GIRLFLY

SUMMER ART & ACTIVISM PROGRAM

GIRLFLY 2024 Applications are Now Closed. Come see the Performances!

GIRLFLY in the Tenderloin

July 24-25, 2024
Wednesday and Thursday, 7PM

CounterPulse
80 Turk St, San Francisco

Come see the city’s youth in action, with original dances led by Flyaway Artists and created by the city’s esteemed youth of our 2024 program.

Supported by DCYF, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Bill Graham Foundation, and the CA Arts Council.

“GIRLFLY has taught me to show anger, messiness, and sadness through dance. And that it doesn’t always have to be happy.”

GIRLFLY 2023 - Photo by Brechin Flournoy

“GIRLFLY gives me hope that our young generation has the compassion to learn about the world’s hardships.”

WHAT IS GIRLFLY?

The 2024 Summer Arts & Activism Project will bring 20 young women/GNC youth from San Francisco for four weeks to:

Make dances in the air in a professional theater setting
Earn $550
Create and perform your own original dances
Learn about housing solutions and obstacles in SF
Create a writing project led poet Kim Shuck
Connect with young women/GNC youth across neighborhoods, schools, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity

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Who is it for?

Young women and GNC youth ages 14-19 who are strongly interested in performing, making positive change in the world and can commit to attending the entire 4 weeks of the program. African American, Arab, Latinx, Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, low-income and QBIPOC identified girls/GNC youth are strongly encouraged to apply. The primary requirement is that you like to dance, and be creative.

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What’s the schedule?

The program is 4 weeks long and meets as follows:

Starts July 1, 2024 (no class on July 4th Holiday)
Ends July 25, 2022
Runs Monday to Thursday 10:00AM-3:00PM
Plus Two Mandatory Performances on Thursday, July 24 at 7PM and Friday, July 25 at 7pm