To our lovely Loopers,
2023 was pivotal for BANDALOOP. We completed 3 years of touring LOOM:FIELD along a trail of American textile legacies, from Atlanta, GA to Biddeford, Maine, engaging partners like the Smithsonian Museum of Industrial History to show the interlaced impacts of fabrics and fashion on our families, ecosystems, and cultures. We produced new works and shared them with the world. Bird Strike, a work on migratory interruptions inflicted by the modern built environment, premiered in Santiago Chile, with a US premiere at the historic Fairmont Hotel in Los Angeles. Resurgam, a work to lift up hope in impossible times, was created at the iconic, 300 year old St. Paul’s Cathedral in partnership with the city of London. And you may have seen us overhead on the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco just last month.
During all of this art-making and touring, we were renovating and expanding BANDALOOP Studios into 8,000 sq ft of dance space for West Oakland. BANDALOOP Studios continues our 10+ year legacy in West Oakland and marks a renewal for the company as we root down and invest in our home communities.
There is much to celebrate and much to support at BANDALOOP! Your investment in our work this year will bolster the Scholarship Fund and ensure that BANDALOOP Studios in Oakland will be brimming with inspiration and community for years to come. We thank you for flocking with us in all the ways you do!
With Wings Spread Wide,
Melecio Estrella
Artistic Director | 
