Sarah Bush, Artistic Director

SARAH BUSH DANCE PROJECT

CHOREOGRAPHY

“(In The Wake Of) HOME” – 2008, an evening length, multi media work exploring the territories of “home”.
Commissioned as part of the Artist In Motion Residency, Shotwell Studios, September 2007- January 2008.

Choreography for Recording Artists: Joshua Klipp, Asia Vitale, and Christine Joy
• Choreographed and performed in MTV/LOGO’s Click List Top Ten video: “Rescue Me” by Joshua Klipp, Directed by Margaret Cho (2007)
• Choreographed and performed in MTV/LOGO’s Click List Top Ten and SIRIUS OutQ’s Top 20 recording artist, Joshua Klipp’s “Won’t Stop Now” tour (2007)
• San Francisco Pride Main Stage Performance for Joshua Klipp (2008) and Asian Pacific Islander Stage Performance for Asia Vitale (2008)

Club Q Dancers, Choreographer and Dancer, San Francisco, California.
Live monthly club performances featuring hip-hop & jazz. (1997-2003)

Olivia Cruises and Resorts: Choreographer and Dancer, San Francisco, California. (1997-Present)

Guest Choreographer for:
• Macy’s Passport/Asia SF “Fashion Spectacular” SF Pride Mainstage 2008
• AXIS Dance Company (2007-2008)
• Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company (2007)
• Cal State East Bay’s Dance Team (2006-2007)
• University of California’s Dance Team (2004-present)
• “L1FE: mine. yours. ours.” Evening-length multi-media dance production with Freeplay Dance Crew at Dance Mission Theater (March 2007)

TV/RADIO APPEARANCES
The Tyra Banks Show, March 2007, (w/ Margaret Cho) January 2008
SIRIUS Radio – Derek & Romaine Show; and Jeremy Hovies’ OutQ, 2007 

The Joey Reynolds Show and XM Radio’s Lionel Show, 2008


DANCE COMPANY EXPERIENCE
Sarah Bush Dance Project, San Francisco, California (2004 – present)

Dance Brigade, San Francisco, California (2001 – present)
Local and touring Modern Dance company featuring modern dance, performance art, theater, martial arts, and Taiko drumming.
Special Guest performances at the Michigan Women’s Music Festival.

NBA Golden State Warriors, Warrior Girl, Oakland, California (2004-2005)
Loose Change, San Francisco, California (2004)
New Style Motherlode Dance Company, Oakland, California (1997 – 2003)
Wasatch Dance Collective, New York, New York (1999)

THEATER EXPERIENCE
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Center REPertory Company, Walnut Creek, California (2008).
Role: “Moth/Fairies” included spoken lines, dance, aerial work, drumming, singing.

Euripides’ “Iphigenia at Aulis”, San Jose Repertory Theatre, San Jose, California (2007).
Role: “Chorus” included spoken lines, dancing, drumming, martial arts- long sword.

EDUCATION
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
• Bachelors of Art in Dance, (2000)
• Emphasis in Performance and Choreography

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Two-year scholarship recipient to study Modern Dance (1994-96)

OTHER DANCE TRAINING
Broadway Dance Center & DNA (DanceSpace), New York, New York.
Millennium Dance Complex & The Edge, Los Angeles, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-Present: Teacher, The Beat in Berkeley
2007-Present: Dance Instructor, Embarcadero YMCA, San Francisco, California
2006-Present: Substitute Teacher at ODC, San Francisco, California
2010-Present: Substitute Teacher at Shawl-Anderson, Berkeley, California
2004-2006: Teacher, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, California
1998-2002: Teacher, Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, California

GRANTS and AWARDS

Zellerbach Family Foundation, 2011
Queer Cultural Center’s Creating Queer Community Grant, 2010 (to present work in 2011)
Recipient of Curve Magazine’s Dancer/ Choreographer Award, 2010
Artist In Motion Residency, Shotwell Studios, September 2007- January 2008
Zellerbach Family Foundation, 2006
Elizabeth R. Hayes Scholarship, University of Utah Modern Dance Dept, 1997

ACCOLADES
“Sarah Bush…beautiful, athletic and sexy…soft and stylish or sleek and edgy. Sarah is as versatile in her dancing as her looks…what you get from her is real. And when you see it, you love every minute of it and wish it could go on longer.”
Kimberly B. Valmore, M.F.A., Instructor, Diablo Valley College

“The first time I saw Sarah dance I was moved to tears — and I’m a reporter, not an artist…magnetic to watch and to hear. She’s clearly a rising star.”
James Buck, San Mateo Daily Journal

“…grace and power. Sarah has the ability to take movement and transcend it.”
Valerie W. Elgart, Executive Director, Wasatch Dance Collective

“…driven, poised, and a true professional of dance choreography. Her dancing skills, enthusiasm and ability grab an audience…”
Christine Joy, Recording Artist

“…a talented dancer with tremendous energy and grace.”
Aarin Burch, Filmmaker, Aarin Burch Productions

“Sarah Bush is full to the brim with energetic talent… a welcome mix of freshness and drive.”
Sarah Patterson, Director, Kane & Finkel Marketing

“I am often amazed that such a humbling personality makes for such a stunning dancer and performer…In class or on stage, she is the one to be noticed.”
Dawn Robinson, Professional Dancer & Choreographer