Kim loved her years working with Dance Brigade and toured nationally and internationally with them. She was influenced by their way of story telling through dance, music and theater using politics to drive their subject matter into crafted performance pieces.

Kim collaborated with Dance Brigade directed by Krissy Keefer & Nina Fichter, from 1985 – 1996. Artistic Director Krissy Keefer explores the intersection between art and social issues with fierce inventiveness and a deft comic touch. Coming out of the legendary Wallflower Order (founded in 1975) Ms Keefer has honed her craft over the last 40 years by creating her content driven choreographies that are a high-energy blend of ballet, modern dance, jazz, song, text, sign language and explosive Taiko drumming.

Dance Brigade is sumptuous dancing; biting, intellectual, insightful wit; and provocative originality. This dynamic multi-racial troupe of women proves that socially relevant dance can be technically brilliant, as well as exuberant with down-home hilarious fun. This company dances at full throttle. The company has created over 10 full-length concerts of contemporary dance theater including Pandora’s Box, Ballet of the Banshees, Cinderella, Queen of Sheba, CaveWomen, Spell, The Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie, The Great Liberation Upon Hearing, and Hemorrhage. For these productions, they received numerous grants and awards.

In 1998, Dance Brigade began to operate Dance Mission at 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco.

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