Mission Rock 2026 | Summer Schedule
- RAE Crew
- 6 days ago
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Updated: 3 days ago
Rae Studios is honored to be the 2026 programming partner of Mission Rock SF to provide FREE CLASSES to the Mission Rock neighborhood located at China Basin Park. Outdoor classes will feature rotating dance classes at 5pm every Thursday, and morning Barre classes every Friday at 10am. Join us this summer with an updated scheduling featuring class styles like Jazz Funk, Shuffle, Salsa and K-Pop. All classes offered will be FREE and easy to follow. We encourage all participants to sign up in advance as spots are limited. Join us at the Gathering Grove, let's move!
A huge thank you to our amazing instructors who led our spring launch! We really value the time and effort brought by our team and the impact they continue to have in our surrounding communities. We're excited to continue growing our community of dancers in Mission Rock and making dance more accessible to all.
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.Hosted By:
Rae Studios | @raestudiossf
Mission Rock SF | @missionrocksf
Featured Instructors:
EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ | @emmanuelhernandezofficial
JOZ CLARK | @idk.mybff.joz
SASSI FRAN | @hello.sassi.fran
SARA TEMPLETON | @coqui.sf
Mission Rock Class Program (July-September):
Every Thursday 5pm - 6pm at China Basin Park
Every 1st Thurs: Jazz Funk (Beg.) w/ Emmanuel
Every 2nd Thurs: Shuffle (Beg) w/ Joz
Every 3rd Thurs: Salsa (All Levels.) w/ Sara
Every 4th Thurs: K-Pop (All Levels) w/ Sassi Fran
Ticket Options:
All classes FREE. Spots limited. RSVP in advance
REGISTER HERE: https://www.raestudios-sf.com/mission-rock
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.2026 Summer Schedule
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.Meet the Team of Amazing Instructors:
Emmanuel Hernandez
Jazz Funk (Beginner)
Every 1st Thursday of the Month
Emmanuel Hernandez is a choreographer, dancer, and creative artist from Los Angeles, CA. currently residing in San Francisco. He started dancing at the age of 11 when he joined his middle school’s dance team and found his passion for choreography just one year later at the age of 12. Emmanuel has trained in various styles such as ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, jazz funk, and hip hop. He grew up choreographing throughout high school and college at recitals, showcases, festivals, and dance productions emphasizing on ballet, contemporary, and modern choreography. Emmanuel most recently danced with the Kenneth Walker Dance Project in Los Angeles and holds an associate’s degree in dance from Long Beach City College. Emmanuel enjoys blending movements that are free in nature along with technical ability to nurture both the body/mind connection and performance expression. Emmanuel believes that dance is what you make it and should be preserved in a way that reflects modern day society.
You can find Emmanuel on instagram @emmanuelhernandezofficial
Jazz Funk (Beginner) Description:
Jazz Funk dance, a super-set of Jazz and influenced by the Hip Hop dance style. This style of dance is usually fast-paced pointed gestures and quick movements. In this class, you will learn the basic knowledge of jazz foundations while learning quick pace combos emphasizing on feminine and intricate movements.
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.
Joz Clark
Shuffle (Beginner)
Every 2nd Thursday of the month
Joz started dancing in high school with a school sponsored company that exposed her to a wide variety of styles. From cultural, contemporary, character, hiphop, jazz and more dance held a special spot in her heart. With renewed inspiration and the support of close friends she relaunched her dance journey with an emphasis in Shuffle in 2024.
Shuffle (Beginner) Description:
Shuffle originated in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1980’s and was danced in the club scene to Electronic Dance music. Over the years shuffling has taken the world by storm from clubs to festivals. Shuffling is known to be inclusive, liberating, spiritual, free of judgment, and true expression. Shuffle Dance connects you with the music you love in a special way. In this class students will learn basic shuffle skills like the running man, and the T-step, while also learning to incorporate their own stylistic movements. Students can expect to learn shorter combos focusing on fundamentals and choreography retention.
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.
Sara Templeton
Salsa (All Levels)
Every 3rd Thursday of the month
Sara is a choreographer, teacher, and dancer born and raised in San Francisco. She started her professional hip-hop career at sixteen, dancing with Culture Shock S.F. and L.A. and guest performing with independent artists throughout the Bay Area. While earning her dance degree at Loyola Marymount University, Sara expanded her training to include ballet, modern / contemporary, and dunham technique, and also began a focused re-engagement with salsa and other Latin dances connected to her Puerto Rican heritage. It was during this time that Sara truly honed in on her passion for choreography and teaching, and the ways in which the intelligence of different dance techniques could cross pollinate for the benefit of the artist. During her hip-hop performance career Sara worked alongside notable artists Allan Frias and Jesse Lee Santos, and did commercial work with musical groups Blue Boy and Spanish Fly. Locally Sara has performed and presented work at Dance Mission Theater and ODC, and is blest to have trained with exceptional Bay teachers such as Janice Garrett, Robert Moses, Robert Dekkers, Brett Conway, and others. Currently Sara is choreographing the Center Repertory Company’s Spring 2023 musical production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights.
