Dance in California

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California is rich in dance history. In classical ballet, California is home to the oldest professional ballet company in the United States. The San Francisco Ballet, founded as the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1933, predates both American Ballet Theater and New York City ballet. Barbara Crockett founded the Sacramento Ballet in 1954 and hosted the first festival for the Pacific Western Region of Regional Dance America in 1966. In modern dance, Ruth St. Denis established her second school in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in 1940 while Lester Horton created the Horton Dance Group in 1934, also in Los Angeles. Ann Halprin founded the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop in 1950 and continues to live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area in also home to Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and Oberlin Dance Collective.


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Timeline

1910-1920

  • Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts Founded (1915)
  • Martha Graham attends Denishawn School

1920-1930

  • San Francisco War Memorial Opera House Opens (1932)

1930-1940

  • San Francisco Opera Ballet (1933)

1940-1950

  • Horton Dance Group (1934)

1950-1960

  • San Francisco Dancers' Workshop (1950)
  • Sacramento Ballet (1954)

1960-1970

  • Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (1954)

1970-1980

  • Oberlin Dance Collective

1980-1990

  • Lines Ballet (1982)

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Company Listing

Professional Ballet Companies

San Francisco

  • San Francisco Ballet
  • Lines Ballet
  • Smuin Ballet

Greater Bay Area

  • Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
  • Oakland Ballet
  • Company C Contemporary Ballet

North San Joaquin Valley

  • The Sacramento Ballet
  • Folsom Lake Civic Ballet

Northern Sierra Foothills

  • Placer Theatre Ballet

Professional Modern/Contemporary Companies

San Francisco

  • ODC
  • Robert Moses's Kin

North San Joaquin Valley

  • Core Contemporary Dance

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Schools

Ballet/Dance Schools

Northern California

  • San Francisco Ballet School
  • The School (Sacramento Ballet)
  • Marin Ballet

Southern California

  • Coburn School

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RDA (Regional Dance America) Members

Crockett-Deane Ballet

Dance Connection Ballet Company

Juline Regional Youth Ballet

Long Beach Ballet

Maple Youth Ballet

Marin Ballet

Paso Robles Chamber Ballet

North Coast Ballet California

Sacramento Ballet Youth Ensemble

Santa Barbara Festival Ballet

Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre

South Bay Ballet

State Street Ballet Young Dancers


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Degree Programs

*BFA in Choreography/Performance


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Native Dancers

Isadora Duncan

Maia Wilkins

Jodie Gates

Sascha Radetsky


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External Resources

http://www.dancehistoryproject.org/article/articles/chronologies/ballet-chronologies/

Source of the article : Wikipedia



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