Oakland-based contemporary dance theater company
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!
Join our community “distance art” project Six Foot Wingspan!
“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”
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.
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
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Join us Sept 10th, 8am PDT for a bird sit! - This Thursday, Sarah Bush and Audubon California's Molly Tsongas on Instagram Live at 8am Pacific Time.
Through all this, the flock gathers… - I’m writing to you from gray smoky skies. I, like many of us, packed a “go bag” this weekend. Some dancers in the #SixFootWingspan flock are receiving evacuation orders because of their proximity to fire.
SixFootWingspan rehearsal photos - SBDP SixFootWingspan "distance" rehearsal at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, Oakland, CA on August 7th, 2020.Photographs by dancer, courtney hope
Video is up! Let us know what you think 🎥 - "Contact Call", our first socially-distanced video project with Composer and Videographer Miles Lassi. We’re so excited to share the complete edited piece with you today!