Live Landscapes: Floorwork, Voicework, and Improvisational Play — Enter a physically charged, performance-driven laboratory with dance-theater creators Laja Field and Jessie Lee Thorne, exploring momentum-based floorwork, voice, character, and structured improvisation.

Embodied Storytelling Within Immersive Environments — Unlock the power of physical storytelling in Ja’Moon Jones’ dynamic workshop for movers and movement enthusiasts alike. Blending performance techniques, acting, and composition, participants will investigate sensation-based and narrative-led movement approaches.

The Word in Motion: Practices for Action — Examine the relationship between movement, text, and meaning with seasoned Bay Area artists Maurya Kerr and Christian Burns, whose combined practices span choreography, writing, improvisation, and decades of interdisciplinary inquiry.

Activating Found Spaces — Investigate site-responsive creation with Oakland-based dance artist Babatunji, whose hybrid movement language and extensive experience across stage, film, and public spaces informs this special site-specific workshop in partnership with Roar Shack Live.

Sleeper Hit: Devising Characters for Dance Theater — Explore a dance-theater devising process with Moscelyne ParkeHarrison developing “sleeper hit!,” a new work focused on character, clothing as identity, and the research of individuality, virtuosity, and how performers are seen over time.

New Generation: Solo Development — Dive into FoCo Technique™ and experience solo creation and coaching with Nat Wilson, Brooklyn-based dancer, teacher, and choreographer whose work focuses on cross-cultural communication with a passion for expansive physicality.

HomeGrown on Friday, May 22, celebrates our inaugural year, featuring special performances by alumni alongside Training Ground students.

The GroundWorks on Saturday-Sunday, May 23-24, concludes our semester with ttgsf performing new dance works by Gregory Dawson, David Harvey, Darlyn Perez and Brodie Rachelle Masse.

ttgsf and Ballet22 team up for a week-long experience that centers on Ballet22’s core mission: to break the gender-normative traditions of ballet.

Join the training ground sf for an intimate in-studio showing premiering works by ttgsf students and alumni.

Join ttgsf for a co-LAB pop-up with Ja’Moon Jones and Colton Wall, current company dancers with ODC/Dance. This immersive workshop brings together floorwork-based technique, dance theater, and collaborative creation.

Babatunji and Charmaine join forces as your spirit guides through a rigorous day of self-discovery. Join us as we dance, laugh, and discover what can become possible in our bodies with a little love and a lot of effort! 

Led by Alejandro Perez and other special guest artists, this two-day co•LAB dance intensive invites you to tune into your self and move from a place of truth.

the training ground sf presents an evening of new dance works by Rena Butler, Kira Fargas, and ttgsf students.

You're invited to the training ground sf’s first Open House!

Meet our inaugural class of dancers, mingle with faculty and guest artists, explore our beautiful new home, and learn more about the program over light bites and beverages. This free community event is made possible by generous support from the ZiRu Family Foundation. Includes a sneak preview of a new work by guest choreographer Rena Butler.

Free! Please RSVP via Eventbrite