Wanda's Picks Special Broadcast: The Monkey and the Devil

Zaccho Dance Theatre presents internationally acclaimed choreographer Joanna Haigood’s (Sailing Away) latest performance installation The Monkey and the Devil (April 15-17 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts), created in collaboration with visual artist Charles Trapolin. Haigood’s visceral hybrid of dance, theater, and visual art combines contemporary movement, hip-hop elements, and spoken text in an energetic production that is both searing and immediate. The hour-long work traces a contemporary racism with roots in America’s slave trade. Performers twist, flip, and pound through interactions fraught with tension and misunderstanding, their movements a vehicle for otherwise inexpressible thoughts. Speaking text drawn from a variety of contemporary and historical sources, the performers articulate race-based emotions hundreds of years in the making. 4/15 a panel on race relations 9-10 PM. Mucic: Toshi Reagan & Ruthie Foster