– Run a thriving inter/multicultural community arts venue, Dance Mission Theater (DMT);
– Create, produce, and sustain groundbreaking festivals including the Mission Youth Arts Festival, Manifest-ival for Social Change, and D.I.R.T. (Dance In Revolting Times) – all of which explore issues of equity through the assertion of culturally rooted dance forms and/or sociopolitical subject matter;
– Present and foster the work of other companies and festivals – like the Black Choreographers, Deaf Dance, and CubaCaribe Festivals;
– Help incubate and launch the professional careers of artists through programs such our Choreographers Showcase;
– Provide high quality facilities and resources that support over 110 choreographers every year, the majority of whom are women and people of color, via rental subsidies, fiscal sponsorship, grant and publicity mentorship, performance opportunities, and co-productions.
– Serve 1,000 adults/week through a diverse array of classes in dance styles such as Haitian, samba, hip hop, house, and others in our three dance studios, as well as off-site at other community venues.
– Run a comprehensive, affordable dance instruction program for youth ages 3 – 18 serving more than 400 children per semester and providing a number of scholarships to local families;
– Producing the Liberation Academy with citywide workshops and performances focused on African Diasporic arts, centering Black-focused and Black-led storytelling
– Create original productions by DMT’s resident company, Dance Brigade, San Francisco’s groundbreaking, feminist social-change modern dance company.