Savage Jazz Dance Company Presents
27 Years!
In Oakland
October 31 - November 3, 2019
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Theatre
1428 Alice st, Oakland CA 94612
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 7:30pm, special Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) fundraiser performance, tickets at discounted prices, 50% of gross proceeds go to Oakland School for the Arts, plus post-performance Q & A with Mr. Savage and the dancers
Friday, November 1, 2019, 8pm, Opening Night, full performance
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 8pm, full performance
Sunday, November 3, 2019, 3pm, full performance
Buy your tickets now at sjdc.brownpapertickets.com or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
10/31 Special OSA Fundraiser Performance Discounted Ticket Prices
Adults: $10 advance and at the door
Students, Seniors & Children: $5 advance and at the door
Full Performances Ticket Prices
Adults: $20 advance online / $25 at the door
Seniors & Students (with ID): $10 advance and at the door
Children (12 and under): $5 advance and at the door
27 Years!
In Oakland
October 31 - November 3, 2019
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Theatre
1428 Alice st, Oakland CA 94612
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 7:30pm, special Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) fundraiser performance, tickets at discounted prices, 50% of gross proceeds go to Oakland School for the Arts, plus post-performance Q & A with Mr. Savage and the dancers
Friday, November 1, 2019, 8pm, Opening Night, full performance
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 8pm, full performance
Sunday, November 3, 2019, 3pm, full performance
Buy your tickets now at sjdc.brownpapertickets.com or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
10/31 Special OSA Fundraiser Performance Discounted Ticket Prices
Adults: $10 advance and at the door
Students, Seniors & Children: $5 advance and at the door
Full Performances Ticket Prices
Adults: $20 advance online / $25 at the door
Seniors & Students (with ID): $10 advance and at the door
Children (12 and under): $5 advance and at the door
BLACK CHOREOGRAPHERS FESTIVAL HERE & NOW SUMMER SERIES
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Catch SJDC at Black Choreographers Festival!
Catch SJDC's next performance at Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF) Summer Series Saturday, September 7 @ 8 pm Malonga Casquelourd Theater (1428 Alice Street, Oakland, CA 94612) AAAPAC & K*Star*Productions, in association with Dimensions Dance Theater, present Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF) Summer Series Celebrating 15 years of presenting the festival with one weekend only! 2 Unique & Dynamic performances! SATURDAY 09.07.19 @ 8PM New Voices / New Works Featuring artists from the BCF Roster: Reginald Savage / Savage Jazz Dance Company Gregory Dawson / dawsondancesf Kendra Barnes / The Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble Andrea Vonny Lee / Dimensions Dance Theater Advance Tickets $15; Children 12 & Under $10; VIP $25 & SUNDAY 09.08.19 @ 3PM: FAMILY MATINEE Phylicia Stroud / On Demand Reginald Savage / Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) Maia Siani / Sweat Corey “Action” Harrison / New Style Motherlode Frankie Lee Peterson III All Tickets $10; VIP $25 |
ZOHAR PERFORMANCE SERIES 4: THE SUMMER FESTIVAL
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Catch SJDC at Zohar Performance Series 4!
Catch SJDC's next performance at Zohar Performance Series 4: The Summer Festival showcasing outstanding choreographers in an exhilarating evening of ballet, modern, and jazz dance, from the Bay Area and beyond! The Zohar Performance Series shows have become the hottest tickets in town, featuring dynamic and professional performers, that allow the audience to get up close and personal in Zohar's black box theatre. Saturday, July 20 @ 8 pm Zohar Studio Theater 4000 Middlefield Road, Building L, Room 4 Palo Alto, CA 94303 |
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Catch SJDC at East Bay DANCES 2019!
