How Colleen Quen brought nine birds to life in silk for the Six Foot Wingspan dance project. Interview with Colleen Quen, fashion designer and couturier for the Six Foot Wingspan Dance Project. How did you make the bird costumes? As a fashion designer, I make creations that are extensions of the dancers, almost like qi energy … Continue reading Bird Fashion Whisperer
Be inspired by a sampling of SBDP dancers’ study of various life stages and behaviors of birds in the making of Murmur. RISA OFELIA DIAZ Risa Ofelia Diaz and Frances Teves Sedayou KJ DAHLAW FRANCES TEVES SEDAYAO SARAH BUSH MOVEMENT MURMURATION Murmurations EXTENDING TO NEW LIFE CRACK OPEN NESTING IN SELF MOMENT BEFORE LEAVING THE … Continue reading Become a Bird: Creative Process
A scroll down memory lane — 2021 SBDP year-in-review Continue reading Scroll down memory lane…
This year we had a relationship with an Oak Tree… Continue reading The cycle of giving
You’re invited!
NightinGala –
live online #sixfootwingspan event,
Sat 12/4, 5-7pm PST.
Film premieres! Q&A with artists! Continue reading NightinGALA – Dec 4th 2021
Join us on social media as we live-stream a virtual journey through the landscape of the Richardson Bay (unceded Coastal Miwok) environment. The language of birds, a symphony of the senses, the interconnection of all life. Through the artistry of dance we invite tuning-in, with attention and intention, to birds, to care for self, each other, for all life on this planet. Continue reading MURMUR live-streaming Friday 9/10 & Saturday 9/11 3:30-5pm PDT
FREE online event: Body Language workshop final presentations Wed 7pm PDT!
Purchase NWMF pass to watch the online premiere of Spirit & Bones on Sun July 4th 11:30am PDT! Continue reading On set with lead artists Richelle Donigan & Joan Lazarus
with notes form the lead artists about their creative process. Also
– Sign-up for Body Language virtual workshop through SF Creative Writing Institute!
– Purchase tickets for the virtual National Women’s Music Festival including SBDP’s performance
– Support the series of artist-driven, co-created sixfootwingspan projects! Continue reading Sneak peak! First bird couture film shoot!
Elders project call for participants by Frances Sedayao, Sarah Bush & Katie Cash video premiere, Richelle Donigan’s Vision of Love workshop, Right to Nature Audubon CA Continue reading Elders project, video premiere, vision workshop
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! Continue reading 5 Elements Video
Sarah Bush Dance Project 