Left Coast Leaning 2011 @ YBCA

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YBCA and Youth Speaks' Living Word Project present
Left Coast Leaning 2011
Thu--Sat, December 1--3, 2011 • 8 pm • YBCA Forum
YBCA members: FREE tickets for Friday performance

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YBCA and Youth Speaks' Living Word Project are proud to present the third edition of Left Coast Leaning. Artists chosen to participate in Left Coast Leaning reflect the unique pulse of the West Coast arts scene and the festival format enables audiences and artists to engage in a shared dialogue that crosses performance disciplines. By celebrating the diversity of cultures that lie at the heart of West Coast society, Left Coast Leaning presents an alternative to the negative image of hip hop arts that is projected by contemporary media and challenges artists and audiences to viscerally engage with each other. Our hope is to shift marginalized art forms such as spoken word, media arts, performance installation, puppetry, deejaying and contemporary folklore from the periphery to the center of contemporary performance. Left Coast Leaning integrates disparate ideas both outside and within the city of San Francisco to establish the Bay Area as a place for artists, scholars, and arts lovers to encounter this dynamic and flourishing New Majority American art form.

This year's diverse lineup includes L.A.-based video and performance artist Alexandro Segade; Bay Area recording artist and slam poet champion Rafael Casal; choreographer and award-winning tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith; L.A.-based performance company Anna Martine Whitehead Group; and Portland dance troupe tEEth.