The Izzies

08/24/2020

There is so much happening in the country. This continued systemic violence on top of it is madness. Reach out to someone with kindness today🖤

07/14/2020

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03/18/2020

Nominated for Excellence in Visual Design, Jack Beuttler (lighting design) and Sean Riley (set design), The Wait Room: Part One of the Decarceration Trilogy, choreography by Jo Kreiter, in collaboration with the dancers, Flyaway Productions, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond

03/18/2020

Nominated for Outstanding Visual Design, Alexa Burrell and Lena Gatchalian (video) and Harry Rubeck and Jaco Strydom (installation), Sin Palabras II: The Butterfly Effect, choreography by Krissy Keefer, Dance Brigade, D.I.R.T. (Dance in Revolt(ing) Times) Festival, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

03/18/2020

Nominated for Visual Design, Aura Fischbeck (concept/direction) and Beth Hersh (lighting design), Dusk, a dance for the time when the light is fading, choreography by Aura Fischbeck, Aura Fischbeck Dance, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco

03/18/2020

Nominated for Outstanding Visual Design, Kinetech Arts and Weidong Yang (heart monitors), Resonant Frequencies, choreography by Daiane Lopes da Silva, in collaboration with the dancers, Kinetech Arts, Kinetech Arts, Walking Distance Dance Festival, ODC Theater, San Francisco

03/18/2020

Nominated for Outstanding Visual Design, Hushidar Mortezaie and Saba Taj (costume and visuals) and Anum Awan and MACROWAVES (video and set design), Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth: The Q***r Intifada, choreography by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and jose e abad, CounterPulse, San Francisco

03/18/2020

Nominated for Excellence in Visual Design, Olivia Ting and Lenora Lee (media design), Beneath the Surface, choreography by Lenora Lee, in collaboration with the performers, Lenora Lee Dance, YMCA of San Francisco, San Francisco

03/15/2020

Stay safe everyone...We will still be posting and celebrating the Nominees on our social media. Stay tuned for updates on when our ceremony will eventually be taking place. Love ❤️ in Dance. -The Izzies

03/14/2020

Nominated for Excellence in Music, Sound, Text, Afro Urban Society (music), Connecting the Concrete to the Dust, choreography by Kanukai Chigamba, Saabirah Faatimah, Tossie Long, and Nkeiruka Oruche, San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley

03/14/2020

Nominated for Excellence in Music, Sound, Text, Marlon Aldana (percussion), Joseph Churchill (percussion), Jorge Liceaga (flamenco guitar), Angel Yoel Mulen-Robert (vocals), Clara Rodriguez (vocals), and Robert Woods-LaDue (percussion) (music), Del Flamenco a la Rumba, CubaCaribe Festival, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

03/14/2020

Nominated for Excellence in Music, Sound, Text, Vicki Randle (composer/music director), Denise Woodward (sound design), and Skip the Needle (music), Spirit & Bones, choreography by Sarah Bush, Rose Huey, and cast, Sarah Bush Dance Project, Taube Atrium Theater, War Memorial Veterans Building, San Francisco