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Events
Modern Dance Across Generations
Jeanne-Marie Hughes
Move. Create. Connect. Build fitness, confidence, and dance skills in this newly forming intergenerational class. Learn movement sequences, explore dance, and create together. All experience and fitness levels welcome. Chairs available, and movements can be adapted to individual needs & goals. Good to Know: Free on-site parking. MUNI #44 stops across the street. The entrance […]
The Mixed Race Latinx Experience in Performance Spaces, a panel discussion
David Herrera Performance Company
David Herrera Performance Company & Latinx Hispanic Dancers United present The Mixed Race Latinx Experience in Performance Spaces Moderated by artist and academic Alicia Nascimento Castro, this gathering of artists discusses their intersections of how national, racial, cultural, and lingual identities are formed and seen in performance spaces. Featured speakers include Tainah Damasceno (Director of BrasArte), Samuel […]
The Intersection: Art & Money 101
Intersection for the Arts
Led by Vicky Cassis-Silyan, Intersection for the Arts’ Director of Finance & Operations, The Intersection: Art & Money 101 is a 4-session live online cohort series designed to help you build financial systems that meet you where you are and support where you’re going. Through this series, you’ll learn to: ✨ Get organized ✨ Plan […]
Te Whāriki: A Teacher’s Trip to New Zealand
Luna Dance & Creativity
Oakland Unified School District and Early Childhood Special Education Teacher, Kimberly Champion, will share about her recent trip to New Zealand and what she learned about Te Whāriki, their bicultural early childhood curriculum. She will discuss emergent curriculum and the “ness” of materials with strategies she learned, and how this has expanded her teaching. There […]
Relationship and Movement
Mihyun Lee
Join the group to enhance emotional well-being and self-awareness through embodiment practice. Explore movement patterns, discover new possibilities for growth, and strengthen connections with yourself and others. The closed group offers a supportive environment for examining relationship dynamics and fostering personal change. Drawing on Somatic Psychology and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, participants explore the intersection of […]
Learn to Dance Bachata in this 4 Week Progressive Series!
Motion Arts Center
Join David Phan & Jewell Claudio for a 4-week Bachata Beginner Series this November! Learn the signature three steps and tap, basic turns, body movement, and partner connection in a relaxed, supportive setting. Each week builds on the last so you can bring it all together on the social dance floor! ✨ 7PM - 8PM […]
AXIS for All: Partnering
AXIS Dance Company
In this AXIS for ALL: No-Cost, Partnering class, participants will explore the sharing of weight guided by accessibility. We will use translation, imagery, props, and the access needs of those in the space as creative catalysts for connection.
East Bay Square Dance
BACDS
Every third Friday of the month @ the Hillside Club, Berkeley Always live stringband music and skilled dance instruction. No experience needed. Accessible, inclusive, queer friendly, FUN!
INT/ADV workshop: Fusion choreography with Akhil Joondeph
Ishami Dance Company
This choreography-focused workshop will draw upon elements of Indian Classical dance, street styles, and contemporary to introduce attendees to unique and experimental movement and choreography in a safe and accessible environment. This class is perfect for experienced dancers looking to explore new movement vocabulary. Indian dance experience is absolutely not required, though dance experience is […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
Beach Improv + Authentic Movement
Suzanne Beahrs
This class consists of two practices: Authentic Movement, moving/sensing with eyes closed while being witnessed, begun by Mary Starks Whitehouse to allow "the unconscious to express itself in movement.” Dance Improvisation, practicing movement concepts, expressing ourselves, and connecting with our senses + the elements outdoors. East Bay RSVP for location and important details. https://partiful.com/e/rFOgpQ7pYK81KO00ObFD?c=y8SBWYtP More […]
Guruvaibhavam
Guru Shradha
Program highlights A legend, honored. A centenary celebration built on reverence for the master reconstructor who globalized Odissi - Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra A living lineage, on one stage. The master's timeless choreographies danced by today's students, who bring the art form to life. The journey of a dancer. Every Guru Shradha student on one stage, […]
Release CTRL+Shift Workshop
SAMMAY
