Her work has been commissioned/presented by YBCA, ODC Theater, Theater Artaud, Switzerland’s TanzOlten Festival, Mad’Art Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, Ireland’s Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company, Mexicali, Mexico, Köln & Hamburg, Germany. In 1997 Epifano founded Epiphany Dance Theater. She has been teaching in person with Mission Graduates for K-2nd graders for youth without technology or consistant housing. For 10 years she’s been an Artist in Residence in the SoMa at Bessie Carmichael School grade school and now online. Calida Fornax (received an Izzie for sound score and 1st place in the Mexican Bi-National Competition), Deseos Desnudos (Izzie nominated for choreography and sound score) both toured to San Diego and ODC Theater.Įpifano created a mentorship arts program in SF with Refugee Transitions’ program for teens from Liberia, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, which showcased at ODC. In 1998 she was commissioned by the US/Mexico Fund for Culture, Universidad de Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico. Epifano co-founded Mudd Butt International in 1993, a cross-cultural immersion and artistic exchange program for teenagers across the world for which she was master teacher and director in villages in Morocco, Galapagos, Bali, Turkey, Indonesia, Slovakia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, India, Vietnam and Ethiopia. She was a main collaborator and performer with Dance Brigade, and with Contraband when it received 2 Izzie’s for Best Company Performances. In 1981 Epifano moved to San Francisco, creating and performing with Corpo Santo, where she won first place in the Women’s International Capoeira Competition in Brazil in 1983. These experiences bridged the gap between performance, education, and community. In 1979 she performed throughout Guatemala with the Peace Corps. Epifano trail blazed her own path, learning about many cultures, sharing her own, and collaborating with communities.Īt the University of Utah, Epifano was mentored by Anne Riordan, who introduced her to working with developmentally and physically disabled dancers as a way of communicating and healing. A daughter of Italian immigrants, Epifano was raised on the vibrancy and richness of her Italian heritage and a strong work ethic. ![]() Epifano’s contribution to the field and to San Francisco’s artistic sphere has been widely recognized. Founder, Kim Epifano is an international performer, choreographer, director, curator, producer, educator and community arts organizer who has been a member of the Bay Area’s dance community since 1981.
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