PUSH

Raissa Simpson’s PUSH Dance Company Builds Vibrant Contemporary Dances To Gain A Deeper Understanding Of The Challenges Attributed To Mixed Heritage.

In the Media

"Electrifying and impressive."

J. Olauda Jackson

"Sleek and Sexy edge."

SF Guardian

“Reflective contemporary choreography.”

Dance Spirit Magazine

"Ambitious"

The New Yorker

Articles

The Motley Experiment 2020
SF Classical Voice by Lou Fancher
Review by Sima Belmar

Mothership III 2019
SF Classical Voice by Lou Fancher
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Codelining 2018
PUSH at Aspen Fringe Festival
PUSHFest: SF Chronicle by Claudia Bauer

TecTonic Shifts 2018
SF Chronicle by Claudia Bauer

Mothership II 2017
PUSHfest: Sf Chronicle by Claudia Bauer
Wanda’s Picks Review
In Conversation by Kendra Kimbrough Barnes

Mothership I 2016
PUSHFest: SF Gate by Leba Hertz
PUSHFest: Wanda’s Picks

Disequilibria 2015
PUSHFest: SF Gate by Leba Hertz

Point Shipyard Project 2014
Television: PBS KQED Newsroom with Thuy Vu
Interview: San Francisco Chronicle by Rachel Howard
Interview: San Francisco Examiner by Andrea Pflaumer
Staff Pick The Registry Bay Area
Interview: San Jose Mercury News by Andrew Gilbert
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CBS 8 television feature

Push Dance Company debuts in Atlanta, February 2014
Interview: The Backstage Beat by Amy Howton
The Backstage Beat Review

San Francisco State University Dance Theater 2014

Interview: 1690AM by Stephen Key

UNLOCK
Interview: San Francisco Chronicle by Mary Ellen Hunt
SF Bay Guardian
SF Examiner

Something Leftover From The Last 2013
Dance Magazine
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San Francisco Chronicle

BITTER MELON 2012
Interview: SF Examiner by Andrea Pflaumer
Interview: danceanywhere by Anastasia Pahules
SF Weekly
Bay Area Dance Watch
Daily Candy
OtherZine
SF Arts Monthly
Princeton Club of Northern California
Using San Francisco History
Wanda’s Picks

SHOULDER 2012
Interchange by Wanda Sabir

Mixed Messages at Museum of the African Diaspora 2011
Interview: SF Guardian by Rita Felciano
San Francisco Chronicle
Interview: Hello I am a Dancer
Interchange by Wanda Sabir
Interview: SF Appeal Magazine

Push Dance Company debuts in New York City, July 2010
The New Yorker
Highlights From NY
Joyce SoHo Interview

Black Swordsman Saga, June 2010
Note to Readers: Black Swordsman Saga is the new working title for the hip-hop opera performed mid-June. The new title debuted July 23, 2010 at Joyce SoHo in New York.
San Francisco Chronicle
SF Guardian
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SF Guardian Feature
SF Examiner

Judgments In Milliseconds, February 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Arts Preserves
East Bay Express

Mixed Messages, April 2009
Wanda’s BlogTalk Radio
ColorLines Magazine

Post Meridian, April 2008
Dancer Magazine

Inner Cinema and Post Meridian, 2007
Dance Spirit Magazine
Ballet.co Magazine

Television
SFTV hosted by Drea Medina
ABC Channel 7 PSA

Radio
Bitter Melon
Mixed Messages
Black Swordsman Saga

Interviews
Life as a Modern Dancer 2020
Artist Profile: Raissa Simpson
Dancing Around Race: Compassionate Labor Deserves Intentional Rest

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