Oakland Ballet Company is proud to present its 5th annual East Bay Dances program on June 2. This inspiring and festive showcase of local dance companies celebrates the East Bay in all its wonderful diversity. Purchase East Bay DANCES tickets Access a special $5.00 discount on adult tickets with code: FRIENDOFOBC Sunday, June 2 @ 4:00 pm Odell Johnson Performing Arts Center Laney College, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94607 Oakland Ballet Company will also perform excerpts from its 2019 spring programs, Jazz Vistas and Jangala. More information about the performers and East Bay DANCES 2019 > |
COLLAGE DES CULTURES AFRICAINES 2019
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Savage Jazz Dance Company will be performing at the 24th Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines! Join us on Saturday, March 9 at 8pm at the Malonga Casquelourd Theater 1428 Alice Stree in Oakland! Tickets at www.diamanocoura.org Thank you in advance for your support! |
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Catch SJDC at East Bay DANCES 2018!
Hosted by Oakland Ballet Company, East Bay DANCES will feature a diverse line-up of East Bay-based dance companies and choreographers working in classical, folk, traditional, and contemporary styles. Sunday, June 3 at 4:00 pm Odell Johnson Performing Arts Center Laney College, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland Tickets: Adults: $25 Seniors: $20 Children and Students: $15 Oakland Ballet Company will also perform excerpts from the Scene and Heard spring repertory program. More information about the performers and East Bay DANCES 2018 > |
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Catch SJDC at East Bay DANCES 2017!
Oakland Ballet Company is excited to present the 3rd annual East Bay DANCES – an afternoon celebrating the very best of dance in the East Bay. Featuring performances by Oakland Ballet, Ah-Lan Dance, AXIS Dance Company, Ballet Folklórico México Danza, Jubilee American Dance Theatre, The Milissa Payne Project, Savage Jazz Dance Company, Shabnam Dance Theatre, Van der Zwaan Dance Studio, and YuRue Ma! Sunday, June 4 at 4:00 pm Odell Johnson Performing Arts Center Theater at Laney College 900 Fallon Street, Oakland Tickets: Adult General Admission: $25 Senior General Admission: $20 Child and Student General Admission: $15 |
22ND collage des cultures africaines 2017
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Savage Jazz Dance Company is proud and excited to premiere a brand new work by Guest Choreographer, Ms. Endalyn Taylor,
at Diamano Coura's 22nd Collage des Cultures Africaines. Ms. Taylor began her dance career Dance Theatre of Harlem where she was a principle ballerina. She danced on Broadway in The Lion King, Aida, and Carousel and was director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. She is currently Assistant Professor of Dance at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Come see her premiere on SJDC! Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 8pm At Malonga Casquelourd Theater 1428 Alice Street, Oakland Tickets and info available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596379 Diamano Coura West African Dance Company Presents the 22nd Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines, an international African collaboration featuring four days of intense workshops in African drum. dance, and culture, an amazing performance, educational programs and more, representing the dynamism, vibrancy and diversity of the African Diaspora. Amazing drummers and astonishing teachers from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Liberia, Brazil, Zimbabwe, and more will thrill audiences and bring to their feet with high kicks and acrobatic feats. Headline artists include Mahea Uchiyama, Chinyakare Dance Ensemble, Dimensions Dance Theater, Diamano Coura West African Dance Company, Savage Jazz Dance Company, Youssouf Koumbassa, Mabiba Bagne, Djaneba Sako and more in one night of mesmerizing performances, a pre-performance African marketplace and pre-show extravaganza. http://www.diamanocoura.org |
EAST BAY DANCES FESTIVAL 2016
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Join us at the 2016 East Bay DANCES festival - an afternoon celebrating the very best dance in the East Bay!
Sunday, April 17 at 4:00 pm
Malonga Casquelourd Theater, Oakland
Tickets: $20 available at http://ebdances2016.brownpapertickets.com
Discounts available for Seniors, children, and students.
This year's festival, hosted by Oakland Ballet Company, will feature a diverse line-up of East Bay-based dance companies and choreographers working in classical, folk, popular and contemporary styles, including:
AXIS Dance Company
Diablo Ballet
Jubilee American Dance Theater
The Milissa Payne Project
Patty Chu's Chinese Folk Dance
Savage Jazz Dance Company
Quicksilver Dance
Oakland Ballet Company will also perform excerpts from its spring repertory season production, A Cappella - Our Bodies Sing.
