Push Dance Company

--- Described as “emotional and kinetic” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), PUSH Dance Company performs vibrant contemporary dances, providing audiences an opportunity to examine issues of identity and intersecting cultures that surround and affect us all. Founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Raissa Simpson, PUSH maintains a philosophy that bold movement and intellect can coexist. PUSH has presented countless interdisciplinary works vivifying the personal, untold stories of individuals from unique and overlooked communities. The Company annually produces PUSHfest & PUSHfest Awards, a cross-genre dance festival that brings together existing works by choreographers working within different dance disciplines and boasts a Dance Education Outreach Program that brings high-quality dance artists to teach throughout the Bay Area. SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS (view all) --- PRESS RELEASES (view all)

• Press Release | California Arts Council Partners with PUSH Dance and Dancing Around Race to Offer Racial Equity Workshop Series (10/7/2022) - 10.7.22 | California Arts Council

ARTICLES (view all)

• ‘A place where we can be authentic’: BIPOC sanctuary opens in S.F. (10/17/2023) - SF Chronicle Datebook
• PUSH Dance’s Raissa Simpson begins troupe’s 18th season with a new permanent home (10/10/2023) - Local News Matters
• PUSH Dance’s Raissa Simpson begins troupe’s 18th season with a new permanent home (10/10/2023) - Performing Arts BABACA (Bay Area Black Arts & Culture Alliance) Member — Described as “emotional and kinetic” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), PUSH Dance Company performs vibrant contemporary dances, providing audiences an […]
• Black Choreographers Festival a safe space for experimentation, reflection (2/9/2023) - SF Chronicle Datebook
• Press Release | California Arts Council Partners with PUSH Dance and Dancing Around Race to Offer Racial Equity Workshop Series (10/7/2022) - 10.7.22 | California Arts Council
• PUSH Dance Company – Raissa Simpson (9/28/2022) - GoSolo by Subkit

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