Dance Brigade's Dance Mission

Long live the Mission!!! A huge congratulations to and all of the contingents for another beautiful year celebrating with community, color, and culture!

Special love to our Dance Mission collaborating contingents and comparsas! Thank you all for your TIRELESS DEDICATION. These smiles are gonna last a while. 🥲

Slide 1: - see if you can spot Dance Brigade and Grrrl Brigade members 😍 (Join AfroBrazilian dance class Tuesdays at 8pm and Saturdays at 1pm with , and drumming class Saturdays at 12pm with Jose Rivera!)

Slide 2: (Join ‘s Samba class Wednesdays at 6:30pm!)

Slide 3: ‘s RumbArena Carnaval (Join Cuban Folkloric dance class Tuesdays at 6:30pm and Salsa Suelta class Thursdays at 6:15pm!)

Slide 4: in collaboration with .

💓Back2Basics: Dancehall 101 with
May 30, 2026!

Saturdays, 2:30-3:45pm at Dance Mission
Back2Basics: Dancehall 101 with Aimee Rose

Saturdays, 2:30-3:45pm at Dance Mission

Wah Gwaan! Please join Aimee for another edition of Dancehall 101: Back2Basics class. This class is designed forbeginners who just started their dance/hall journey as well as my more intermediate and advance dancers who never tire of the basics.
Back2Basics: Dancehall 101 with Aimee Rose

Students will learn FUNdamental Dancehall tech

💓Salimpour Belly Dance Series with
Take one workshop or all four!
$30/class – sign up

Sunday, May 31 11:30am-1:30pm
Dabke Foundations & Staging
This workshop introduces Dabke, a communal line dance whose name comes from the Arabic word meaning “to stomp,” practiced across parts of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Dancers will learn foundational foot patterns commonly used across many SWANA regions, along with staging structures that emphasize grounding, unity, and collective rhythm.

Sunday, Aug 23: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Salimpour Vocabulary with Finger Cymbals (Zagat)
This class integrates the Salimpour Method of finger cymbal playing, developing coordination, polyrhythmic awareness, and musical embodiment with basic movement. Dancers work on clarity, technique, and the relationship between movement and live rhythm through structured patterns and embodied musical phrasing.

Sunday Nov 8: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Sa‘idi Cane Dance: Technique & Character
Using the Salimpour Method, this workshop introduces Sa‘idi cane dance technique—Sa‘idi referring to the people and traditions of Upper Egypt (the Sa‘id)—with an emphasis on grounded posture, rhythmic play, and character-driven movement. Dancers explore strength, humor, and musical dialogue through traditional cane vocabulary adapted for the stage.

💓Zumba by
Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm – Starts June 2
Sign up

Ditch the workout, join the party! Adriana brings high-energy Latin and world rhythms that make you forget you’re exercising. All levels welcome — if you can move, you can groove. Come sweat, smile, and shake it with us!

Happy post Carnaval!

MONDAY
UPDATE - all classes are canceled today!

TUESDAY
5pm
On the Floor with .mov
6:30pm
Hip Hop with
Dancehall with
Cuban folkloric with
8:00pm
Heels with
Taiko with Deb’e Taylor
Afro Brazilian Dance is CANCELD today

WEDNESDAY
6:30pm
Bachata with
Samba with
Belly Dance with
Cuban Salsa with
7:30 pm
Hip Hop with
8:00pm
Salsa Rueda with
Breaking with

THURSDAY
6:00pm
Hip Hop with .presents
House with
6:15pm
Salsa Suelta with of

SATURDAY
10:00am
Modern with
11:15am
West African
12:00pm
Afro Brazilian Drumming with Jose Rivera
12:30pm
Hip Hop with
1:00pm
Afro Brazilian Dance with
2:30pm
Dancehall 101 with Aimee Rose

SUNDAY
11:30
Salimpour Bellydance with

Happy , bbs!

Dance Brigade / Dance Mission and members of the Grrrl Brigade will be parading with ( #59!) at the Grand Parade tomorrow! Check out their AfroBrazilian dance/drum classes led by Metzi & Jose at Dance Mission Saturdays at 12pm & 1pm, and Tuesdays at 8pm.

Also keep your eyes peeled in the Grand Parade for
* RumbArena Carnaval ( #24). Susana Arenas Pedro teaches Cuban Folkloric and Salsa Suelta Tuesdays at 6:30pm and Thursdays at 6:15pm at DMT.
* Aquarela ( #40). Silvana Sousa teaches Samba Wednesdays at 6:30pm at DMT.
* Mestizaje ( #52) led by Cheo & Calle 24!

