Welcome to Cabrillo Dance
Cabrillo Dance offers movement courses with a focus on Dance as a Performing Art and Dance Studies. Our program foregrounds dance as an academic discipline and values the movement philosophies of many cultures. In addition to studying movement techniques, students learn about dance as a cultural practice and its social functions in education, health, cultural studies, art, history, and the science of human movement. Cabrillo Dance is dedicated to fostering development of the whole dancer, nurturing the body and mind together.
The Cabrillo Dance A.A. includes pre-professional training in dance techniques, performance, choreography, and somatic education. Many four-year colleges and universities offer programs in dance performance, dance techniques, choreography, musical theater, dance education, dance therapy, somatics, dance ethnology, dance history, and criticism. Bachelor of Arts and graduate degrees in dance, and dance related fields, provide career opportunities in the public and private sectors. Specialties are offered in arts administration, physical therapy for dancers, dance for children, seniors, and special education.
Cabrillo Dance Photos: Crystal Birns, Mara Milam, Beau Saunders
Espíritu de México Crocker Theater Friday April 4 & Saturday April 5, 2025 at 8pm Sunday April 6, 2025 at 3pm
Espíritu de México
The Cabrillo College Dance Department proudly presents
ESPERANZA DEL VALLE’S 45TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
Mexican Folklorico Dance Company celebrates “Espíritu de México”
Esperanza del Valle, Ballet Folklorico Dance Company of Santa Cruz County, proudly presents our
45th Anniversary Performance "Espiritu de Mexico" honoring the work of our master teachers of Mexico with regional dance and music of Mexico.
Enjoy the colorful regions of Guerrero, Huasteca, Veracruz, Jalisco, Colima y Nayarit, including our choreodramas, "Macaria”, “La Mula Chula” y “Los Dos Hermanos", with music by Nematatlin de la Universidad Veracruzana and Mariachi Tapatío de San José.
Special guest artists including the Artistic Director and dancers of the Ballet Folklórico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana, will grace the stage with Esperanza del Valle!
Come and join us for a spectacular performance of music and dance! We thank you, our audience, con todo nuestro amor y pasión!
El departamento de baile del Colegio Cabrillo orgullosamente presenta
45 ANIVERSARIO FUNCIÓN DE GALA ESPERANZA DEL VALLE
“Espíritu de México”
en el Teatro Crocker del Colegio Cabrillo
Esperanza del Valle, Compañía de Danza Folklórica del condado de Santa Cruz, se enorgullece en presentar nuestra 45 aniversario función de gala, “Espíritu de México” honrando el trabajo de nuestros maestros al presentar música y bailes regionales de México.
Disfrute de las coloridas regiones de la Huasteca, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Veracruz y Jalisco, incluyendo nuestro coreodramas “Macaria”, “La Mula Chula” y “Los Dos Hermanos” con música en vivo con Nematatlin de la Universidad Veracruzana y Mariachi Tapatío de San José.
El escenario será galardonado con nuestros artistas invitados, el Director Artístico y bailarines del Ballet Folklórico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana.
Nos llena de emoción poder compartir con ustedes nuestra función con todo nuestro amor y pasión. ¡Los esperamos!
2021 Cabrillo Dance Virtual Spring Concert
Watch the 2021 Cabrillo Spring Dance Concert here!
In the midst of the pandemic dance students at Cabrillo College have persisted in an artistic discipline that embodies their connection to each other, their communities, and their college. These dances, choreographed by the students with interludes by their faculty advisor David King, celebrate the land, the place, and sometimes hidden spaces around the campus. This is the creative work and cultural innovation of student choreographers, and the college is peopled and enlivened by their dancing bodies.
When the surge in COVID infections in the county separated them, students stretched their bandwidth and rehearsed from their homes. When it became possible, they rehearsed outside at a distance from each other. And then turned necessity into staging strategies.
These dances take place from the trails above campus to the portico of the historic Sesnon House. From lonely hallways to empty recital halls. They are a continuation of the creative and embodied spirit of the Cabrillo Dance Community as we move together through difficult times. They remind us that the bodies that are at risk from this virus are also vessels of creativity, expression, spirit, and connection.
Dance Concert Photos
