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Oakland Ballet Company in the media

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Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival pairs haunting ‘Angel Island’ with playful new works

SF Chronicle

Double Happiness

Fjord Review

“Let Me Touch Your Mind” Interview March 2026

KPOO Radio – 89.5 FM Poor People’s Radio

Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival to Run at Two San Francisco Venues This Spring

Broadway World

Oakland Ballet leaps past challenges to celebrate 60 years

The Oaklandside

Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

The Guardian

Oakland Ballet Company debuts ‘Angel Island Project’

NBC Bay Area

Oakland Ballet bringing dark history of Angel Island to light

KTVU-2

Poetry of Angel Island Detainees Inspires Oakland Ballet Performance

KQED To-Do List

Asian Voices from Angel Island

Dance Magazine

Oakland Ballet DANCING MOONS FESTIVAL Returns This Spring

Broadway World

Oakland Ballet’s Angel Island Project Shines a Light on the Immigrant Experience

Pointe Magazine

Oakland Ballet moves through Angel Island Immigration Station’s history

Nichi Bei News

If These Walls Could Talk

The Los Angeles Post

Oakland Ballet’s ‘Angel Island Project’ will take you on a literal journey

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland Ballet’s ‘Angel Island Project’ details experiences of detained Asian immigrants

Local News Matters – Bay Area

Oakland Ballet draws from the poetry of Angel Island detainees in new show

KALW Public Media

Oakland Ballet Angel Island previews new performance “Angel Island”

The World Journal (Chinese)

This week in Oakland: ‘Lustig LIVE!’

The Oaklandside

Oakland Ballet Company Shines Brightly in Dancing Moons Festival

ODC

Oakland Ballet dreams big in ‘Dancing Moons Festival’ excerpts

SF Chronicle

Photos: Oakland Ballet brings a Day of the Dead celebration to San Leandro school

East Bay Times

Luna Mexicana in San Jose

Metro Silicon Valley

Going Out Oct. 26 – Nov. 3, 2023

The Bay Area Reporter – Serving the San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ community since 1971

This week in Oakland: Luna Mexicana at the Paramount…

The Oaklandside

Dancers bring Day of the Dead to Life

East Bay Times

Why the Oakland Ballet blends traditional dance with a new beat

KALW Public Media – 91.7 FM Bay Area

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

48hills – Independent San Francisco News + Culture

Living and thriving in motion – From krumping to ballet to big screen, Babatunji Johnson finds home in dance

San Francisco Chronicle – Datebook

Ballerina draws on her own life in acting debut

San Francisco Chronicle

Ballerina Misty Copeland to Premiere ‘Flower’ in Oakland

KQED – The Do List

Q&A w/ Misty Copeland and Babatunji Johnson

Culture Vulture

Silent film by renowned ballerina highlights Oakland housing crisis

The Oaklandside

Sights & Sounds: Graham Lustig

Kalw Public Media – 91.7 FM Bay Area