Events
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Classes/Workshops
Afro Bolivian Dance in San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
Join us in celebration of the African Diaspora in Bolivia through Afro Bolivian styles for the San Francisco Carnaval! We are seeking dancers that are able to rehearse in on of our two locations or both. Union City on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month (1800 H St, Union City, CA 94587) and […]
Month For Dancer’s Health – Resilience in Motion: Strengthening the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Performing Artists with Kirsten Olshan
ODC Theater
This workshop aims to provide performers with practical tools to build resilience, manage stress, and cultivate a healthy mindset. Through interactive exercises, discussions, and reflective practices, participants will explore strategies to enhance mental, physical, and emotional resilience. This workshop is aimed at performing artists, including dancers, actors, musicians, and other creatives. Participants will leave the […]
Dancehall Workshop with Nieka OG (from NYC)
Tropicali Dancehall
Learn Dancehall dancing from the Best and Most popular dancer worldwide Nieka OG. Nieka is going to share her signature style, steps, and dope choreography. It's edu-tainment at its best!!! Nieka has worked with such noteworthy artists such as Sean Paul, Spice, AfroB, Skip Marley, H.E.R, J. Balvin, Konshens, Ding Dong Ravers & more. She’s […]
Month For Dancer’s Health – Dancing Upside Down: Considerations for warm-up and progressions with ground-based inversions with Dr. Stephanie Greenspan, DPT and Dr. Alyssa Herrera-Set, DPT
ODC Theater
This workshop provides dancers, dance educators, and healthcare professionals with strategies to enhance safety while teaching and practicing ground-based inversions and acrobatics in dance. We’ll begin with a brief discussion of injuries related to inversions and ground acrobatics and important safety considerations for teaching them. This will be followed by a movement session to prepare […]
Month For Dancer’s Health – Unlocking the Myofacial System for Dancers with Dr. Lea Torelli, DC
ODC Theater
Learn how to unlock the secrets of your myofascial system to improve flexibility, strength, and overall performance on stage. This in-person workshop will be led by Lea Torelli, a former professional dancer turned clinician who focuses on the connection between tension, compression, Chiropractic and dance. You will be guided through techniques and exercises to enhance […]
Carving Your Own Body Speech with Juliana Neves
UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
Let’s dive deep into both the emotional and physical realms of creative expression! Through a series of dance, improvisation, tasks, and collaborative exercises, participants will first explore and discover an emotional “state” before engaging with the physical body. This approach allows each individual to respond to questions and themes through movement. The intention is to […]
Community Butoh Class
butohsf
This class is a Butoh based inquiry, exploration, and an energetic invitation to discover "being moved". We will draw from imagistic and somatic teachings. Classes will include practice with Noguchi Taiso, sensing and moving from your own weight, dancing from a sustained quiet state within the chaos, experiments with language and more...
Filipino Folk Dance
MPWRD Artists Collective
We are so excited to be providing space for community to come and learn about Filipino Folk Dance and culture together. This ALL LEVELS class will expose you to pre and post colonial dances of The philippines such as Tinikling, Pangalay, Taddo and many others. The first and third Sunday of the month are free […]
Latin Night Social Dance Party
Motion Arts Center
Join us for our monthly Latin Night Dance Party filled with Salsa, Bachata, and Cumbia music at the Motion Arts Center in San Mateo! Get ready for an unforgettable night of dancing and fun on the dance floor. Come, bring your friends, and let’s make an incredible night! Thursday Schedule (Last Thursday of every month): 7pm Bachata […]
Advanced Tap Dance with Gerson Lanza
La Mezcla
Gerson, who hails from La Ceiba, Honduras, discovered his passion for tap dance upon moving to New York City in 2001. Following a successful career in New York City, he has taught and performed both nationally and internationally. His choreographic contributions at Artist at the Center, led by Ayodele Casel, along with his work with […]
Writing for Scenario with Sara Shelton Mann
Sara Shelton Mann/Mixed Bag Productions
A dance and writing class with Sara Shelton Mann. Writing for the love of it - a journal, a view, a sideways walking, portals and frames, a quadrant as a mountain climb. Exploring writing and perception as dancers, we venture into the cave of dreaming out into opens fields. We then launch our minds in […]
Embodying the Spirit: The body finds its way Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
butohsf
This workshop is a process of "erasing" and "re-creating" the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery and Ukiyoe prints. Training methods include moving from a supple body and mind, investigating aesthetics common to butoh. The workshop structure includes explorations of physical, "natural", and transforming bodies. The workshop draws from Joan’s training with the […]
Intro Series: Bachata with Monica Ascencio
ODC School
