David Herrera Performance Company
Photo: Weidong Yang
Photo: Weidong Yang
is a touring modern dance theater company from San Francisco, CA. Since 2007 DHPCo has utilized media elements, theatrical measures, and athleticism to produce emotionally textured material that is culturally rich and resonates with contemporary America. In particular, DHPCo creates works influenced by the Latino diaspora living in the United States as experienced by artistic director David Herrera.
DHPCo. mission includes touring as a means from which to gain visibility while honing their craft. Touring is essential to the company’s development inviting research & learning from other communities and implementing the new found knowledge into their local Home Seasons.
DHPCo. seeks out alliances with other arts organizations and individual artists contiuing their lineage of cross-pollinating and inter-disciplinary art. To date the company has had the pleasure of presenting numerous local companies and choreographers in their home season and tours.
Works by DHPCo. have been performed at Links Hall (Chicago), ODC Theater (S.F.), Dance Mission Theater (S.F.), San Jose State University (CA), The Garage-975 Howard (S.F.), Little Theater (Seattle, WA), Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (S.F.), The 418 Project (Santa Cruz, Ca), and Orange County Community College (Ca).
The company has been awarded a Puffin Foundation Grant, and residencies at The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts & Studio 210.
Performance History:
American Layercake 2011
American Layercake Dance Mission Theater
March 11-13, 2011
“American Layercake” (previews) Orange County Community College Feb 19, 2011 CounterPulse (S.F.) Feb 13, 2011
(A Slice of) AMERICANA Links Hall, Chicago May 28-30, 2010
Origines De Vuelo/Origins of Flight: An Immigration Story
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, S.F. November 13 & 14, 2009
2009 Season, poster design MCCLA Media Services, photo Vanessa Chu
Dance Mission Theater September 11 & 12, 2009
RAWdance’s Concept Series James Howell Studio May 2 & 3, 2009
On The Human Side
Little Theater, Seattle
April 10 & 11, 2009
A Modern World: Latino Perspectives
with guest works by Paco Gomes, Jacinta Vlach, Yeni Rivera, and photo series by Percy Quijano The Garage, S.F. February 13 & 14, 2009
Coffee and Cigarettes Dance Brigade’s Harvest Festival Dance Mission Theater, S.F October 17 & 18, 2008
Seattle Tour 2009
Friends and Supporters Dinner 418 Project, Santa Cruz, CA October 4, 2008
“Histories of Flight” & “Revivir/Bloom” Guests for Push Dance Company’s “Short Stories” Dance Mission Theater. S.F April 4 & 6,2008
“Por El Rio: By the Riverbed” Choreoproject SJDance Co. San Jose State University, CA February 22 & 23, 2008
Triple-Threat
with guests Marina Fukushima and Push Dance Company 418 Project, Santa Cruz, CA October 27-28, 2007
Anatomy of Passions
Chicago Tour 2010
Traces of Tuesday 2002
Kaleidscope 2001
