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Established in 1979, Dance in Schools and Communities (DISC) teaches dance and movement to 3,500 students in the San Francisco Unified School District. Of these students, 60-70 are chosen to attend San Francisco Ballet on a continuing education scholarship.
San Francisco Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet's official school, is America's oldest ballet school. The program includes classes in technique, pointe work , pas de deux , men's technique, contemporary dance, floor barre /conditioning, and character dance.
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, [4] 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. [5]
ODC School and Rhythm and Motion Dance Program offer a weekly schedule of over 200 classes for all ages and skill levels. In conjunction with ODC Theater, the School provides several mentoring programs for emerging and mid-career choreographers and was the first organization in San Francisco to offer a modern dance curriculum for children.
In 2005 a new public high school, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, was started and shares the McAteer campus with SOTA. Although it shares the campus with the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, it is a completely separate school. [4] Now called The Academy - San Francisco @ McAteer, it admits students through the normal high school admissions process.
Dance Mission Theater at 24th Street and Mission Street. Dance Mission Theater is a nonprofit performance venue and dance school located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. [1] The theatre is operated by Dance Brigade, a female dance troupe with a focus on social change. [2] [3]
Ballet Building Site, Civic Center, San Francisco. The San Francisco Ballet Building is located within the Civic Center, San Francisco. Beverly Willis's design would later serve as a model for the design of future American ballet companies and schools. [2] [3] Upon completion, the San Francisco Ballet Building became a landmark achievement in ...
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodghead as the Ada Clement Piano School. [citation needed] In 1923, the name was changed to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 1956 the Conservatory moved from Sacramento Street to 1201 Ortega Street, the home of a former infant shelter.