How might we expand dance as public art and uplift our communities like never before?Dear BANDALOOP Friends, Now is the time to create beauty, take care of each other, and stretch our ideas of what is possible - in ourselves, our communities, and our environment. Thank you for being a partner in the growth of BANDALOOP and our collective good. Join us as a donor this year and amplify the awe, joy, and freedom that is uniquely vertical dance.
This year we performed across 13 sites for 39,000+ audience members experiencing our work free-of-charge - including 5,000+ at Somewhere to Land in Alameda this past September, where I met some of you. We served 300+ students across 450 classes and uplifted 12 local dance artists at our vital new West Oakland home, BANDALOOP Studios. Collectively, this is what we need: space that is shared, talent that is nurtured, and artistry that is vibrant, gracious and, in our case, vertical.
Like many in our field, we are feeling the crush of inflation and market forces and facing a grim future of government support for the arts. Nevertheless, for 2025: - We have secured an Arts in CA Parks grant for our next site-reactive performance Somewhere to Oakland
- We make our Broadway vertical choreography debut with Redwood featuring Idina Menzel
- We are building a multi-city tour of FLOCK with the gracious support of the National Dance Project
These are the golden threads on our loom, and I invite each of you to be a part of the fabric of our future! Donate today and help us usher in 2025 with strength. Your contribution supports our innovation and our community in co-creation of the beauty, safety, and belonging intrinsic to our 30+ years of success.
We will not stop our pursuit of dance and art as freedom, our effort toward a more hopeful tomorrow. Approaching a cloud of national uncertainty, we are steadfast in our resolve to continue to share our work with the public at no cost, and we have a clear path to success.
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