Sarah Bush, Artistic Director

Sarah Bush, Artistic Director

photo by Cheryl Mazak

Choreographer Sarah Bush synthesizes her background in modern dance, hip hop, jazz, ballet, Afro-Caribbean and contact improv, resulting in high energy, highly accessible performances by her diverse company of dancers. Sarah’s resume is as expansive as her repertoire, performing and choreographing in several MTV music videos, appearing as a two time featured guest on the Tyra Banks Show, dancing on cruise ships, stages and night clubs around the country and the world, choreographing for AXIS Dance Company, guest performances with Bill T. Jones, working as an NBA Golden State Warrior Girl, and (since 2000) as a taiko-drumming warrior woman with Dance Brigade.

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Dance and Choreography fine arts theater: Transforming It’s a Man’s World Rodeo (excerpt from Home) (In The Wake Of) Home [part 1] (In The Wake Of) Home [part 2] music video: L1FE (one life) Can You Hear the Angels liturgical: Do What the Spirit Says Do Finlandia (with Julie Wolf) Morning Poem by Mary Oliver site-specific night club: Emergence Olivia Cruise Closing Night For information about choreography work, contact Sarah Bush

Grants and Awards Bernstein Family Foundation, 2012 Zellerbach Family Foundation, Spring 2011 Queer Cultural Center’s Creating Queer Community Grant to produce a work in 2011 National Queer Arts Festival Recipient of Curve Magazine’s Dancer/ Choreographer Award, 2010 Artist In Motion Residency, Shotwell Studios, September 2007- January 2008 Zellerbach Family Foundation, Spring 2006 Elizabeth R. Hayes Scholarship, University of Utah Modern Dance Dept. 1997

photo by Sarah Deragon

“Sarah Bush kicking ass with the choreography.” Margaret Cho, Comedienne and Filmmaker photo by Rapt Productions