In Conversation with Sarah Bush

In Conversation, a series of interviews exploring exchanges about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance.

Sarah Bush creates her inimitable style of movement by combining years of training in ballet, modern, hip hop, jazz, and contact improvisation. She attended the University of Utah’s Modern Dance Department for two years on the prestigious Elizabeth R. Hayes scholarship. Sarah received a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from San Francisco State University.

Since 2007, she has been the Artistic Director of Sarah Bush Dance Project (SBDP), a contemporary dance company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. SBDP’s repertory includes Un-Changing Nature (2019) Spirit & Bones (premiered 2018), Homeward (premiered 2017), This Land (premiered 2016), and Rocked By Women, (premiered 2011).

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Mentioned in the recording:

• Freeplay Dance Crew
• Dance Mission Theater
• Dance Brigade (Krissy Keefer)
• Wallflower Order
• Colleen Quen (Costume Designer for MURMUR)

For more information:

Sarah Bush Dance Project

• SarahBushDance.org 
• Facebook: Sarah Bush Dance
• IG: @SarahBushDance

All Audio Recorded and Edited by Andréa Spearman

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This conversation appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of In Dance.

Bay Area native, Andréa Spearman is an administrator, choreographer, performer, teacher, and student of a variety of modern-based movement with over 20 years of experience. Director of her own dance company, A. Spearman & Co. and also currently produces and hosts, The Black Landscape podcast, a series of conversations that spotlight Black leaders in the SF Bay Area communities in various industries. Listen on Apple Music, BuzzSprout, Google Podcasts, and more. https://theblacklandscape.buzzsprout.com