![Embodied Racial Equity Workshops [LINK IN BIO]
The @CalArtsCouncil is offering free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field throughout the month of November. This three-part workshop series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s @PUSHDance and @DancingAroundRace as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
✳️ Thursday, November 3 | How to Begin Addressing the Impacts of Systemic Racism
✳️ Sunday, November 6 | Decentering Whiteness in Education
✳️ Thursday, November 10 | Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences]()
![CONSTRUCTION starts this week!!!
We’re building a new dance sanctuary in SF and looking for someone to join our operations team! Apply today! [LINK IN BIO]
As we move into the prospect of operating our own dance studio, we need a dedicated Operations Coordinator (PT) who brings sustainable program & project coordination, non-profit administration, payroll and budgeting practices to our growing arts organization. You will manage and train our team allowing us to thrive in a creative and positive environment. You will help steward the coordination and growth of our programs. You help shepard the programming to our stakeholders and the general public. This job is onsite 4-5 days a week with occasional evenings and weekend events.
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![PUSH Forward Round 4 is taking applications—previous applicants and recipients welcome to apply! [link in bio]
PUSH Forward supports dancers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators whose work is based in the exploration and expression of the African diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. This small relief fund centers “Recovery” and, for this round, will be distributing funds of $500 to 10 selected individuals and organizations.
Applicants from the nine SF Bay Area counties are welcome to apply: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Applications due October 18, head to the link in our bio for more information and to apply today!
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[💃: Lydia Clinton
📸: Robbie Sweeney
Image Description: A dancer in black tank top and leggings is centered, with green and yellow concentric circles behind her and around her head. She has one leg raised high behind her, bent at the knee with toes curled. By her raised foot are stars. The image contains lime green and black text.
Text reads:
RECOVERY & RELIEF
P4C
APPLY TODAY
SEPT 5 - OCT 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
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#p4c #pushdance #relieffund #dancemaker]()
![We are so thrilled to announce our 4th round of PUSH Forward—open now through October 18! [link in bio]
With the ability to grant 10 black dance makers/orgs/administrators $500 in relief funds, we encourage both prior and new applicants to partake in our very simple application process. For this round, we are centering RECOVERY, prioritizing individuals and organizations who have been impacted by the current health crises.
For more information on what you'll need and what this is, the link above takes you to our P4C page—complete with application
We cannot wait to receive your applications! Should you have any questions, please reach out to our Program Coordinator, Sean Gonzalez at office[@]pushdance.org
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[📸: @robbiesweeny
Image Description: A man wearing a black and white block jacket with the zipper halfway down his torso. He holds his hands before him angularly, with one palm facing up and the other palm facing the viewer. Arching over and below his upper hand is his afro, short facial hair along his jaw and upper lip, with brown eyes peeking from behind the hands. Behind him is a red background, with concentric circles in varying shades of red surrounding his image. The lower portion on either side of him features yellow text, as well as on his front-facing palm surrounded by more concentric circles, and the very bottom of the image. Text reads:
PUSH FORWARD
P4C
APPLY TODAY
DUE OCTOBER 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS
FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
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#pushdance #p4c #relieffund]()
![The HART Application ends TODAY!
Thursday, Sept 1st [link in bio]
This is your opportunity to create and perform your own music, dance and visual art/film. All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. Apply now!
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
HART is a collaborative partnership between Zaccho Dance Theatre and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative.
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
📷: @deekshaphotographs]()
![APPLICATION
DEADLINE EXTENDED: [link in bio]
Apply for HART until Thursday, SEPT 1ST, 2022
All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. https://pushdance.org/hart
HART resident artists will receive:
◉ A stipend of $2000
◉ Access to a dance/recording studio
◉ Mentorship and Workshops
◉ Social Media skill building
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
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HART is a collaborative partnership between @zacchosf and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s @dreamkeepersf
Film: What is HART? by @pushdance]()
![Hip Hop Workout with Angel
1pm-2pm at 5M Park [FREE]
EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
This is a fun class for all levels and everybody who wants to move their bodies. Hope to see you there!
Where's 5M Park? It's right next to 447 Minna Street, our future home.
#hiphopworkout #dance #sfdance #outdoors]()
![As summer slowly comes to a close, we have some happy Back-to-School news. Our artistic director Raissa Simpson joins the full-time faculty of the Stanford University TAPS dept.!