More information about the performers and East Bay DANCES 2016 >
Sunday, April 17 at 4:00 pm
Malonga Casquelourd Theater, Oakland
Tickets: $20 available at http://ebdances2016.brownpapertickets.com
Discounts available for Seniors, children, and students.
This year's festival, hosted by Oakland Ballet Company, will feature a diverse line-up of East Bay-based dance companies and choreographers working in classical, folk, popular and contemporary styles, including:
AXIS Dance Company
Diablo Ballet
Jubilee American Dance Theater
The Milissa Payne Project
Patty Chu's Chinese Folk Dance
Savage Jazz Dance Company
Quicksilver Dance
Oakland Ballet Company will also perform excerpts from its spring repertory season production, A Cappella - Our Bodies Sing.
More information about the performers and East Bay DANCES 2016 >
COLLEGE OF MARIN SPRING DANCE CONCERT 2015
Savage Jazz Dance Company has been invited as guest artist at the College of Marin's Spring Dance Concert 2015. SJDC will present the haunting solo Spiegel im Spiegel (Premiere 2014; Marin County Premiere), choreographed by Artistic Director Reginald Ray-Savage, set to the music of Arvo Pärt at CoM's Spring Dance Concert 2015, By Dance Possessed.
April 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 8pm at James Dunn Theater (835 College Avenue @ Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield, CA 94904).
Visit the College of Marin Dance Department online at: http://www.marin.edu/departments/performingarts/dance/
April 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 8pm at James Dunn Theater (835 College Avenue @ Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield, CA 94904).
Visit the College of Marin Dance Department online at: http://www.marin.edu/departments/performingarts/dance/
Mr. Savage choreographs world premiere on menlowe ballet!
Celebrating its eighth season, Menlowe Ballet returns to the stage with Rapture
March 27-29 at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center (555 Middlefield Rd, Atherton, CA 94027).
March 27-29 at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center (555 Middlefield Rd, Atherton, CA 94027).
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With great anticipation, Menlowe Ballet brings two stunning new works to the stage: a soulful thrill-ride, Bru’s Sweet, by Reginald Ray-Savage, Artistic Director of Savage Jazz Dance Company and Artistic Director Michael Lowe’s alluring neo-classical ballet, Playing Love, exploring relationships and the facets of love. The return of Lowe’s acclaimed cultural work Legend of the Seven Suns completes the program.
Check out this great feature article in the Palo Alto Weekly: http://paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/03/19/the-spirit-of-jazz |
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Guest Choreographer Reginald Ray-Savage says, “I created Bru’s Sweet for Menlowe Ballet with the intention of celebrating all that is jazz. The work is sensual, classy, sweet, sexy and sweaty, and Menlowe’s dancers are incredible. They dance the ballet with passion, energy and technique that is quite thrilling.”
Check out this sneak peek video of Mr. Savage's Bru's Sweet in rehearsal! https://youtu.be/a5KcLSqs9Zc |
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Check out this LiveStream rehearsal footage of the two World Premieres,
Playing Love (Lowe) and Bru's Sweet (Savage), featured in Menlowe Ballet's 2015 Spring Season, Rapture!
https://youtu.be/VHuXsJx6VMg
Playing Love (Lowe) and Bru's Sweet (Savage), featured in Menlowe Ballet's 2015 Spring Season, Rapture!
https://youtu.be/VHuXsJx6VMg
Don't miss this spectacular program!
Tickets for Rapture are on sale now! Tickets may be purchased at www.menloweballet.org, or by calling 800-595-4TIX (4849). |
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Check out this one-minute video of highlights from Menlowe Ballet's last season: https://vimeo.com/116913390
BLACK CHOREOGRAPHERS FESTIVAL 2015
Savage Jazz Dance Company will present the haunting solo Spiegel im Spiegel (Premiere 2014), choreographed by Artistic Director Reginald Ray-Savage, set to the music of Arvo Pärt at this year's Black Choreographers Festival 2015.
SJDC will perform on February 28 and March 1 at Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street, San Francisco).
