It’s 2026, and we’re gearing up for another year of bold art-making.
Right now, it’s more important than ever to stay clear on our purpose: whose stories we tell, how we tell them, and why dance matters in these times.
Art isn’t optional, it’s essential for visibility, resistance, and connection.
Thank you for being on this journey with us and we hope to see you soon!
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✨Meet the Artists | Ishami Dance Company✨
Ishami is a contemporary dance company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that blends South Asian and global dance forms. Their mission is to center queerness, women’s voices, and experiences of the South Asian diaspora. Ishami destabilizes binaries between tradition and modernity, sparking conversations through art.
Performance highlights include their production “Pehchaan’’ that premiered in 2023 and toured to New York in 2024 and Chicago in 2025. We received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music/Sound/Text for “Pehchaan.” Other Ishami productions include “Manchapravesh” and “Mehfil: A Desi Cabaret.”
Ishami has been featured at the Asian Art Museum, World Arts West Festival, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Fresh Meat Festival, Queering Dance Festival, and San Francisco Pride. They have collaborated with San Jose State University, Bay Area Independent Chinese Dancers, Noorani Dance and organizations including Maitri, Narika, Home of Hope, and Art Together.
✨Full Program✨
💃🏽 Sunidhi Gurudutt
💃🏽 Swathi Ramesh
👯♀️ Ishami Dance Company ft. choreography by Akhil Joondeph
🎶 Roopa Mahadevan (YoungArts Alum!)
🗓 Sunday, May 31 | 11 AM
📍 Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez St #210
San Francisco, CA
🎟 Secure your tickets now! Link in bio.
YoungArts Alumni are welcome to attend this event free of charge - we are excited to be in community with you!
Co-founded by @navadancesf , @shruti_abhishek , and @preethstergram
This iteration is a partnership with @youngarts ✨💃🏽🙏
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Dance is how we tell stories when words fall short.
It is how we return to ourselves.
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