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Sarah Bush Dance Project (SBDP) is a contemporary dance company based in Oakland, California. SBDP formed in 2007 to promote innovative artistry, community interaction and feminist ideals through the creation and presentation of multimedia dance, as interpreted by the artistic work and vision of Sarah Bush. Our 2018 season will be marked by “Spirit and Bones” coming this fall.

“elegant, muscular choreography
danced with controlled abandon”
— KQED Arts

“exuberant and visceral choreography”
— SF Chronicle

Sarah Bush Dance Project finished off its 10th anniversary season with the premiere of Homeward. New work exploring the ideal of home — safe, solid, reliable, personal — and then, just like that, it can be gone.

“Homeward is an intriguing, heartfelt look at human connections and the ways people feel at home; it left the audience thinking about its own versions of home long after they left the studio.”
— The Daily Californian

SBDP’s 2016 project This Land brought together two great sources of inspiration: Art and Nature. In This Land Oakland, SBDP called us back to this incredible landscape of Oakland, from the developed and designed to its watery edges, enchanted redwoods and scenic hills.

“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

We’ve also been touring our repertory piece, Rocked by Women, both domestically and internationally. Please contact us for workshop and performance bookings.

“Rocked [is] a weighty yet explosive expression of the power of an indomitable spirit and embracing courage.”
— SF Bay Guardian

Sarah Bush Dance Project

Recent newsletters:

  • Residency, Reveal, Tributes and Gratitudes - Vernal Equinox, SBDP Residency at Berkeley Art Center, plus official reveal of our new show title.
  • Press Release: 2018 Residency at Berkeley Art Center - For immediate release: Berkeley Art Center announces new Dance Residency with Sarah Bush Dance Project
  • Creativity is Irrepressible - In the beautiful starkness and darkness of winter is the gestation of new ideas, the generation of new power, readying to crack through the surface, and rise with energetic newness, tender and strong, prepared to weather the spring.
  • Reaching Back While Looking Forward - Before we charge ahead into 2018 we are taking a look back at our incredible 10th Anniversary Season.
  • Say YES! - Thank you to all of you who have joined me in these first 10 years of the company! Say YES to bringing more dance to more audiences in 2018.