Join us for this brand-new intro series! Monica has been in our ODC & R&M community for more than a decade as a staff member and even longer as a dancer, she is excited to open the Community Engagement program series to host a social dance full of joy, exciting movement combinations, and the fundamental […]
Afro Bolivian Dance in San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
Join us in celebration of the African Diaspora in Bolivia through Afro Bolivian styles for the San Francisco Carnaval! We are seeking dancers that are able to rehearse in on of our two locations or both. Union City on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month (1800 H St, Union City, CA 94587) and […]
Embodying the Spirit: The body finds its way Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
butohsf
This workshop is a process of "erasing" and "re-creating" the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery and Ukiyoe prints. Training methods include moving from a supple body and mind, investigating aesthetics common to butoh. The workshop structure includes explorations of physical, "natural", and transforming bodies. The workshop draws from Joan’s training with the […]
Body-Mind Centering® and Contact Improvisation Techniques
Sense Object
How do we cultivate safety and connection through embodied artistic practice? Can we meet this challenging moment in shared history with a tone that’s active? We’ll begin with Cellular Breathing, a non-hierarchical paradigm for nourishing self and community. Respecting our cyclic needs for cocooning and action, we’ll explore the tonal continuum of active practices that […]
Intro to Balinese Dance w/Anak Agung Anom Putra
Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
Join us for 5-week Intro to Balinese Course. More than “just a dance class”, Intro to Balinese is an opportunity to reconnect with yourself, find joy in movement and celebrate YOU! With expert guidance from Dr. Anak Agung Anom Putra, S.S.T and Ayu Sukmawati, S.H., you will learn the foundations to continue studying after course […]
Somatic Workshops by Migrant Women
ODC/Dance
We are a group of migrant women who have a common ground. We acknowledge that our background, culture, and training experiences in our countries of origin permeate the embodiment of the somatic methods we studied in the United States. From that unique perspective we want to offer our teachings, and we hope to foster transformative experiences that celebrate diversity. We […]
Body-Mind Centering® and Contact Improvisation Techniques
Sense Object
How do we cultivate safety and connection through embodied artistic practice? Can we meet this challenging moment in shared history with a tone that’s active? We’ll begin with Cellular Breathing, a non-hierarchical paradigm for nourishing self and community. Respecting our cyclic needs for cocooning and action, we’ll explore the tonal continuum of active practices that […]
Embodying the Spirit: The body finds its way Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh Workshop
butohsf
This workshop is a process of "erasing" and "re-creating" the body through guided improvisation inspired by nature imagery and Ukiyoe prints. Training methods include moving from a supple body and mind, investigating aesthetics common to butoh. The workshop structure includes explorations of physical, "natural", and transforming bodies. The workshop draws from Joan’s training with the […]
Securing Support: A Beginner’s Guide to Funding Your Artistic Vision
Detour
Facilitated by Eric Garcia/Churro Nomi A 101 workshop that provides newcomers with a foundational understanding of the grant writing process. Through step-by-step guidance, participants will learn to navigate funding opportunities, decode application requirements, and gain confidence in initiating their grant writing endeavors. This introductory course offers practical insights to demystify grant writing and kickstart your […]
Relationship and Movement
Mihyun Lee
This somatic movement group therapy aims to identify the psychological implications of relationship patterns and improve one's relationships with self and others through a movement study called Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. The facilitator incorporated movement analysis, mirroring movement, and relational dance to promote reparative experience from relational trauma. Participants explore the interconnectedness between interpersonal relationship patterns […]
Writing for Scenario with Sara Shelton Mann
Sara Shelton Mann/Mixed Bag Productions
A dance and writing class with Sara Shelton Mann. Writing for the love of it - a journal, a view, a sideways walking, portals and frames, a quadrant as a mountain climb. Exploring writing and perception as dancers, we venture into the cave of dreaming out into opens fields. We then launch our minds in […]
Intro Series: Bachata with Monica Ascencio
ODC School
Join us for this brand-new intro series! Monica has been in our ODC & R&M community for more than a decade as a staff member and even longer as a dancer, she is excited to open the Community Engagement program series to host a social dance full of joy, exciting movement combinations, and the fundamental […]
Afro Bolivian Dance in San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
Join us in celebration of the African Diaspora in Bolivia through Afro Bolivian styles for the San Francisco Carnaval! We are seeking dancers that are able to rehearse in on of our two locations or both. Union City on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month (1800 H St, Union City, CA 94587) and […]
