May is for movement, expression, and coming home to your body ✨
Join our Embodiment Projects dance classes this month as we explore flow, feeling, and freedom through movement. Whether you're new or returning, there's space for you here.
DRAGON'S NIGHT
For the first time ever, Embodiment Project joins forces with Tiny Fest to transform BANDALOOP into a full night of live dance, music, and video art.
Featuring:
• New works by Embodiment Project
“The Tooth Fairy Still Owes Me Munny”
• Guest performance by Wishbone (EP’s new performance group)
• Special guests: Greystorm, Cece, 20Block Radius, Kevin Lo
🔥 Closing the night:
A dance party with live sets from Oakland legends BlkSoap & MC Do D.A.T
June 20, 2026
7PM-midnight
BANDALOOP STUDIOS
Tickets on our website or link in bio/stories!
It’s Giving Tuesday tomorrow! We’re calling on you, our beloved community, to support our Dance-Giving Fundraiser Campaign. In times of extraordinary upheaval, outrage, grief, and violence, if you’re unsure of how to make an impact, join us in this transformative work.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 by the end of 2024. Your donations will allow us to continue providing quality dance programming in the Bay and be able to pay a living wage to our core dance artists (trust us, it’s not easy being full time artists in one of the most expensive cities in the world!). These funds will also go toward the premiere and touring of our new production Belly of the Whale in 2025.
Click the link in our bio to read more about our Dance-Giving Campaign and to donate. If you don’t have the means, please support us by sharing this post and spreading the word!
Stay up-to-date with the Embodiment Project. Sign up for our newsletter on our website (🔗 in bio). Our quarterly newsletter is going out tomorrow morning with some exciting updates!
🧑🏽💻: edited by @francis_senses
🎥: footage by Amanda Beane, Jenny Chu, SF Dance Film Festival, Loren Robertson Productions, Rising Star Productions
🎶: Da Na Ma (Manoo Remix) - Yacoub, Manoo
SEEDS in action!
Catch our SEEDS Directors, Rama Hall and Jenelle Gaerlan, at the ODC showcase this weekend, May 16 and 17. More info at odc.dance 🎉
�Interested in joining the company? Summer auditions take place June 3, 2026 from 4:30-6pm.
It was a true honor to have Embodiment Project artists woven into inkBoat’s Clouds from a Crumbling Giant. A truly legendary new work.
Shinichi Iova-Koga @shinichiiovakoga is a deeply cherished mentor and collaborator, and we are so grateful to have shared in this magic together.
Read more about the show here: /2026/04/beyond-butoh-inkboats-clouds-from-a-crumbling-giant-reaches-past-genres/
A small taste of the all level performance workshop with Nikki Klaymoon at Dance Mission! Stay tuned for the next one and check out her Monday class at 6:45pm-8pm 🙌🏼
3 SHOWS LEFT!
April 30 – May 3
Z Space, San Francisco
EP is honored to be part of “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days” A powerful new Butoh performance with inkBoat Company, directed by master Shinichi Iova-Koga @shinichiiovakoga
After an inspiring residency studying and creating together, we’re bringing that experience to the stage.
Performance Schedule:
April 30 — 8PM
May 1 — 8PM
May 2 — 8PM
May 3 — 3PM
📍 450 Florida St, San Francisco
Join us for an unforgettable exploration of movement, transformation, and presence. More info at inkboat.com
📸 photos by Robbie Sweeny
SHOW ALERT!
April 30 – May 3
Z Space, San Francisco
EP is honored to be part of "Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days" A powerful new Butoh performance directed by master Shinichi Iova-Koga.
After an inspiring residency studying and creating together, we’re bringing that experience to the stage.
Performance Schedule:
April 30 — 8PM
May 1 — 8PM
May 2 — 8PM
May 3 — 3PM
📍 450 Florida St, San Francisco
Join us for an unforgettable exploration of movement, transformation, and presence. More info at our inkboat.com
Our Thursdays @homebass.oakland are evolving...
Rebearth of Funk is now THE MOVEMENT LAB with Francis C.!
Thursdays, 6-8pm on the following dates in May and June!
May 14
May 28
June 11
June 25
This will be a dedicated space for dancers to deepen their practice through freestyle, exploration, and guided feedback. Led by Francis Caillès, this offering supports artists across styles while honoring the one-on-one lineage of Black social dance traditions.
Sliding scale $25–35 (Please note: we are committed to making this space accessible; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.)
Designed for dancers pursuing freestyle, performance, or battle, this is a space to train, receive feedback, and grow in community.
VIBEZ from last night @homebass.oakland for Rebearth of Funk with @iii.ignatius 🎧 Wanna join in? Catch us for the next sessions on the 16th and 30th 🙌🏼
🎥 @fvbiod