Join us in congratulating Raissa on her latest journey. She'll still be our director of course and you can see her latest work in the winter! ❤️🩹
#dancejourney #stanfordtaps #werk
📷: Scott Horton]()
![What a joy to witness all the magic of Ashley Gayle as she made her debut as Associate Artistic Director with her new dance piece, "Ascension!" And, thank you for everyone who came out to support our performance at Choreofest last Saturday.
📷: Amal Bisharat Photography]()
Company``Pushing The Standard`` - SF Chronicle
Described as “emotional and kinetic” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), PUSH Dance Company performs vibrant contemporary dances, providing audiences an opportunity to examine issues of identity and intersecting cultures that surround and affect us all. Founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Raissa Simpson, PUSH maintains a philosophy that bold movement and intellect can coexist.
PUSH has presented countless interdisciplinary works vivifying the personal, untold stories of individuals from unique and overlooked communities. The Company annually produces PUSHfest & PUSHfest Awards, a cross-genre dance festival that brings together existing works by choreographers working within different dance disciplines and boasts a Dance Education Outreach Program that brings high-quality dance artists to teach throughout the Bay Area.
A surprise to watch. – Rita Felciano
Artistic Matters
Raissa Simpson
Artistic Director
Ashley Gayle
Associate Artistic Director
Bookings
Kai Curtis
Coordinator
Education
Terrence Paschal
Coordinator
HART
Erik K. Raymond Lee
HART Director
Andréa Spearman
Project Assistant
Board of Directors
President Emeritus
Jamie Wright
Chair
Kai Curtis
Vice Chair
Tamika Chenier
Secretary
Mariah Halperin
Treasurer
Khalid El
Advisory Council
Teena M Sevilla
Cathleen McCarthy
Evy Warshawski
Idris Ackamoor
Rhodessa Jones
Artistic Team
Associate Artistic Director
Ashley Gayle
Fundraising Director
Teena M. Sevilla
Financial Advisor
Yesenia Sanchez
Publicists
Scott Horton
Mary CarbonaraTechnical Director
Grisel Torres
Composers & Musicians
Miles Lassi
daevron
Idris Ackamoor
Tori Quinn
UNWOMANPhoto & Video
Robbie Sweeny
Kyle Adler
Don Albonico
Austin Forbord
Matt Haber
Clare Hwang
Smeeta Manhanti
Loren R RobertsonHighlights
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Announcement: Jory Horn Scholarship
November 24, 2019In honor of his life, we are renaming the PUSHLab Award to the Jory Horn Scholarship for two individuals who epitomize inventiven...
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Announcing our PUSH For Campaign Honorees
March 4, 2021Announcing our PUSH For Campaign Honorees...
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PUSH FORWARD
June 8, 2021PUSH FORWARD (P4C) DEADLINE: DEC 1st, 2022 (Extended Deadline) “An artist's duty is to reflect the times,” - Nina Simone PUSH...
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Keeping the Dream
August 10, 2021Our Counterprogams Our DKI is decolonized, artistic-driven, community-centered and filled withcollaborative events and performanc...
![Embodied Racial Equity Workshops [LINK IN BIO]
The @CalArtsCouncil is offering free online public workshops intended to advance racial equity within the state’s arts and cultural field throughout the month of November. This three-part workshop series was co-created through a partnership with the Bay Area’s @PUSHDance and @DancingAroundRace as part of a pilot project supported by the Government Alliance on Race & Equity’s Innovation and Implementation Fund.
✳️ Thursday, November 3 | How to Begin Addressing the Impacts of Systemic Racism
✳️ Sunday, November 6 | Decentering Whiteness in Education
✳️ Thursday, November 10 | Economics of Race: Intention, Impact, and Consequences](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/312997876_1294823281340644_4854045057437067314_n-150x125.jpg)
![CONSTRUCTION starts this week!!!
We’re building a new dance sanctuary in SF and looking for someone to join our operations team! Apply today! [LINK IN BIO]
As we move into the prospect of operating our own dance studio, we need a dedicated Operations Coordinator (PT) who brings sustainable program & project coordination, non-profit administration, payroll and budgeting practices to our growing arts organization. You will manage and train our team allowing us to thrive in a creative and positive environment. You will help steward the coordination and growth of our programs. You help shepard the programming to our stakeholders and the general public. This job is onsite 4-5 days a week with occasional evenings and weekend events.
