THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Need to dance it out over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? We've got you covered. Our Rhythm & Motion holiday classes are extremely popular and a joyous way to celebrate the holiday with your dance family and friends! If you're in the Bay Area, come dance!
Thursday, November 27
8:30am Rhythm & Motion Fusion - Corie Altaffer
10:00am Rhythm & Motion Fusion - Leesha Zieber
11:15am Rhythm & Motion Modern - Dudley Flores
Friday, November 28
8:30am Rhythm & Motion Fusion* - Maggie Connard
9:00am Rhythm & Motion Fusion (Berkeley) - Leigh Marz
10:00am Rhythm & Motion Fusion - Nehemiah Aldrich
11:30am Rhythm & Motion Modern - Pilar Marsh
Our regular class schedule resumes on Saturday, November 29. All classes are at ODC except where noted.
*indicates Online & In-Person
(Please note: The class schedule is subject to change. Please check the regular class schedule for the latest updates.)
ALL STAR RHYTHM & MOTION CLASS - THANK YOU!
On Sunday, Nov. 9th our R&M community came together for a joyful R&M All Star Class to support the purchase of a new sound system for our classes at Berkeley Ballet. The turnout was incredible and everyone's generosity helped us reach above and beyond our goal! Thank you to our amazing R&M All Star event teaching team - Leigh Marz, Eyla Moore, Jess Bozzo, Liz Muller, Tamika Banks, and Dudley Flores - for leading us through the joyful sweat-fest!
We are so grateful for all of YOU and for all the ways you show up for one another, for our teachers, and for the studio spaces, like Berkeley Ballet, we call home. Thank you for all the love!
Check out video from the event on Rhythm & Motion's Instagram.
(While you're there, don't forget to follow us!)
Look out for the new sound system at Berkeley Ballet R&M classes in 2026!
CONGRATULATIONS, GLOBAL DANCE PASSPORT PERFORMERS!
Please give a round of applause to Jessica Lutes and the 14 R&M Modern dancers who performed in their piece "We Hold Each Other Up" in the ODC Global Dance Passport student showcase last weekend at the ODC Theater. The focus, heart and connection these dancers brought to the stage was stunning, and the way they moved together was a beautiful representation of Rhythm & Motion.
And, to all the dancers in the showcase - including many R&Mers performing in pieces throughout the program - thank you and congratulations! It was a great show!
Adding to the significance of the weekend, ODC School Director, Kimi Okada, dedicated the showcase to Consuelo Faust, Rhythm & Motion's founder, who passed away in May of this year. Consuelo, together with then Associate Artistic Director Peter Rothblatt, launched the original version of the showcase in 1998 at the Rhythm & Motion Dance Center. When R&M moved its programs to ODC in 2006, the showcase came with it and, over the years, evolved into its current form. Kimi's dedication was a meaningful acknowledgement of Consuelo's vision - that anyone can dance - a vision that continues to shape the community we've built together through the ongoing partnership between R&M and ODC.
INSTRUCTOR PERFORMANCES
Check out instructor Maggie Connard dancing, singing and hamming it up in the hilarious musical romp, PETER PAN at the Presidio Theatre. Fun for the whole family, PETER PAN turns the classic children’s tale on its head with magnificent costumes, musical parodies, dance, magic, and over-the-top silliness. Through December 28.
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