Ballet To The People
Starts with a plié
Who we are
Manifesto
No suffering for your art No despotic teachers No evil, manipulative stage mothers No tutus oozing blood No battered feet No Coke-and-cigarettes diets No one sitting on your shoulders to force your split No descents into madness as you struggle to wring out one more fouetté turn Just a safe and well-lit place to unravel the mysteries of ballet and play with the building blocks of technique A place where dancers come in all shapes and sizes A place where it is okay to fail repeatedly in the process of mastery A slightly dangerous place where around the next corner may lie unfamiliar and entertaining challenges, both physical and mental A place that you walk out of feeling a little taller, a little lighter on your feet, very centered, and a little closer to possessing that mysterious power that turns maidens into swans and nutcrackers into princes
Who we are
What we’re saying
Playlist.
What we’re dancing to
Playlist.
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Poetic Justice: Ethan Stiefel’s Spirit of the Highlands
March 4, 2025
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Building Character in Alberto Alonso’s
Carmen
November 20, 2019
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Meeting Alicia: Toba Singer reminisces
October 20, 2019
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Catching up with Li Cunxin
March 11, 2018
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Dimensions Dance Theater marks 50th anniversary of the birth of the Black Panthers in Oakland
October 11, 2016
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Parangal, and the Glorious San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
October 3, 2016
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Two much-loved ballerinas mark a milestone at ABT
September 25, 2016
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From the Townships of South Africa to the World’s Ballet Stages: The Gugulethu Project
June 1, 2016
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The body sings this spring for Oakland Ballet
April 3, 2016
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Annie Leibovitz Writes History with WOMEN: New Portraits
March 23, 2016
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Por La Luz de la Luna
Premières in Sonoma
March 13, 2016
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Septime at Large
March 1, 2016
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The quantum physics of
Libertango
November 29, 2015
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Vital signs: Is contemporary dance alive and kicking in San Francisco?
November 28, 2015
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The Gift of Grace: Bay Area Holiday Dance (2015 edition)
November 17, 2015
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Beyond the Lashes: The Trockaderos’ Matthew Poppe
July 6, 2015
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Changing of the guard: five prima ballerinas contemplate retirement
February 15, 2015
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Dancer draws a unique Valentine
February 8, 2015
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Naughty and Nice: Holiday Dance Around the Bay
November 11, 2014
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Pink Martini and Balanchine for Oregon Ballet Theatre at 25
October 25, 2014
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Uniquely Asian, Uniquely Modern, Proudly Classical: Ballet Philippines Tours U.S., Canada
October 21, 2014
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Reconstructing beauty: Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol
September 23, 2014
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Stella Abrera: Ballerina on a dual mission
September 18, 2014
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The edge of stardom:
Secundaria
premieres in San Francisco
May 13, 2014
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Unsung warriors of apartheid:
The Human Spirit
opens in L.A.
May 13, 2014
