Who are we?
Brockus Project Dance was created at a time when there was not much concert dance in Los Angeles. Over the years since 1994, BPD has worked to enact change, bring more inclusion to the table and be a space for the LA arts community. BPD assists in the development and access for artists, from our culturally and racially diverse community, by being a space of encouragement for artistic development.
Over the years, our organization has: produced over 200 showcases for local emerging and advanced choreographers, included 500 choreographers, thousands of dancers and audience members, provided video and photos to each company for their publicity use, hosted over 20 international master classes, 10 workshops, hundreds of open adult classes for artistic professional development, attended numerous town hall lectures, worked with over 15,000 of LA’s at risk youth both in school and after school through classes and performances, connected dance to community with our annual Dance/BACK charity events, raised the visibility and viability of LA Dance by creating emerging showcases, produced 10 years of Los Angeles Dance Festival a professional show for LA companies, created a hub and home for concert dance in our rehearsal studio BPS, empowered artists through mentorship of arts administration for the next generation to ensure growth in the future and created international exchanges with France, India, Korea and Finland.
While also serving the arts community as a whole, we have developed our dance company BrockusRED.
Past funders
WesternWind Foundation, The Miller Foundation, Sony Pictures, Cal State LA, Center of the Art of Performance UCLA, USC Kaufman, AMDA, The Broad, Laguna Dance Festival, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Azusa Pacific University, MAF/ Gallery, CVS Pharmacy, Bristol Farms, Trader Joe’s,Smart and Final, Frame Work, The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Evergreen Physical Therapy, Body by Ebony, Malibu Wine Safari, AMC, Total Wine
Grant support
California Arts Council
City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture
WeHo Arts, city of West Hollywood
City of Long Beach Arts Council
City of Culver City Arts Council
LA County District 1 Hilda Solos
Center for Cultural Innovation
Our impact
Community Gathering - Studio / Show space
BPStudios is a professional rehearsal, community builder, arts multiplier, supportive space for artists, intimate blackbox show space , a home in LA.
Residency mentoring
SHIFT/west choreographic residency
annual 2-3 month residency every spring with professional development classes and fully produced final showcase.
Helping the next generation of artists plant their roots
Arts Education
Children / Youth
We offer dance exposure working in low income school sin both LAUSD and Long Beach USD. Our training is focused on the whole child with Arts Integration and Social Emotional skills as a bedrock. yearly we average 6-8 schools.
Additional workshops/ Intensives for teens are held at our studio after school, weekends, summer
Adult Classes
professional / recreational
Open classes, most classes are FREE
Keeping dancers in the studio working in their art
RED professional shows
Professional company that specializes in a diverse range of styles ranging from Avant Garde, Contemporary, modern, Jazz, musical theater
Our focus is expression of the human condition and our natural world.