Posts Tagged ‘dance’
Kompiang Davies: Bringing Bali to the Bay
In her native Bali, Kompiang Davies was forbidden from singing, dancing or playing any musical instrument. Then she fled to California.
Read MoreDowntown Richmond shows its heart at Spirit and Soul Festival
8th Spirit and Soul Festival brings live music, food and shop to Downtown Richmond residents.
Read MoreSecond annual East Bay Dances event will feature Diablo Ballet
On April 17, the Oakland Ballet Company hosts the second annual East Bay Dances Showcase.
Read MoreCredentials rules leave some East Bay dance instructors unable to teach
Despite being one of the dance capitals of the world, with 73 public and private colleges and universities offer dance majors, for decades there hasn’t been a single-subject teaching credential in dance for the California public school system.
Read MoreSpirit and Soul festival aims to revive downtown
The seventh annual Spirit and Soul Festival filled downtown with the rhythmic beats of jazz musicians and the enticing smells of fried chicken and barbecue. Put on by the Richmond Main Street Initiative, a nonprofit organization that works to reinvigorate the downtown, the festival drew about 800 people this year–and there would have been more, organizers insisted, were it not for the sizzling heat.
Read MoreEast Bay Center for Performing Arts celebrates local hip hop culture
Industry recognized choreographers who got their start here, 14-year-old b-boys and a pulsing Cuban DJ filled East Bay Center for Performing Arts with style and swag Friday night as part of a month long celebration of the studio’s grand re-opening.
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