About Sarah’s Teaching and Choreography…
“Sarah’s unique choreography and style has inspired me so much in the way I view womanhood in dance. The stories she creates are relevant and emotional. I appreciate all that she and her image-changing company do.”
– Andrea Spearman, Director, Allen Temple Baptist Church Praise Dance Ministry
Founder/Choreographer, A. Spearman & Company
“The partnership between Sarah Bush and our Dance Program has been truly wonderful. Sarah has pushed my advanced students to push themselves through her innovative choreography. She has also improved their performance quality by encouraging the young dancers to find new ways to connect with and relate to their audience. I look forward to future collaborations between Sarah Bush and El Cerrito High School Dance!”
– Jessy Kronenberg, Dance Program Director, El Cerrito High School
Co-Board President, NorCal California Dance Education Association
“Working with Ms. Bush as a Guest Artist was a really great experience. She held us to a high standard and helped us know what working at a professional level is like. Also, her choreography is awesome!!”
– Grace Birnam, ECHS Dancer, Class of 2017
“Over the past 5 years, Sarah has been able to work with me on a variety of dances, and never seems to exhaust her repertoire. She’s truly transformed me from a 10 year-old beginner to someone with a lot of dance potential.”
– Lea Bourgade (private dance student)
“Dancing with Sarah is lively, exciting, and delightful. She is graceful when she dances, and inspiring to her dancers.”
– Annabel Frances Jay, 5th grade
About Rocked By Women…
“You don’t have to be a child of the 70’s, or a lesbian, or a feminist, or female, to share the moments of puzzlement, frustration, and joy, the heady rush of the adolescent crush, the pangs of passion, jealousy, and outrage. The genius of this piece lies in its depiction of a journey that will be familiar to some, foreign to others, but that draws us all in with the seductiveness of the music, the vivacity of the dancers, and the austere and nimble staging.”
– Huffington Post
“AMAZING SHOW! Truly inspired by the unique roles, styles, and perspectives brought by each dancer in the Sarah Bush Dance Project … no better way to honor the powerful this mothers day!”
– Tara, Audience Member
“BayAreaDanceWatch salutes our Young Female Urban Warriors of the Sarah Bush Dance Project for their opening night of Rocked by Women. People were swaying, clapping and yelling at times during this celebration of dance. The love between these young dancers bleed off that stage. THANK YOU for the gateway into Mother Day’s Weekend!!”
– Bay Area Dance Watch
“Rocked by Women was a tenderly raucous, often humorous celebration of an overly sentimentalized holiday. Rocked contains personal material that also feels universal, speaking to those who don’t fit into given norms, and who have had to struggle to become who they are meant to be. At its best, Rocked became a weighty yet explosive expression of the power of an indomitable spirit and embracing courage. Rocked is a warm, skillfully created, and generous show that just might become a Mother’s Day tradition.”
– SF Bay Guardian
(photo credits: Lisa Harding, Molly DeCoudreaux)
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