UPCOMING and past PERFORMANCES
August 30-September 1
JOAT Festival (Montreal, Quebec) this year features a TURFING VS KRUMP exhibition battle. Additionally, JOAT’s HIP HOP BATTLE features Mud Water cast member Skeeter as an esteemed battle guest. JOAT (Jack of All Trades) Festival, in collaboration with Danse Danse and backed by the monumental support of Place des Arts, is a week-long street dance festival boasting an attendance of over 25,000 making it the largest event of its kind in North America. Through a carefully curated program, JOAT establishes an environment that supports street dance and multidisciplinary art including music, visual, poetry, film, and theater.
Our participation in the 2024 JOAT Festival is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts. Come see the cast of Mud Water all throughout the festival. The full program can be viewed here.
November 17-19, 2023
MUD WATER IV is an evening-length live performance premiering at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco this November 17, 18 and 19. A futuristic portrayal of the near-extinction of turfing, presented in the style of a documentary, the show combines dance, storytelling and projected motion graphics. In the year 2032, the last turfers on earth find their world overrun by AI, which have grown massive after many years of feeding on global social media dance trends. In their final battle to preserve the roots of their culture and artform, the remaining turfers attempt to teach an AI named Dance-GPT all about what turfing is.
Co-presented by Dance Mission Theater, this project is made possible with support from the Gerbode Foundation, Rainin Foundation, and Dancer’s Group.
May 22, 2022
Mud Water is an official selection of the 40th CAAMFest and will be having its first Oakland screening at the New Parkway Theater on Sunday, May 22 at 4:30pm. Tickets can be reserved at the CAAMFest website.
April 29, 2022
The third iteration of Mud Water is a hybrid narrative/dance film adaptation of the performance project. The film will premiere at the 65th SFFILM Festival, buy tickets here. View a “sneak peek” from two of the scenes, below:
March 4-5, 2017, Dance Mission Theater
Back by popular demand, the Mud Water Project is returning to the Dance Brigade's Dance Mission Theater to present its first evening length piece. Purchase tickets now!
November 17-19, 2016, University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco has invited Mud Water to perform an excerpt as part of the dance program's Fall 2016 Dance Concert on November 17, 18, and 19, 2016. More information and tickets click here. Sign up for our newsletter to stay apprised!
August 3, 2016, SFJAZZ
Mud Water is showing a new excerpt (work-in-progress) to public audiences at SFJAZZ Center on August 3, 2016. For tickets or more information, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kqed-women-to-watch-tickets-26237287433
January 30-31, 2016, Dance Mission Theatre
Mud Water has been selected by the Dance Brigade’s Dance Mission Theater to be presented as part of the D.I.R.T. Festival and will show to public audiences on January 30 and 31, 2016. For more information, visit http://dancemission.com/performances/upcoming.html.
"The artist as activist is as old as time and D.I.R.T. presents the work of artists that are addressing local/global challenges through their creative process. There are many ways that an artist may address such challenges - be it from the explicit content of their choreography, to looking at who has a voice, to their process." -Dance Mission
Thanks to the support of our arts community, family and friends, as well as the amazing generosity of strangers, the Mud Water Project is now fully funded for our Spring 2017 performance! We would like to give thanks to the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Left Tilt Fund, CA$H Grant, and Zellerbach Family Foundation for providing us with the grants necessary to continue development. If you would like to continue the support for future performances, any gift no matter how small is always greatly appreciated! Thank you.