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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