More info and tickets can be found here: http://www.bcfhereandnow.com
SJDC will perform on February 28 and March 1 at Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street, San Francisco).
More info and tickets can be found here: http://www.bcfhereandnow.com
fall season 2014: Fire
Photo of Omar Carmical, SJDC Dance Artist and
OSA School of Dance Alumnus, by Tracy Martin. |
Tickets on sale now for SJDC's 2014 Fall Season: Fire
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/881412 Thursday, November 6, 8pm Friday November 7, 8pm Saturday November 8, 8pm Sunday November 9, 3pm Laney College Theater (900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607) |
Featuring World Premieres set to the music of Arvo Pärt, René Aubry, Ólafur Arnalds, and Philip Glass, as well as SJDC Repertory Classics with music from Alarm Will Sound and Leonard Bernstein, Fire is a contemporary dance celebration and homecoming, where past SJDC Dance apprentices, who were the first generation graduates of Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) School of Dance, and are now college graduates, come back home to dance as they are now - young, beautiful, black dance artists. They are not only continuously inspired by their teacher and mentor, Artistic Director Mr. Reginald Ray-Savage, but they are now also inspiring others, as young artists in their own right. These OSA School of Dance graduates and SJDC trained dancers represent a strong future.
Also, with this production, we celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Archie Savage, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Savage Jazz Dance Company, whose invaluable guidance laid the Company's artistic foundation via his training, mentoring of, and friendship with our current Artistic Director.
These young dance artists, in their strong presence of right now, in combination and synergy with long-time SJDC Dance Artist and OSA School of Dance teacher Ms. Alison Hurley are the spark that ignites the Savage Fire, from the music that is the fuel. This production is the zenith of the resultant energy. These dance artists are the next cycle of the passing of the flame and they themselves continue this practice with the next generation dancers.
The Savage Jazz Dance Company continues the Fire of Archie Savage, the Artistry of Katherine Dunham, and the Vision of Artistic Director, Reginald Ray-Savage, their devoted student.
Also, with this production, we celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Archie Savage, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Savage Jazz Dance Company, whose invaluable guidance laid the Company's artistic foundation via his training, mentoring of, and friendship with our current Artistic Director.
These young dance artists, in their strong presence of right now, in combination and synergy with long-time SJDC Dance Artist and OSA School of Dance teacher Ms. Alison Hurley are the spark that ignites the Savage Fire, from the music that is the fuel. This production is the zenith of the resultant energy. These dance artists are the next cycle of the passing of the flame and they themselves continue this practice with the next generation dancers.
The Savage Jazz Dance Company continues the Fire of Archie Savage, the Artistry of Katherine Dunham, and the Vision of Artistic Director, Reginald Ray-Savage, their devoted student.
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Each show will also feature a
special viewing of "Savage Dance", a short biopic of a passioned and purposed life. An exclusive Meet the Artist with filmmaker ShakaJamal will follow each performance. Check out the "Savage Dance" trailer right here! |
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This show is about Oakland, in celebration of Oakland, performed and realized by Oakland Artists,
in Oakland, and for the people of Oakland and beyond.
Don't miss this very special SJDC production!
Buy your tickets today!
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/881412
To join our email list, get info on classes, or donate to the Savage Jazz Dance Company,
email us at info@savagejazz.org or visit www.savagejazz.org
fall season 2013
November 14 - 16, 2013
Laney College Theater
Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets on sale beginning September 25.
Savage Jazz Dance Company presents our long awaited 2013 Fall Season Production, celebrating and continuing over 20 years of dancing excellence!
With this 2013 Fall Season Production, Savage Jazz Dance Company will present exciting World Premieres and repertory classics, featuring music from Wynton Marsalis, Philip Glass, and more.
Laney College Theater
Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets on sale beginning September 25.
Savage Jazz Dance Company presents our long awaited 2013 Fall Season Production, celebrating and continuing over 20 years of dancing excellence!
With this 2013 Fall Season Production, Savage Jazz Dance Company will present exciting World Premieres and repertory classics, featuring music from Wynton Marsalis, Philip Glass, and more.