Shawl-Anderson Dance Center's mission is to build and support a vital and inclusive community for movers of all ages and styles. Founded in 1958, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (SADC) provides dance education, institutional support for artists, a performance and rehearsal venue, and partnerships with other community-based organizations.
SADC shares in the work of re-imagining and creating equitable and positive spaces for expression in the East Bay. Racial equity is at the core of our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and antiracism. Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (SADC) is unpacking, examining and addressing its history as a white-founded and white-led organization.
SADC shares in the work of re-imagining and creating equitable and positive spaces for expression in the East Bay. Racial equity is at the core of our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and antiracism. Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (SADC) is unpacking, examining and addressing its history as a white-founded and white-led organization.
Services
Adult Workshops
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Don't miss an opportunity to dance with Joan Lazarus, visiting artist from Southern California! These will be offered both online and in-person. Space is limited to 16 in-person. You will strengthen, stretch, question, build your foundation for all kinds of dance and express yourself!
Joan's modern class draws upon Hawkins, Horton, and Limn techniques as a base but takes off from there to incorporate numerous traditional and contemporary modern styles, methods, and aesthetics.Come move, expand, release, explore, and celebrate!
Joan's modern class draws upon Hawkins, Horton, and Limn techniques as a base but takes off from there to incorporate numerous traditional and contemporary modern styles, methods, and aesthetics.Come move, expand, release, explore, and celebrate!
Faculty & Staff
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Our professional faculty brings years of experience as teachers, performers, and choreographers to students. SADC is a community of lifelong learners; we are teaching artists passionate about the intersection of teaching and art making. Rudy Apffel began accompanying dance classes as a sideline while in college earning his BA and MFA degrees.
Youth Financial Aid
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Families unable to pay in full upon registration may opt to pay 50% now and 50% the following month with an automatic credit card deduction. The Shawl-Anderson Youth Ensemble tuition may be paid on a monthly basis on auto-pay. We offer a limited number of need-based partial scholarships for families with a clear and stated financial need.
Studio Rental
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SADC offers our four light-filled studios for rental by movement artists of all disciplines for rehearsal purposes and for limited private lessons. Reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email or call us to reserve a spot. If you are interested in renting for a showing or performance, please visit our Venue Rental Page.
Theater Rental
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SADC's studio-theater space is available to choreographers and movement artists of all disciplines for performances, showings, and special events. We happily host full-length productions, multi-choreographer mixed bills, showcases and informal showings.
Located in the transit-rich Rockridge/Elmwood neighborhood, we offer state-of-the-art LED lighting, a unique and flexible performance space, supportive and friendly production staff, and access to a devoted East Bay dance audience.Unfortunately, as a former residence, we are not handicap accessible and guests walk up two flights of stairs to the performance space.
Located in the transit-rich Rockridge/Elmwood neighborhood, we offer state-of-the-art LED lighting, a unique and flexible performance space, supportive and friendly production staff, and access to a devoted East Bay dance audience.Unfortunately, as a former residence, we are not handicap accessible and guests walk up two flights of stairs to the performance space.
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