How do we understand our body in relation to movements for collective healing and liberation? In these paradigm-shifting times, how can we access the inherent joy and ancestral resilience in our DNA? Together, we will investigate what it means to embody sacred reciprocity through our corporeality - drawing upon the gifts of breath, movement, sound, […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
intergalactic improvisations
pateldanceworks
Join pateldanceworks for an improv-based movement class that offers space for individual and group engagement with imagery-based refusal and anti-urgency as a way to realize different ways of being in and relating to the world. We will play, imagine, and travel with Lola Olufemi's concept of "imagining otherwise" alongside Heather Love's provocation for a queer […]
intergalactic improvisations
pateldanceworks
Join pateldanceworks for an improv-based movement class that offers space for individual and group engagement with imagery-based refusal and anti-urgency as a way to realize different ways of being in and relating to the world. We will play, imagine, and travel with Lola Olufemi's concept of "imagining otherwise" alongside Heather Love's provocation for a queer […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
Contemporary Phrasework + Improvisation
Suzanne Beahrs
We’ll dig in to a yummy, fluid, grounded contemporary phrase, practice guided improvisation to explore movement concepts and expression, and then blend the two, supporting dancers in making dances their own, ignited with new possibilities. This is a monthly class, and on Saturdays there is a sister offering on the beach. Register for this class: […]
Thanksgiving Intensive
Ballet Attitude Academy
Join Ballet Attitude Academy for a three-day Thanksgiving Intensive designed for young dancers ages 6–9. The program combines ballet technique, stretching and flexibility, classical variations, movement and coordination, and contemporary dance in a focused and inspiring environment. This year’s intensive will also feature a special guest contemporary teacher, with additional guest experiences and program highlights […]
Women’s BodyMystik Fall Dance Circles
Temple of Dancing Wholeness
Choose a Monday Circle: 4-6:15pm or 7-9:15pm 8-week series: 10/5 - 11/23 Join our community of authentic, wondrous women dancing, stretching, moving, and making art alongside spaciously guided freeform musical journey! Everything at your own pace/interpretation. THESE CIRCLES ARE FOR YOU IF: You yearn to discharge, release, renew, center and ground. You crave to move […]
Learn to Dance West Coast Swing in this Progressive Series!
Motion Arts Center
Join the amazing Heather Powers for a 5-week West Coast Swing Beginner Series and discover the fun, flow, and connection of this lively partner dance! Each week builds on the last as you learn the basic rhythms, essential patterns, and feel more confident dancing. - 6PM Mondays in November - 11/2, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23 and […]
Women’s BodyMystik Fall Dance Circles
Temple of Dancing Wholeness
Choose a Monday Circle: 4-6:15pm or 7-9:15pm 8-week series: 10/5 - 11/23 Join our community of authentic, wondrous women dancing, stretching, moving, and making art alongside spaciously guided freeform musical journey! Everything at your own pace/interpretation. THESE CIRCLES ARE FOR YOU IF: You yearn to discharge, release, renew, center and ground. You crave to move […]
Thanksgiving Intensive
Ballet Attitude Academy
Join Ballet Attitude Academy for a three-day Thanksgiving Intensive designed for young dancers ages 6–9. The program combines ballet technique, stretching and flexibility, classical variations, movement and coordination, and contemporary dance in a focused and inspiring environment. This year’s intensive will also feature a special guest contemporary teacher, with additional guest experiences and program highlights […]
Thanksgiving Intensive
Ballet Attitude Academy
Join Ballet Attitude Academy for a three-day Thanksgiving Intensive designed for young dancers ages 6–9. The program combines ballet technique, stretching and flexibility, classical variations, movement and coordination, and contemporary dance in a focused and inspiring environment. This year’s intensive will also feature a special guest contemporary teacher, with additional guest experiences and program highlights […]
Modern Dance Across Generations
Jeanne-Marie Hughes
Move. Create. Connect. Build fitness, confidence, and dance skills in this newly forming intergenerational class. Learn movement sequences, explore dance, and create together. All experience and fitness levels welcome. Chairs available, and movements can be adapted to individual needs & goals. Good to Know: Free on-site parking. MUNI #44 stops across the street. The entrance […]