—](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/311123502_1181356292457491_1602447779495811928_n-84x150.jpg)
![PUSH Forward Round 4 is taking applications—previous applicants and recipients welcome to apply! [link in bio]
PUSH Forward supports dancers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators whose work is based in the exploration and expression of the African diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. This small relief fund centers “Recovery” and, for this round, will be distributing funds of $500 to 10 selected individuals and organizations.
Applicants from the nine SF Bay Area counties are welcome to apply: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Applications due October 18, head to the link in our bio for more information and to apply today!
—————————————————————————
[💃: Lydia Clinton
📸: Robbie Sweeney
Image Description: A dancer in black tank top and leggings is centered, with green and yellow concentric circles behind her and around her head. She has one leg raised high behind her, bent at the knee with toes curled. By her raised foot are stars. The image contains lime green and black text.
Text reads:
RECOVERY & RELIEF
P4C
APPLY TODAY
SEPT 5 - OCT 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
.
.
.
#p4c #pushdance #relieffund #dancemaker](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/307633898_214622584226900_1520727379720076401_n-150x150.jpg)
![We are so thrilled to announce our 4th round of PUSH Forward—open now through October 18! [link in bio]
With the ability to grant 10 black dance makers/orgs/administrators $500 in relief funds, we encourage both prior and new applicants to partake in our very simple application process. For this round, we are centering RECOVERY, prioritizing individuals and organizations who have been impacted by the current health crises.
For more information on what you'll need and what this is, the link above takes you to our P4C page—complete with application
We cannot wait to receive your applications! Should you have any questions, please reach out to our Program Coordinator, Sean Gonzalez at office[@]pushdance.org
—————————————————————————
[📸: @robbiesweeny
Image Description: A man wearing a black and white block jacket with the zipper halfway down his torso. He holds his hands before him angularly, with one palm facing up and the other palm facing the viewer. Arching over and below his upper hand is his afro, short facial hair along his jaw and upper lip, with brown eyes peeking from behind the hands. Behind him is a red background, with concentric circles in varying shades of red surrounding his image. The lower portion on either side of him features yellow text, as well as on his front-facing palm surrounded by more concentric circles, and the very bottom of the image. Text reads:
PUSH FORWARD
P4C
APPLY TODAY
DUE OCTOBER 17
A SMALL RECOVERY & RELIEF FUND FOR BLACK DANCE & MOVEMENT ARTISTS
FUNDED BY THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT]
.
.
.
#pushdance #p4c #relieffund](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/305253021_595907438691573_4747770975644541489_n-150x150.jpg)
![The HART Application ends TODAY!
Thursday, Sept 1st [link in bio]
This is your opportunity to create and perform your own music, dance and visual art/film. All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. Apply now!
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
HART is a collaborative partnership between Zaccho Dance Theatre and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative.
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
📷: @deekshaphotographs](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/303121533_116648654494378_2335480044480818345_n-150x150.jpg)
![APPLICATION
DEADLINE EXTENDED: [link in bio]
Apply for HART until Thursday, SEPT 1ST, 2022
All musicians, dancers, visual and interdisciplinary hip hop artists who identify as Black/African American are welcome to apply. https://pushdance.org/hart
HART resident artists will receive:
◉ A stipend of $2000
◉ Access to a dance/recording studio
◉ Mentorship and Workshops
◉ Social Media skill building
#hiphop #residency #socialjustice #application
❤️🔥Contact erik@pushdance.org for questions
-----------------------
HART is a collaborative partnership between @zacchosf and PUSH Dance Company, funded by the City of San Francisco’s @dreamkeepersf
Film: What is HART? by @pushdance](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/301523983_433254032099332_1876460006606914702_n-150x84.jpg)
![Hip Hop Workout with Angel
1pm-2pm at 5M Park [FREE]
EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
This is a fun class for all levels and everybody who wants to move their bodies. Hope to see you there!
Where's 5M Park? It's right next to 447 Minna Street, our future home.
#hiphopworkout #dance #sfdance #outdoors](https://www.pushdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/300618910_443154907749396_8062630291377089744_n-84x150.jpg)
