Welcome to our NEW Rhythm & Motion instructors!
Have you noticed some new names on the schedule or have you taken class with someone you don't recognize? We are excited to introduce you to the Bay Area's newest Rhythm & Motion instructors. Please welcome Pilar Marsh, Sarah Emmons, Nehemiah Aldrich and Liz Muller! They each bring mounds of passion, expertise, fun and joy to their teaching and we can't wait for you to experience their magic.
Please join us in welcoming them with open arms by checking out their classes, introducing yourselves and by sharing your generous spirit and favorite dance moves!
NEW classes in SF and Berkeley
Come bust a move, break a sweat and have a blast at our NEW R&M classes in SF and Berkeley.
SUNDAYS
10am Modern Essentials with Tamika Banks at Berkeley Ballet Theater (IN-PERSON) (*starts June 18, 2023)
11:15am Modern Essentials with Sarah Emmons at ODC (IN-PERSON)
THURSDAYS
10am Fusion with Heather Bornfeld at ODC (IN-PERSON) (*starting June 1, 2023)
We hope to see you at one of these new classes, or one of our many outdoor, online or in-person options. Let's dance!
Bay Area Dance Week - THANK YOU!
Last April brought the return of Bay Area Dance Week (BADW), a 10-day festival celebrating our vibrant Bay Area dance community. Rhythm & Motion had the pleasure of partnering with Dancers' Group, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, World Arts West and Bopsidy to present the glorious return of the beloved BADW kick-off event. If you missed it, or want to relive that morning, check out the BADW kick-off event livestream featuring: an R&M warmup, R&M's One Dance, and performances by Bay Area Favorites, Arenas Dance Company and Fogo Na Roupa!
That week, R&M also offered 7 free classes - indoors, outdoors and online in SF and Berkeley - bringing together over 210 smiling (and sweaty) dancers!
To everyone who joined us for R&M's BADW events in-person or remotely, who brought a friend to dance, helped us spread the word about what we do, or simply watched a video or read about the events on your social channels or in a newsletter - THANK YOU! Your support means the world to us. You are Rhythm & Motion, and our classes and events are as joyous as they are because of all of you! Thank you for being a part of this community and let's keep these good vibes flowing all year round!
Instructor News
Go see Dudley Flores, Becca Selin, Leila Easa and many of your fellow R&M students perform at the 45th annual Carnaval San Francisco, the largest multicultural festival in the West Coast. They will be dancing in the Grand Parade with Latin Dance Grooves, contingent #31 (co-led by R&M teaching alum Elizabeth Soberanes and Dudley Flores), on Sunday, May 28 from 9:30 - 2:30pm.
The Grand Parade boasts a 68–contingent lineup, with over 3,000 artists representing and celebrating the Latino, Caribbean and African Diasporic traditions of the Mission District and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Check out instructor Maggie Connard dancing, singing and high-kicking in A Chorus Line at SF Playhouse, playing June 22 through September 16.
Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of performers, A Chorus Line captures the spirit, tension, and hope of an audition. Winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Winner of nine Tony Awards, four Drama Desk awards, three Obie Awards in 1976, and a Special Gold Tony Award in 1984 in honor of becoming Broadway’s longest-running musical.
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*If you would like to come, but cost is an issue, please reach out.