Program Calendar
Join us for classes, workshops, and performances all year!
Upcoming Classes & Workshops
House Dance Class at Dance Mission Theater
Mondays
6:45-8:15pm
This all-levels, beginner-friendly house dance class invites you to groove, move, and connect with your body through soulful technique and musicality.
Drop-ins are welcome! Each class stands alone as a dynamic movement experience and full-body workout, while the full series offers the opportunity to deepen your artistic practice and perform in an original collaborative piece.
$20 Drop-in
The Movement Lab
Dates: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thursdays of every month
6:00–8:00 PM
Home Bass
2355 Broadway, Suite 407 Oakland, CA
A dance support space created for movement artists to practice, experiment, and learn in community. Each session is open to students of all dance styles/forms and is designed to be a collaborative mentorship environment for personalized development as a performer, choreographer, freestyler, battler, or simply a practitioner. Participants will have the opportunity to explore movement and receive thoughtful feedback, encouragement, and guidance from both peers and facilitators. My intention is to explore movement together and find our own access points to freedom and liberation in our dance
Sliding scale $25-35
(Please note: we are committed to making this space accessible; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.)
Text a host or DM embodimentproject on instagram to get the door code for access!
Play, Pulse, Release
All-Levels Technique Class
Date: Fridays (Begins December 4, 2026)
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
BANDALOOP
1601 18th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
PLAY
Experiment with improvisation, creative movement scores, and playful approaches to physical expression. Through guided explorations in body awareness, spatial relationships, and movement invention, dancers will expand their movement vocabulary, develop creative confidence, and discover new ways of moving and responding.
PULSE
Explore rhythm, musicality, and groove through house dance foundations and dynamic choreography. Experiment with intricate footwork, rhythmic variations, and expressive movement while developing musical interpretation and personal style. This intermediate-level class draws on Nicole Klaymoon’s 17+ years of house dance study and teaching, offering dancers tools to deepen their groove, expand their performance quality, and bring storytelling into movement.
RELEASE
Explore release technique and somatic movement through exercises that work with gravity, momentum, swing, and natural body mechanics. Experiment with initiating movement from the bones, finding efficiency in motion, and using repetition to build strength and endurance. Dancers will develop greater body awareness, structural resilience, and expressive freedom while refining technique and performance quality. Designed for pre-professional and experienced dancers.
Cost: $25 Drop-In
Upcoming Events, Performances and Programming
Belly of the Whale:
The Fourth Stomach Chamber
January 29, 30, 31
February 5, 6, 7
Dance Mission Theater’s Liberation Academy presents
Street Dance workshop w/ Rennie Harris
Saturday, January 3 | 1-4pm
COST: $10 – Open to all!
Incorporating a brief overview and history of Hip-Hop Culture, Street Dance History, and the significance of Rennie Harris’ career, this class will explore the fundamental principles of Hip-Hop and House Club dance techniques.
Rennie Harris is a dancer, choreographer, artistic director and professor of hip hop dance. Harris formed the first and longest running hip-hop dance touring company, Rennie Harris Puremovement in 1992.
Play, Pulse, & Release Classes
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.