Sarah Jo Zaharako & Eric Perney of Gojogo

San Francisco choreographers Manuelito Biag, Tristan Ching, Kara Davis, Nol Simonse, and Victor Talledos have collaborated to create an immersive evening-length, installation work for the DZINE Furniture Gallery. Utilizing domestic scenes of living spaces (e.g., living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms) as backdrop, the project  entitled "We Are Here (and) This Is Now"  weaves together multiple dances that examine human connection and intimacy as a central motif. The 16,000 square foot DZINE Gallery is comprised of Italian state-of-the-art furniture, all elegantly displayed to simulate different living spaces. As a large open space, with no walls separating each simulated room, DZINE presents an intimate setting to immerse the audience in explorations of human connection and intimacy, including how our relationship to and expectations of these things change through our lived experiences. For instance, how does our orientation towards and expectations of human intimacy and connection change as we grow older and experience loss, as political terrains shift, as we fall in and out of love? These questions guide our collective investigation as we create each individual dance and weave them together  as well as the transitions that occur between them  into a coherent evening-length work. The audience will be given agency to move freely within the space throughout the performance. Performers include: Manuelito Biag, Christian Burns, Tristan Ching, Cora Cliburn, Kara Davis, Sarah Hernandez, ArVejon Jones, Kaia Makihara, Nol Simonse, Frankie Lee Peterson III, & Miche Wong. Live poetry written and recited by Nick Jaina and Christine No.