The Company

Oakland Ballet Company

Artistic Director - Graham Lustig
Assistant Artistic Director - Bat Abbit
Artist-in-Residence - Phil Chan
Company Dancers
Board of Directors & Staff

Oakland Ballet Company is a non-profit, performing arts organization that reflects the rich diversity of Oakland and the greater East Bay. The mission of the Oakland Ballet Company is to provide accessible, relevant, and exciting dance for our diverse community.

OBC is an Isadora Duncan award-winning dance company encompassing a diverse professional performing company, an outstanding educational program that enables thousands of students and youth to experience and appreciate the art of dance, plus an academy dedicated to training the next generation of dancers.

A duet of OBC Dancers in brown costumes dancing low to the ground.

COMPANY

Founded in 1965, Oakland Ballet Company (OBC) is currently celebrating a 59-year legacy of presenting exciting, vibrant and accessible dance in the East Bay. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Graham Lustig since 2010, OBC is committed to artistic excellence and serving as a leader in the Bay Area arts community. OBC’s programs engage a diverse range of community members through the commissioning of vibrant new works, innovative collaborations with artists of other genres, and compelling educational programs that cultivate the next generation of dance lovers.

 

EDUCATION

The Discover Dance education and community engagement program serves students, teachers, and community members throughout Oakland and the greater East Bay.  This program provides arts education and access to live dance performance for more than 15,000 students and community members each season.

Click Here To Go To The Education Page

 

PROGRAMS

  • Luna Mexicana – a dance and music celebration of Dia de los Muertos
  • Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker – every December at Oakland’s historic Paramount Theatre. Live music by the Oakland Symphony and Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir.
  • Dancing Moons Festival: a festival hosted by OBC celebrating the works of AAPI choreographers
  • Repertory Season: featuring new, contemporary works commissioned by a diverse array of Bay Area choreographers.
  • Summer Academy workshop

 Click Here To See OBC Performances and Events

  • Discover Dance educational outreach program:
    • OBC in the Schools: An on-site, 45-minute educational assembly about the art of dance
    • Production in Action: in-theater educational program
    • Ticket Donations
    • Free Performances in the community
    • Scholarships to the Summer Academy

Click Here To Go To The Discover Dance Page