Deborah Slater Dance Theater

Deborah Slater Dance Theater Dance, Choreography, Theatre, Performance, Education, Writing, Directing Merwin, celebrated 20 years of DSDT. Studio 210 provides a home for Bare Bones Butoh.

Founded in 1989, Deborah Slater Dance Theater (DSDT), under the umbrella of Art of the Matter, is dedicated to the creation of live performance exploring social issues, and creating paths through life’s experiences. Using dance, education and outreach to the community, DSDT has created over 20 evening length works reaching over 30,000 people. Rep includes the 2007 Izzie Award-winning HOTEL OF MEMO

RIES, featured on KQED TV’s SPARK, & Izzie nominees A HOLE IN THE WORLD, about the death of a parent, and THE SLEEPWATCHERS, inspired by sleep specialist Dr. William Dement. THE DESIRE LINE, chosen for Joyce SoHo’s 2009 Winter Season, performed to sold-out houses in NY, and 2010’s MEN THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN GRASS, based on poems by Deep Ecologist/Poet Laureate W.S. NIGHT FALLS, a play with movement about aging, created in collaboration with playwright Julie Hebert and funded by the Gerbode Fdn, premiered in Oct 11 at ODC Theater and was voted one of the TOP TEN Performances in 2011 by the SF Bay Guardian. DSDT provides assemblies and residencies in schools throughout the Bay Area. DSDT features workshops, performances, residencies & artists in the schools. Run by DSDT, STUDIO 210 has served as a subsidized, inexpensive space for up and coming choreographers, actors, directors, fashion designers and photographers, serving hundreds of artists as a rehearsal, class and performing space for over 30 years. It is the home of DSDT and has operated continuously since 1980. 2012 featured The Annual February Festival featuring DSDT company members and invited emerging choreographers. 2012 marked the first 210 Residency Program, featuring selected artists Nol Simonse and Rosemary Hannon. The Residency offered a more sustained program for young choreographers focusing on free studio time, feedback from professionals, and a produced Residency showcase.

04/26/2026
04/24/2026
⚡️ Way Not to Drown: Dance Theatre Workshop with Deborah Slater returns for Bay Area Dance Week 2026! ⚡️Sunday April 26,...
03/18/2026

⚡️ Way Not to Drown: Dance Theatre Workshop with Deborah Slater returns for Bay Area Dance Week 2026! ⚡️

Sunday April 26, 2026
12-2pm at Studio 210
Register here: https://dancersgroup.org/calendar/ways-not-to-drown-with-deborah-slater/

It’s playtime for grown-ups! In this dance theatre workshop, you will create new material, gain specific, repeatable tasks to use in your own process, learn tools for writing, moving and vocalization, do experiments you never thought to try and end up somewhere you didn’t expect to be.

This 2 hour workshop welcomes movers, writers, and artists of all kinds, regardless of experience level.

Congratulations to our Studio 210 Winter 2026 Resident Artists Babatunji & Erin Yen on a sold out Residency Performance ...
03/09/2026

Congratulations to our Studio 210 Winter 2026 Resident Artists Babatunji & Erin Yen on a sold out Residency Performance weekend & wrapping up their 2 months of development residency at Studio 210! Thank you to everyone who attended in-person or online via the livestream! Your support is invaluable! www.deborahslater.org/residency

Photos by Kyle Adler Photography

And the news keeps coming…
03/09/2026

And the news keeps coming…

02/25/2026

This weekend, Feb 27 & 28 at 7pm, catch our Studio 210 Winter 2026 Residency Performances featuring new works by & and artist talkback moderated by guest mentor KT Nelson.
Limited in-person tickets available & PRE-SALE ONLY! Livestream on Feb 27.

For tickets: deborahslater.org/residency
Rehearsal videos courtesy of artists.

02/25/2026

This weekend, Feb 27 & 28 at 7pm, catch our Studio 210 Winter 2026 Residency Performances featuring new works by Babatunji & Erin Yen and artist talkback moderated by guest mentor KT Nelson.

Limited in-person tickets available & PRE-SALE ONLY! Livestream on Feb 27. for tickets: deborahslater.org/residency
Rehearsal videos courtesy of artists.

02/23/2026

Our Studio 210 Winter 2026 residency artists have been in the studio for the last 2 months developing their ideas. Come to Studio 210 this Friday & Saturday at 7pm to see what they’ve been cooking up! limited in-person tickets available, no tickets sold at the door!

www.deborahslater.org/residency
Video: W26 Resident Babatunji Johnson & collaborator Charmaine Butler

02/23/2026

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San Francisco, CA
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