DSDT/Studio 210 Celebration and Fundraiser

Studio 210 has been a home for San Francisco Bay Area artists for an astounding 45 years and counting! Founded in 1980, hundreds of dancers, choreographers, teachers, directors, actors, photographers, filmmakers, musicians and fashion designers have used the space to work, rehearse, create, and perform. Studio 210 is also home to Deborah Slater Dance Theater and the Studio 210 Residency prorgam.
To celebrate our 45th Anniversary, we invite you to join us for wine, hors d'oeuvres, sweet treats, and short performances by former Studio 210 residents Nol Simonse, Héctor Jaime, & Surabhi Bharadwaj.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
6pm-9pm
Studio 210, 3435 Cesar Chavez #210
San Francsico, CA
TIckets: $50-$150
Limited tickets available - Please purchase early so we know you are coming!
Proceeds benefit DSDT, Studio 210, and the Studio 210 Residency Program
Like most atrs organizations, DSDT/Studio 210 is facing a very uncertain arts funding landscape in 2025 (and beyond) and we need donors like you to help us survive and thrive, and cotinue oferring our space and programs to Bay Area artists and art lovers.
You, as a supporter, have never been more valuable or more important. Let us entertain you.

About the Studio 210 Residency Program
Founded in 2012, the Studio 210 Residency is a vehicle for Bay Area artists to hone their skills, experiment, and dive into making performance. Open to performing artists in all disciplines, the Residecy has included practitioners of Bharatanatyam, Ballet, Flamenco, Belly Dance, Modern/Contemporary, Salsa, Bomba, and Kathak Dance, as well as actors, musicians, directors, and writers. The residency makes the rare offer of professional mentorship from DSDT Artistic Director Deborah Slater and guest mentors such as David Herrera (Winter 2024 Guest Mentor) and Yayoi Kambara (Winter 2025 Guest Mentor). With support from the CAC, the Residency expanded in 2021 from one cycle and two residents per year to two cycles and four residents per year and added an artist stipend. Residents currently receive a package worth nearly $10,000 that includes free rehearsal space, two fully produced hybrid (in-person and livestreamed) performances, mentoring, marketing collateral and support, stipends, performance photos, and professionally shot and edited two-camera video performance documentation. To date, 150 artists have participated in the Residency - 38 as lead resident artists and 112 as their performers/collaborators.

About Deborah Slater Dance Theater
Founded in 1989, Deborah Slater Dance Theater (DSDT) creates devised, visually gorgeous, talking dance and is dedicated to creating original performances exploring timely social issues and creating paths through life’s difficult moments using dance, education, and community outreach. DSDT is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2024 and typically presents one-three performances a year. Selected repertoire includes Izzie Award-winning pieces HOTEL OF MEMORIES, featured on KQED’s Spark and PRIVATE LIFE, about life after war; as well as Izzie nominee A HOLE IN THE WORLD, about the death of a parent. Selected commissions include SFMOMA’s ECHOES MADE VISIBLE, accompanying Bill Fontana’s sound installation, OUTRAGE MACHINE, a tech/dance collaboration for CounterPulse’s year long Combustible Series, and a commission from the Exploratorium for a private evening for museum curators. Films, shown locally and nationally, include HAUNT, PRIVATE LIFE VARIATIONS and WHEN NANAY COMES HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. 

Host or Publisher Deborah Slater Dance Theater