SFMOMA: The New Eagle Creek Disco Tech with rashadxsoulnubian and The Global Street Dance Masquerade

Activating Sadie Barnette’s The New Eagle Creek Saloon, The New Eagle Creek Disco Tech moves through many historical dance references, paying homage to African Diasporic masquerades, or “dance under cloth” worldwide, and television shows like Soul Train of the early 1970s and late-night public access shows of the 1990s featuring Black electronic dance culture.

The program will open with an interactive performance by The Global Street Dance Masquerade, honoring the ancestral nature of club fashion and Black dance histories. Then, host and “dancer of ceremonies” rashadxsoulnubian will lead guests through a multimedia tribute to the electronic dance shows of the 1970s and 1980s and reminisce on the early-1990s era of the original New Eagle Creek Saloon, San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar, opened by Rodney Barnette in 1990. Guests can expect curated music trivia, soulful karaoke, and special appearances by various performers. The New Eagle Creek Disco Tech experience will culminate at the bar, honoring the neon pink history Sadie Barnette has invoked for her father, Rodney Barnette.

Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar. Please note, the bar is cash only. There is no ATM on site.
Accessibility Information

Seating is available at this event. For any other accommodations, please email publicengagement@sfmoma.org 10 days prior to the event, and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
About rashadxsoulnubian

rashadxsoulnubian is a multimedia dancer, performance artist, and creative director. He is artistic director and conceptual director of The Global Street Dance Masquerade. He is the conceptual creator of The Black Lives Masquerade, an ongoing processional and creative direct action that is accompanied by a short film. He is the proud recipent of the LoveLife Foundation’s “Oakland’s Finest” award in 2023 for his work with The Black Lives Masquerade. Rashad’s performance works, collaborations, dance, and multimedia have been presented at SFMOMA, The Strand & ACT Theater San Francisco, The Berkeley Art Museum, the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Yerba Buena Center for The Arts (YBCA), SOMArts Cultural Center, Dance Mission Theater, Luggage Store Gallery, Tenderloin National Forest, San Francisco Public Library, and Portland Art Musuem. This is the third collaborative experience with The New Eagle Creek Saloon and Sadie Barnette, presenting at The Lab San Francisco in 2019 and the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2019.