 | BANDALOOP performs at the Mall of Emirates 20th Anniversary, Dubai 2025. Photo by Winter Ramos. |
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Happy New Year and Happy 35th Anniversary Year to us!
Thank you to all who gave to our 35th Anniversary Kick-Off Campaign. Your awesome generosity has raised $58,000 for BANDALOOP artistic and education programs in the coming year. WOW!
We are moved by the 55+ gifts that we received as part of this campaign and humbled to have another year of creating awe every day with your support.
If you have note yet joined the campaign - today is the final day to do so! Make a gift to round us up to an even $60k and help make a little more dance magic for Oakland and beyond. By becoming a $35/month sustainer, you: - Ensure BANDALOOP can continue creating breathtaking performances globally
- Expand access to community programs and workshops for youth and adults
- Join a committed circle that fuels our next 35 years
Be part of something extraordinary. Don’t wait—your gift today helps BANDALOOP rise higher than ever. |
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From Thomas Cavanagh, Executive Director / Executive Producer:
Reflecting back on this milestone with BANDALOOP, across 35 countries, 27 years and countless rooftops, I continue to feel, and act, with a sense of awe and I share with a sense of urgency for more vertical joy in public spaces.
Public Art is not a commodity, it is in fact a utility and it is accessible to all when we lean hard into the verve place, the physical and community specific opportunities that surround iconic place.
I have been a leader in this band of loop for close to three decades, talked with thousands of audience members from a multitude of cultures and in near and far places. Commonality comes through when verticality opens a gateway to perception, snapping the viewer, the audience member, the citizen, into a frame of “if this then what”.
This is core to BANDALOOP ethos.
Dance as a form that can reach heights and lift hearts is part of the creative economy. Dance that looks at architecture and at access from a different lens is a civic responsibility.
Success lies in the change that comes after you see public art, dance on wall, human flight in and out of negative space, on and off of iconic walls. The change is unifying, uplifting and wanting more.
In the unfolding potential that is BANDALOOPING, I take a page from Pir Vilayat Inayat Kahn Sufi teachings, "to be who we could be if we would be who we really are”.
That is what BANDALOOP invokes for viewer, performer and student alike. Thank you for being with us. |
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 | BANDALOOP performs with Pink at the American Music Awards 2017 |
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Coming Up in 2026... - Development begins for LANDFILL, the next major artistic work from BANDALOOP Artistic Director, Melecio Estrella
- New and improved website - your digital home for all things BANDALOOP - launches with support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program
- Free to Fly - our signature, no-cost, all-abilities vertical dance workshops - returns
- The Night Heron Ball - BANDALOOP's 35th Anniversary Gala - Saturday, May 2, 2026. Early Bird & VIP tickets now available!
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More Ways to Give
Consider making BANDALOOP a recipient of your Donor Advised Fund, Qualified Charitable Distribution, or beneficiary in your living will. Be it stocks, crypto, real estate, or other illiquid asset we are here to help you exercise your balance sheet for impactful giving.
Contact jeanne@bandaloop.org to learn more. |
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Thank You to our Funding Partners:
The City of Oakland, New England Foundation for the Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Margaret E. Haas Family Fund, Lupine Lady Fund, Fleishhacker Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, CA Arts in Parks Grants, SF Foundation, NEA Grants for Arts Projects, Rubicon Point Partners, Morrison Foerster, Radium Presents, Prescott Properties/srmERNST, TMG Partners, Commercial Bank of CA, Lapine Group, and generous individuals. |
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