25 Mar 2026

Zaccho


Dear Friends,


As we continue to navigate the storms of today, I find myself, like always, able to ground, center, and access joy in the studio. I am so excited to share my latest work in progress with you, Return to Forever.


I'd recently discovered a handwritten song log from my teenage years, when I was an amateur radio disc jockey in Vermont. Each title carried a memory: friendships forming, creative sparks igniting, a younger version of myself just beginning to imagine what a creative life could be. It made me consider how memory guides us. It is not just a history of what has happened, but it shapes how we make decisions in the present, which in turn defines our future. 


This realization became the seed for Return to Forever, a title inspired by Chick Corea’s band. This work not only revisits the songs that shaped my early creative life, but is a reconstructed memory of the decades of work I’ve created here at Zaccho Studio.


Please join us!! 


Looking forward,

Joanna Haigood



Zaccho Dance Theatre Presents

Return to Forever

Inspired by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood’s rediscovery of a handwritten song log from her teenage years as a radio disc jockey, Return to Forever is a meditation on time, memory, and the enduring presence of Zaccho Studio's history of work. 


The music, drawn from Haigood’s 1975 playlist of iconic American artists such as Billie Holiday and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, serves as an emotional bridge between youth and elderhood, recalling moments of joy, curiosity, and creative awakening.


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April 24, 25 & 26

8:15 PM & 9:15 PM Nightly


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1777 Yosemite Ave, #330, SF

Save the Dates: August 7- 9, 2026

The 7th Biennial San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival (SFAAF) is the first and only festival of its kind in Northern California, bringing together the region’s most innovative aerial artists.


The 2026 San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival is co-produced with Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, celebrating daring, unconventional artists through a premiere three-day festival - and Film Festival! - that fuses breathtaking spectacle, fearless athleticism, and boundary-pushing aerial dance and circus performance. 


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These are the launch points for The Night Heron Ball, our 35th Anniversary Gala, Saturday, May 2 at BANDALOOP Studios.

Featuring an historic performance by BANDALOOP  with special guests COLLAB Choir, we celebrate the company’s decades of innovation in vertical dance performance, production, and education and build strength for our future with your support.

VIP and General Admission tickets still available! 

Join us at the VIP level and enjoy:

  • Gated parking
  • 5pm early entry
  • Whiskey Tasting from the BANDALOOP Bottle Vault
  • Reserved, preferred performance seating
In addition to the full General Admission experience beginning at 6pm: 

More than a gala, this will be a night to gather and honor our shared commitment to BANDALOOP's living legacy of life-affirming art-making and sharing free, for the public, world-over.

What a joy it would be to celebrate this profound moment with you.

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Left: Amelia Rudolph and Rachael Lincoln perform in Crossing (2001), photo by Corey Rich. Right: jose abad and Wailana Simcock perform in Somewhere to Land (2024), photo by Brooke Anderson.

Thank You to the 2026 Night Heron Ball Host Committee:


Amelia RudolphAmelia Rudolph Movement Arts & BANDALOOP Founder | Bianca Cabrera, Blind Tiger Society Artistic Director | Brian RipleyBrian A. Ripley Attorney at Law | Chloë ZimbergODC Theater Creative Director | Christopher PastenaCommunity KitchensBoard Chair & Retired Restaurateur | Gabriel ChristianGravity Co-Executive & Artistic Director | Helen WymanCommercial Bank of California Community Development Director | Jana Pastena, Berkeley Lab Senior HR Strategy Partner | Joe ErnstsrmErnst Principal | Joy OuGroup i President & CEO | Laura Dorman, JD, BRG Managing Director Emerita | Michelle HestonFairmont Hotels & Resorts Executive Director Public Relations, US West & East Regions | Thomas CavanaghBANDALOOP Executive Director & Executive Producer

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19 Mar 2026

VERTICAL DANCE WORKSHOP 2026


 
 
VERTICAL DANCE INTENSIVE
WORKSHOP 26


www.ilposto.org


 
 
 
 
 

 
Vertical dance workshops designed for different levels, focusing on organic and functional vertical movement in relation to the use of the harness and the force of gravity.
Dance is always at the forefront: we dance with harnesses in the vertical scene, developing artistic, compositional, and choreographic aspects according to the participants’ movement vocabulary.
Each workshop includes:
 
Vertical Suspension Training®, an internationally recognized method created by Wanda Moretti Indoor and outdoor practice (weather permitting)
A theoretical presentation, sometimes supported by video, on the development of vertical dance worldwide

Registration & Practical Information:
All equipment is provided by us; however, professionals are kindly requested to bring their own personal equipment.
Classes take place at our venue, Vertical Dance Centre, located at Via Lazzarini 12, 30175 Venezia (VE).
Questions about Il Posto Education Programs and any feedback can be sent to danzaverticale@ilposto.org
Registrations close as soon as the number of participants is reached or 1 week before the start of the workshop.
Later registration is available at staff discretion.
 
The APPLICATION FORM at the link below
 
 
APPLICATION FORM 
 
General information about the 2026 workshops HERE
more information about our centre
write us:
danzaverticale@ilposto.org
 
 
 
TRAINING CALENDAR 2026
 
 
A body suspended - A camera in motion
with Safire Hikari and indextumb
10-11-12 April
10am - 5pm

Dance in a harness. Film while you fly.
Explore vertical movement, emotional weight and shifting perspectives in a workshop where bodies become both dancer and camera.

 

 
 
Vertical Dance Teacher Training
19–23 July
10am– 5pm

The first structured and comprehensive vertical dance training programme created by Wanda Moretti. Suitable as advanced training for professional vertical dancers and performers, and as an introductory programme for teenagers and adults.

 
 
The basics of vertical dance, from technique to composition
5-6 September
10am - 5pm

The program is designed for dancers and movers who have never practised vertical dance or have only done so occasionally, but who have a good background in other movement disciplines.

 
 
Practices and tools
Equipment for new perspectives
20-21-22 November
10am - 17pm
Professional

The programme is designed to develop knowledge of several vertical dance tools in order to expand new choreographic visions. In addition to fixed rope practice, we will experience individually with counterweights, pulleys, motorised winches, and bungee ropes. The focus of this workshop is to help dancers gain confidence in their bodies on the wall and in the air when using equipment as an extension of themselves.

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VERTICAL DANCE CENTRE
Via Lazzarini, 12, 30175 Venezia VE | +39 3276021103 | danzaverticale@ilpos to.org


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