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Daniela Garcia-Piedra, (she/her) is a first generation Mexican-Honduran woman born and raised in the Bay Area. Inspired by her mother’s singing at home, Daniela found sanctuary in music and dance. At 14, she joined a local non-profit community and youth ensemble directed by Pedro Gomez and Vanessa Sanchez. Since then she has rooted her performance practices in social justice. Her goal is to advocate and amplify marginalized communities academically, socially, and emotionally in a way that honors their identities and unique voices. She’s served as a Teaching Artist, Artist Mentor, and Production Manager for companies including the Performing Arts Workshop, Dance Mission Theater, and La Mezcla SF. She currently serves as the production manager for the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers.

@dancemissiontheater @dancersgroupsf @pinatadances

@danielaig415 by @flaccdanza_

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In SANTUARIO: FLACC sanctuary keeper, Hector A. Jaime Rodriguez is a “Cosmic Pearl” -A mythical, shape-shifting presence emerges adorned in pearls. A being who crosses realms, holding memory, softness, and transformation in their body.

@xochipilli_dance_company
@hector.jaime09 @flaccdanza_ @dancemissiontheater

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Artist Bio:
Héctor A. Jaime Rodriguez (They/She/He) is a shaman of movement, artistic director of Xochipilli Dance Company, and dance artist born and raised in Mexicali, Baja California, México. Upon graduating from the Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet BFA Program in 2021 Héctor has integrated himself into the Bay Area art field. Héctor uses a mixture of different media as inspirations that comes from Mexican history, pictography, sculptures, folklore, music, and poetry to mutate movement into choreographic compositions. These elements have led them with interest to persist in the creation of dance pieces that can reflect his Mexican culture and how it influences her artistic work. The enhancement of art as a way of healing plays an important key factor on Héctor’s vision on dance composition. Having had the opportunity to learn about Mexican culture’s divine supernatural point of view has impacted his approach to dance. taken in Dance Brigade's Dance Mission by @flaccdanza_

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“To me, Santuario is a space filled with spirit, where togetherness, respect, and a deep sense of belonging flourish. It’s where our stories and true selves are honored, and where we remember that we are never alone.
How do we practice Santuario? Love all living beings, and put yourself in others’ shoes, protect peace and spread love. Santuario is love energy. “
- Andreina Maldonado
✨Sanctuary Keeper- FLACC 2025
Oct 18, 7pm
🔗 link in bio

@ninalimonart
@dancemissiontheater
@flaccdanza_

#santuario

Artist Bio:
Andreína Maldonado (she/her) is a Venezuelan immigrant, performing artist, cultural worker, and founder of BienStar Consulting, a San Francisco–based business rooted in language justice, arts, and well-beingness. Since 2018, she has built BienStar into a values-driven company that provides interpretation, translation, and community-based arts and wellness services for grassroots organizations and immigrant communities.

As an interdisciplinary artist, Andreína has more than 25 years of experience in music, dance, and theater, and is the creator of projects such as Raíces y Voces: Canciones de Lucha y Esperanza, a worker-centered album and songbook developed in collaboration with domestic workers and day laborers, and Our Work, Our Dignity, a theatrical performance that combined dance, testimonies, and projections in collaboration with low-wage workers. Through her band, Inti Mystica, she blends ancestral sounds with contemporary influences, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and belonging.

Her leadership is rooted in empowerment and collective care, building pathways for interpreters, artists, low-wage workers, and wellness practitioners to thrive while uplifting community voices through art and cultural practice. by @flaccdanza_

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