BalaSole Dance Company, Inc.

BalaSole Dance Company, Inc. BalaSole Dance Company is a non-profit dance organization that promotes education, diversity, inclus

BalaSole Dance Company believes that the art of dance is for everyone. The company was established to address the following imbalances, which have prevented and/or discouraged individuals from participating or pursuing a career in dance:

- Limited artistic freedom given to dance artists in most dance
companies
- Insufficient multi-ethnic representation of dance artists


- Inadequate mentorship given to dance artists with regard to
finding their artistic identity and strengthening their professional
credentials
- Limited opportunities for artistic collaboration in most dance
companies
- Typecasting restrictions that marginalize dance artists because of
age, shape, size, ethnicity, and style
- Generally only one stylized form of dance used in a dance
company’s repertoire
- Below average compensation given to a large number of dance
artists working in smaller companies
- Scarce opportunities for emerging dance artists to work alongside
seasoned performers
- Limited opportunities for dance artists to showcase their full
artistic talents and identity within a dance company
- Limited number of dance company programs providing access to
the art of dance to under-served communities such as senior
citizens living in senior centers, children and youth from low
income families, and adults who don't have formal or prior dance
training
- Limited opportunities for male and female dance artists to become
soloists
- Low number of male dance artists entering the field
- Limited connection between dance and non-artistic fields

12/25/2024
BalaSole Dance is grateful for this wonderful partnership in fostering young children's exposure to dance and the arts.
08/03/2024

BalaSole Dance is grateful for this wonderful partnership in fostering young children's exposure to dance and the arts.

BalaSole concluded it's summer dance program at A Place for Kids last week. Thank you Roberto Villanueva for the ongoing...
08/27/2023

BalaSole concluded it's summer dance program at A Place for Kids last week. Thank you Roberto Villanueva for the ongoing sponsorship of the program, Minerva Chin for continuing to facilitate this 11-year partnership, and to Bridget Cronin for teaching these young kids the art of dance/movement.

Photo credits: A Place For Kids

07/12/2023

We are excited to announce this week marks BalaSole’s return to its normal programming, after being on hiatus as the result of the Covid pandemic.

BalaSole’s executive director Roberto Villanueva resumed his sponsorship of the company’s dance classes at A Place for Kids’ summer program in Chinatown—a partnership that has been in place for at least 10 years.

Shown here are BalaSole’s teaching artist Davonna Batt and the children in the program.

Photos and videos: Courtesy of A Place For Kids.

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - Week #4 of 4This fourth and final program marks the ...
12/21/2021

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - Week #4 of 4

This fourth and final program marks the end of BalaSole Dance’s 10th anniversary year and concludes our four-week look-back series. We added more solos to this last program due to multiple requests from our viewers, including some of the more post-modern/experimental works.

Watch the last program of this series featuring Emily Aiken, Misaki Hayama, Sunday Shannon Jackson, Alan Khoutakoun, Geneva Manley, Benji Martin Jr.
Ricardo Mateo Rique-Sanchez, Jacob Regan, Cesar Salinas, Karina Teran, and Millie Torchetti.

You can view the full series here on Facebook or by visiting the home page of www.balasoledance.org.

https://youtu.be/AE6fq2xR-W8

This fourth video marks the end of BalaSole Dance Company's virtual look-back concert series and 10th anniversary year. We added more solos in this video due...

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #3 of 4November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual ...
12/12/2021

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #3 of 4

November 27 - December 18, 2021:

This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance’s 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers will be featured in this series every Saturday evening through December 18th.

Watch the third short program in this series featuring Anna Cuffari, Elijah Laurant, Daisuke Omiya, Lauren Putty, Nicole Restani, Andrea Samonilova, and
Oshini Wanigasekera.

November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance Company's 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers ...

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #2 of 4November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual ...
12/05/2021

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #2 of 4

November 27 - December 18, 2021:

This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance’s 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers will be featured in this series every Saturday evening through December 18th.

Watch the second short program in this series featuring Kat Bark, Steven E. Brown, Ezra Goh, Kennedy Hill, Delphina Parentiv, and Hayley Swinburne.

November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance Company's 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers ...

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #1 of 4November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual ...
11/29/2021

BalaSole Dance 10th Anniversary Virtual Look-Back Concert Series - #1 of 4

November 27 - December 18, 2021:

This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance’s 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers will be featured in this series every Saturday evening through the next three weekends.

Watch the first program in this series featuring Will Brown, Vanessa Calderon, Marie Janicek, Alexandria Johnson, Devon Lodge, and Samsam Yung.

November 27 - December 18, 2021:This virtual look-back concert series marks the end of BalaSole Dance Company's 10th anniversary year. Five to eight dancers ...

Today kicked off BalaSole’s annual free summer dance classes for A Place For Kids (APFK) at P.S. 2. This partnership be...
07/07/2021

Today kicked off BalaSole’s annual free summer dance classes for A Place For Kids (APFK) at P.S. 2. This partnership began in 2011 as part of BalaSole’s Access2DANCE program, providing a dance/arts experience to underserved children/communities. A huge thanks to our Executive & Artistic Director Roberto Villanueva for sponsoring this program, and to former soloist and teaching artist Bridget Cronin for conducting these classes via videoconferencing due to the pandemic.


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