The Washington Post claims, "LEVYdance is a company to watch, now and in the future." Dance Magazine named Artistic Director Benjamin Levy one of the "Top 25 to Watch," lauding his choreography as "a judicious balance of athletic and lyrical, brainy and sexy."

LEVYdance is based in San Francisco's SOMA district at Studio Gracia. Founded in 2002 by Benjamin Levy, Artistic Director, LEVYdance has developed into a recognized performing arts organization with a distinct artistic aesthetic that has earned accolades from The San Francisco Chronicle to The New York Times .

LEVYdance has presented original works at prestigious venues across the nation including the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Zellerbach Playhouse, ODC Theater, The Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Cowell Theater, Dance Place, Joyce SoHo, and internationally at VDU University in Kaunas Lithuania and the Tanzmesse Festival in Dusseldorf, Germany. LEVYdance's 2008 Home Season came to life on custom staging under the stars against the backdrop of mural-painted brick buildings in the streets of San Francisco's industrial SOMA district. The San Francisco Chronicle described the production as a "beguiling frame for ambitious work". National and international touring endeavors continue to expand, including a choreographic commission for Scottish Dance Theater in Dundee, Scotland, and a residency in France.

Among LEVYdance's distinguished creative collaborators are The Kronos Quartet, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, composers Keeril Makan, Mason Bates and Jeremy Zuckerman, French couture designer Colleen Quen, and industrial designer Rick Lee.

The company regularly conducts master classes and holds residencies and workshops at universities on the West and East Coasts. LEVydance also hosts a Summer Intensive for college and pre-professional dancers at Studio Gracia, which is houses the home studio and administrative offices. There are currently more than ten different disciplines of dance classes hosted at Studio Gracia each week.

LEVYdance has been awarded funding from San Francisco's Grants for the Arts and Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Dance: Creation to Performance program funded by the James Irvine Foundation and administered by Dance/USA, The Creative Work Fund, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, the David and Laura Merage Foundation, the Joyce Theater's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work, Target Stores, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, USArtists International, and Meet the Composer/Commissioning Music USA.

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