NEWS
Dance with Pride Wins Outstanding Musical Entry
Rhythm & Motion, Dancers’ Group, ODC, and Bopsidy teamed up to form the Dance with Pride contingent in the 2024 SF Pride Parade. Over 130 dancers performed through the center of the city, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Dance with Pride was awarded “Outstanding Musical Entry.” Congratulations to all who participated! Thank you, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, for recognizing our passion and love for dance, Pride, and our community. Read more…
In Dance: Spring Issue
Guest Editor Rowena Richie writes:
“Welcome, spring.
The articles and conversations in this issue — there are budding connections among them — explore the tension between what something is and what it means.”
Community
MAP Fund awarding $2.883 million to 93 grantees for their live performance projects
Grantees will use experimental music, public art installations, opera, multi-sensory media, live electronics, poetry, ritual, musical theater, puppetry, culinary arts and more to explore the politics of memory, healing collective trauma, cultural continuity despite colonization, expanding our collective understanding of disability and confronting catastrophe–from climate to pandemics to the violence of borders. Bay Area grantees include AXIS Dance Company, Alleluia Panis, Urban Jazz Dance Company, UNA Productions, Dancing Earth, and Héctor Jaime. Read more…
San Francisco Arts Commission Awards $15 Million In Grants To 166 Local Artists, Arts Nonprofits, and Cultural Organizations For 2024-2025
All SFAC grants support San Francisco-based artists and arts organizations and prioritize funding to artists and arts organizations that engage communities identified in the Cultural Equity Endowment Legislation. Approximately 45% of San Francisco Artist Grant recipients for this grant cycle are first-time grantees. Read more…
Creative Work Fund awards $882,000 in grants to 17 Bay Area artists to create new artworks with community organizations
Grantees continue to show us how the making of art together is a necessary act and when artists and organizations are in partnership, they strengthen the Bay Area. Read more…
NEWS
Upcoming Deadlines
For more opportunities, visit our Grants & Artistic Support Calendar.
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
Funds nonprofit organizations with the mission of improving the quality of life within the communities associated with the career and legacy of California pioneer Henry Mayo Newhall, including San Francisco. $5,000 – $20,000. Program priorities include academic and cultural enrichment programs for children and youth. Due Sun, Sep 15. Read more…
Zellerbach Family Foundation: Together in Community grants
Supports fairs, festivals and other public gatherings and events that celebrate and uplift historically underserved communities, create opportunities to connect and share space, and articulate a meaningful cultural component and/or purposeful community engagement. There are multiple cycles per year. $5,000 or $10,000. Due Tue, Sep 17 at 5pm. Read more…
Rainin Foundation: New & Experimental Works (NEW)
Supports small and mid-size dance, theater and multidisciplinary arts organizations with unrestricted and artist fee support grants of $5,000-$30,000 to enable Bay Area artists to produce visionary projects relevant to the communities they serve. Nonprofit organizations and projects with 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsors are eligible to apply. Due Sun, Sep 22. Read more…
First Peoples Fund: Native Performing Arts Fellowship
Supports Native performing artists (theater, dance, music, etc.), emerging and established, to develop and enhance their skills and knowledge of their craft. $10,000 grant as well as professional development opportunities. Due Mon, Sep 23 at 11pm. Read more…
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Due Tue, Oct 8. Read more…
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Sponsored by the U.S. government, the program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers unparalleled opportunities in all academic disciplines to passionate and accomplished graduating college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals from all backgrounds. Program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad. Grant lengths and dates vary by award. Due Tue, Oct 8. Read more…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Modern Natya fuses the expressive fluidity of post-modern dance with the structured technicality of traditional Indian dance lineages. Each class teaches fresh choreography that explores contemporary themes while experimenting with Bharatanatyam-based technique drills, improvisation, and contemporary movement vocabulary. This class is a space for play, self-discovery, and cultivating your most authentic movement expression. All levels are welcome. Prepay and register online.
MOREGYROKINESIS® is a unique method that harmonizes movement, breath, and mental focus to enhance your overall well-being. This restorative class incorporates seated, mat, and standing positions to engage the entire body. This is a results-driven 60-minute class to find mobility and rhythmic movements while building functional strength. Prepay and register online.
MOREThis class is a great starting point for anyone interested in an Afrobeats class. Afropop Grooves provides a full-body workout while mindfully teaching popular African dance styles. You’ll sink deeper into elements of Amapiano, Congolese, Rhumba, street, and pop. You will also Prepay and register online.
MORENature Stories: Creative Dance Lab is facilitated by an internationally recognized performer and educator, Kaeshi Chai with an opportunity for participants to perform in the collaborative creation on Fri, Sep 13, during 2 scheduled shows at The Vortex. The creative artists will explore how to: 1. Tell a story through dance 2. Expand emotional range for stage 3. Uplevel performance ability in Nature Stories 5. Use rapid prototyping methodology to co-create theatrical dance pieces The movement vocabulary will draw primarily from belly dance, contemporary, and physical theater. There are 10 spots available for the Creative Lab so early registration is recommended!
MOREMenace is a contemporary dance work that asks the audience to consider who we choose to devour and who we choose to save. Six dancers address the menacing questions through the embodiment of different human activities. Thirst offers a very different experience as a one-person dance-theatre romp that creatively and humorously examines the state of being “single.” This story of single-ness is created and performed by Tim Rubel, our artistic director.
MOREThis mixed levels class emphasizes alignment while cultivating full-body strength and flexibility. This 60-minute class brings focused attention to breath, bodily awareness, and injury prevention that helps to reset the body whether you are between workouts or need a reset after a busy workday. Prepay and register online.
MOREWHAT IS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP?
Dancers’ Group’s fiscal sponsorship program provides administrative guidance that can help you raise money to support your dance.