❤️💙💛

TODAY is the deadline. 🚨

Go viral for the arts: grab your phone, record a short video, and tell California lawmakers why arts and culture matter to YOU.

Make it personal, make it real, make it loud. Every post counts before the May 22 cutoff. 💪

Take Action:



California is at a critical crossroads. While the state proposes a massive $350 billion budget fueled by the AI tech boom, investment in our heartbeat—arts, culture, and human creativity—is being left behind. The Governor’s May revision maintains flat funding, leaving the state arts agency, the California Arts Council (CAC) with just $24 million in grant funding to support our entire state.

This is a staggering shortfall when faced most recently with the $90 million of eligible requests from communities desperate to keep their cultural districts, and arts and cultural programs alive. Furthermore, the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund remains without renewed support, a critical oversight given the massive need shown during its first round of funding.

TODAY is the deadline. 🚨

Go viral for the arts: grab your phone, record a short video, and tell California lawmakers why arts and culture matter to YOU.

Make it personal, make it real, make it loud. Every post counts before the May 22 cutoff. 💪

Take Action:



California is at a critical crossroads. While the state proposes a massive $350 billion budget fueled by the AI tech boom, investment in our heartbeat—arts, culture, and human creativity—is being left behind. The Governor’s May revision maintains flat funding, leaving the state arts agency, the California Arts Council (CAC) with just $24 million in grant funding to support our entire state.

This is a staggering shortfall when faced most recently with the $90 million of eligible requests from communities desperate to keep their cultural districts, and arts and cultural programs alive. Furthermore, the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund remains without renewed support, a critical oversight given the massive need shown during its first round of funding.

Governor Gavin Newsom

GUEST TEACHER ALERT!

is teaching for tomorrow, Saturday at 11:15am at Dance Mission!

Zimbabwean Traditional Dance class with Kanukai will explore the techniques, rhythms, and traditional dances of Zimbabwe. We will learn and practice dance moves going across the floor and a mini choreography at the end.

Kanukai Chigamba is a multifaceted dancer, musician, performer, and burgeoning photographer. She started dancing at a young age in Harare, Zimbabwe, at Biras and as part of Mhembero Dance Troupe. She is the Assistant Director of the renowned Chinyakare Ensemble, and principal in Gbedu Town Radio, a Pan Afro Urban Music and Dance Ensemble. Chigamba has performed all over the United States, including at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Oregon Zimfest, Monterey Bay Reggaefest, Stern Grove Festival, Carnegie Hall, Princeton University, and Oakland Museum of California. She currently resides in the Bay Area where she performs and teaches in elementary and middle schools. Her travels to Togo, Nigeria, and her work with Yoram Savion/YAK Films, Julia Chigamba, Nkeiruka Oruche, Destiny Arts, and Afro Urban Society find her embarking on her photographic essay series featuring African women navigating complexities of emotional expression.

has two district programs this weekend! See you there! Shows Fri-Sun at 7pm

The Bay Area dance community lost a great one. Reginald Savage touched the lives of so many - from teaching in SF and Oakland to his dance studio to his company. We are so grateful to have had this dance, Mr Savage.

From May 15-17, the San Francisco Tap Festival will welcome nine recognized tap dance instructors from around the country to San Francisco. Dancers of all experience levels can tap along. In its fourth year, SFTF organizer Melissa Tannús describes the 48-hours of tap as a "family reunion." Learn more about the dance festival.

https://bit.ly/SFCV-SF-Tap-Festival

Written by Shiriel King Abramson. Photo courtesy of Melissa Tanus.

Get prepped for Carnaval, take some classes with some of performers for the parade!

What classes are you attending this week?

MONDAY
6:45pm
contemporary hip hop with
House with
salsa with of .caribe
7:00p
Afro Brazilian Practice with
8:00p
Salsa rueda with Ramon
Vogue and Tone with
Hip Hop with

TUESDAY
5:00
Clear the Floor with .moves
6:30pm
Hip Hop with
Dancehall with
Cuban folkloric with
8:00pm
Heels with
Afro Brazilian Dance with and
Taiko with Deb’e Taylor

WEDNESDAY
6:30pm
Bachata with
Samba with
Belly Dance with
Cuban Salsa with
7:30 pm
Hip Hop with
8:00pm
Salsa Rueda with
Breaking with

THURSDAY
6:00pm
Hip Hop with .presents
House with
6:15pm
Salsa Suelta with of

SATURDAY
10:00am
Modern with
West African
12:00pm
Afro Brazilian Drumming with Jose Rivera
12:30pm
Hip Hop with
1:00pm
Afro Brazilian Dance with
3:00
Baianas Section with Josephine