Dance in California

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,[1] predates both American Ballet Theater and New York City ballet. Barbara Crockett founded the Sacramento Ballet in 1954 [2] and hosted the first festival for the Pacific Western Region of Regional Dance America in 1966.[3] 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] The Bay Area in also home to Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and Oberlin Dance Collective.

Dance in the United States
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Timeline

1910-1920

1920-1930

1930-1940

1940-1950

1950-1960

1960-1970

1970-1980

1980-1990

Company Listing

Professional Ballet Companies

San Francisco

Greater Bay Area

North San Joaquin Valley

Northern Sierra Foothills

Professional Modern/Contemporary Companies

San Francisco

North San Joaquin Valley

Schools

Ballet/Dance Schools

Northern California

Southern California

RDA (Regional Dance America) Members[11]

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

Degree Programs

BA BFA MFA PHD
Mills College[12] √ √ √
UC Irvine[13][14] √ √* √
UCLA[15] √ √ √*

*BFA in Choreography/Performance

Native Dancers

Isadora Duncan

Maia Wilkins

Jodie Gates

Sascha Radetsky

External Resources

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

References

  1. 1 2 "History: San Francisco Ballet". www.sfballet.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  2. 1 2 "About - The Sacramento Ballet". Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  3. ↑ "History". Regional Dance America. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  4. 1 2 "100 Treasures - Lester Horton". www.danceheritage.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  5. 1 2 "Home I Anna Halprin". Home I Anna Halprin. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  6. ↑ Au, Susan (2012). Ballet and Modern Dance. Thames & Hudson. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-500-20411-5.
  7. ↑ "San Francisco War Memorial | History". sfwmpac.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  8. ↑ "Music Center | Our Theaters & Concert Halls". www.musiccenter.org. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  9. ↑ "http://www.odcdance.org/about.php". www.odcdance.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23. External link in |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Alonzo King LINES Ballet". www.linesballet.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  11. ↑ "RDA/Pacific". Regional Dance America. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  12. ↑ Department, Mills College - Dance. "Mills College - Dance Department". www.mills.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  13. ↑ "Undergraduate Degree & Minor Requirements | Claire Trevor School of the Arts | UC Irvine". www.arts.uci.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  14. ↑ "Graduate Degree Requirements | Claire Trevor School of the Arts | UC Irvine". www.arts.uci.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  15. ↑ "UCLA Majors and Degrees". catalog.registrar.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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