Every Monday | 6:45-8pm PST
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Mondays 6:45-8pm

Location: Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

$20 drop-in

Rooted in deep reverence for the Black social dance tradition of house dance, this workshop honors each participant’s untamed and distinctive artistic expression. The class emphasizes the cipher (freestyle circle) as a way to activate the raw, communal energy of house dance. There will be minimal choreography, with the workshop focusing primarily on freestyling, storytelling, and improvisation. Through inventive concepts, footwork drills, internal groove, and world-building exercises, the workshop seeks to ignite the creative flame within each dancer—inviting unfettered play, expanding performance quality, and fostering embodied liberation within a loving, supportive community.

Facilitated by Master Teachers Francis Caillès with Special Guest Ignatius on Select Occasions

Join us for a bi-weekly dance support space designed for artists to grow, explore, and receive feedback in community.

 Every other Thursday (May–June)
Dates: June 11 (on the roof!), June 18, June 25
 6:00–8:00 PM
Home Bass
Sliding Scale: $25–35 (drop-in) No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds

(Scholarship students available upon request for returning students)

This session is open to dancers of all styles. Participants will have the opportunity to freestyle, explore movement, and receive thoughtful feedback, encouragement, and guidance from both peers and facilitator.

Led by Francis Caillès, a seasoned multi-style street dance artist (House, Hip-Hop, Popping, Locking), this space is designed as a supportive environment for dancers pursuing a path as performers, freestyle artists, or battlers.

This session is designed to meet the need for personalized feedback for dancers, rooted in the one-on-one tradition passing of Black social dance.

Come to train, experiment, and build - in a loving community.

Location: Home Bass 2355 Broadway Oakland 94612 Suite 407

Please text a host or send DM to @embodimentproject to access the door code.

Every Friday | 4:45-6:00pm | Fee: $15

Lake Merritt Pergola
599 El Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94610

House Dance is a style of dance that originated in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s from underground clubs in Chicago and New York. It is a melting pot of many styles, such as Tap Dance, African dance, Latin dance, Capoeira and Hip Hop, as well as other street dance forms.

In this class, Rama explores groove, technique, footwork, body control, spins, feeling, connecting to the music, connecting with each other, and more. Rama teaches foundation and concepts, as well as phrases to put the ideas together, and space at the end to explore everything the student has learned.

This class is outdoors, in front of the beautiful Lake Merritt.