Oakland-based contemporary dance theater company.
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Sarah Bush Dance Project creates and presents multimedia dance theater through innovative artistry and community interaction. SBDP creates art that reminds audiences of the power and compassion in ourselves and others, bolstering a resilient hope for humanity.
Our 13th year!
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Since 2007, Sarah Bush Dance Project has produced five critically acclaimed repertory shows in the Bay Area: Home, Rocked by Women, This Land, Spirit & Bones, and Un-Changing Nature.
“transformative dance that speaks so clearly to pressing social and environmental issues without ever sacrificing the beauty and daring of the choreography or the breathtaking performance”
The SF Chronicle said of our sold-out Spirit & Bones premiere, “Dance makers want to reflect the zeitgeist in their productions. But every so often the planets align, and a long-planned work ends up tapping the cultural climate so aptly that it doubles as a rallying cry.” Of the outdoor landscape series, This Land, the Huffington Post said, “the drama of Bush’s highly charged movement is meant to renew our sense of self, our sense of place and community.” The SF Bay Guardian reviewed Rocked by Women, a coming of age story honoring the history of women’s music, as “a weighty yet explosive expression of the power of an indomitable spirit and embracing courage.” A Homeward audience member reflected, “Homeward stirred memories and longings for relationship, for meaning, for home. Such a feast of choreography.”
— KQED Arts
— SF Chronicle
“Against these spectacular, constantly shifting backdrops, infiltrated by ambient sounds and intentional music, the drama of Bush’s highly charged movement is meant to renew our sense of self, our sense of place and community.”
— The Huffington Post
Recent newsletters:
Flexin’ for a future with more art and more heart - Bring it on, 2020!! Today’s the day to cheer SBDP’s vision for more art and more heart.
SBDP nominated for TWO Izzie Awards! - Join us in congratulating these 21 incredible artists of Spirit & Bones on their Isadora Duncan Dance Awards nominations! 
Year In Review – SBDP’s 2019 Highlights - Thank you for being part of SBDP’s 2019. I hope you’ll take a moment to read through this year’s highlights below and celebrate all we created together.