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.
Donations through December will be matched!
And every 2020 donor will receive our first-ever SBDP zine!
Our 14th year!
We are making a larger scale dance film to bring the viewer inside the sensory experience of the birdsit. The expanded #sixfootwingspan flock of artists will be in weekly process. Through birdsits, writing, movement and creative direction, research and conversation we’ll together be deepening our connection with birds and shaping the stories, visuals, movement, and sound to share and invite others into that experience.
“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
Recent newsletters:
A letter from Joan Lazarus - A letter and video message from Joan Lazarus — dancer, teacher, mentor. Donate today to double your impact before Jan 1st!
5 Elements Video - Fire. Wood. Space. Air. Earth. Please enjoy this incredible collection of film sketches from our day at Audubon's Bobcat Ranch, a brilliant spark of what’s to come!
Donation MATCH and SPARK BIRD Couture! - Join the MATCH to spark our 14th season, then peek into Colleen Quen’s couture sketches and creative process.
Colleen Quen’s Spark Bird costumes - Peek into Colleen Quen’s couture sketches, patterns and Spark Bird costume construction process.