/Dance
Mufutau Yusuf Presents "Impasse" - West Coast Premiere
Apr 30 - May 02, 2026
08:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Saturday May 2, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(415) 826-4441
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A powerful, driving, and charged duet that seeks to understand the politics of the Black body in a contemporary western society. Through striking imagery, raw physicality and emotional intensity the performance challenges the historical racial projections of blackness – its crudeness, threat, sexuality, rage and immorality – unveiling its power, grace, sensuality, tenderness, intelligence and love.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
The San Francisco International Arts Festival returns to various venues in the Mission District with their annual collection of global experimental performance. The dance programming is particularly exciting this year with Bharatanatyam, Flamenco, Cirque, Kathak and of course modern dance. In partnership with San Francisco-based Irish Culture Bay Area, and representing Ireland/Nigeria/Belgium, Mufutau Yusuf brings the West Coast premiere of “Impasse,” a high-octane, contemporary duet that mines the politics of the Black Body, simultaneously confronting history and assumption while revealing resilience and love.
Heather Desaulniers
Contributing Writer
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Founded in 2002, SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences and by presenting innovative projects that focus on increasing human awareness and understanding within and across cultures.
Founded in 2002, SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences and by presenting innovative projects that focus on increasing human awareness and understanding within and across cultures.