Sara strongly believes in the joy of dance, and is dedicated to fostering a safe and playful space where students can work on sound dance technique while feeling motivated to grow. When Sara is not in the studio teaching or choreographing, she is experimenting with dance for film, and running her online dance merchandise store ObjectsForArts. Besides dance, Sara is an ardent, 20-year practitioner of Iyengar yoga, and a strong believer in massages and chocolate.
Salsa (All Levels) Description:
Salsa is a Latin dance, associated with the music genre of the same name, which was first popularized in the United States in the 1960s in New York City. This all-levels class dives into the most unique and beautiful characteristics of salsa dance without the complications of dancing with a partner. Movement focuses on building fundamental salsa footwork patterns, and then adding embellishments that will elevate your Latin dance style. Class begins with an easy warmup that progresses into a fun, choreographed routine with variations offered for different skill levels.
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.
Sassi Fran
K-Pop (All Levels)
Every 4th Thursday of the month
Francesca Balagtas, aka Sassi Fran, was born in San Francisco but raised in Las Vegas. The styles they trained in throughout childhood and adolescence included tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, street jazz, Hula, Tahitian, and Maori. At the age of 18, Sassi moved back to San Francisco to attend San Francisco Art Institute to receive her BFA in Sculpture. Although her studies were in visual arts, she always hungered for dance. In 2015 and 2016 she began dancing with various dance groups in San Francisco such as Bay Area Flash Mob, Sexitude, and Bay Area Dancers and began teaching her own original street jazz, pop, and hip hop choreography at BAFM and BAD. In 2017, Sassi and her close friend, Patrick Santos, founded K-Pop-Up, a K-pop dance class and group as a way to find other K-Pop lovers who also want to dance. Today Sassi continues to train herself in more styles such as pole, heels, vogue, and waacking to enrich her own repertoire. Throughout Sassi’s near decade of teaching, it is always their goal to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive learning environment that is friendly to people of all dance levels. In addition to teaching dance around the San Francisco Bay Area, Sassi is a local drag performer who incorporates K-Pop and her own original choreography into many of her drag performances. Sassi produces and hosts NUNA, a bi-annual queer K-Pop dance party/drag show at The Stud in the SOMA district.
K-Pop (All Levels) Description:
K-Pop, short for Korean popular music, is a form of music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. As a dance genre, it is influenced heavily from many genres around the world, such as Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Experimental, Rock, Jazz, and Electronic Dance on top of its traditional Korean music roots. Modern K-Pop "idol" culture began in the 1990s and has grown into a global phenomenon with groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, TWICE, and more. K-Pop instructors will teach choreography from various music videos or create their own choreographed influences from various styles of dance. Students should expect to learn fun combos and increase their performance quality.
Ticket Reservations: Register via Eventbrite or the Momence app.Hosted By:
Rae Studios | @raestudiossf
Mission Rock SF | @missionrocksf
Featured Instructors:
EMMANUEL HERNANDEZ | @emmanuelhernandezofficial
JOZ CLARK | @idk.mybff.joz
SASSI FRAN | @hello.sassi.fran
SARA TEMPLETON | @coqui.sf
Mission Rock Class Program (July-September):
Every Thursday 5pm - 6pm at China Basin Park
Every 1st Thurs: Jazz Funk (Beg.) w/ Emmanuel
Every 2nd Thurs: Shuffle (Beg) w/ Joz
Every 3rd Thurs: Salsa (All Levels.) w/ Sara
Every 4th Thurs: K-Pop (All Levels) w/ Sassi Fran
Ticket Options:
All classes FREE. Spots limited. RSVP in advance
REGISTER HERE: https://www.raestudios-sf.com/mission-rock
Our mission is to merge the ideologies of popular dance culture by bridging fitness gym and traditional dance studio mentality into a place that welcome all levels of dance & fitness in a healthy progressive environment. Our goal is to provide San Francisco dance seekers with community, growth and participation through artistic outlets of music + movement. Our culture is simple; create a space for dance and community to thrive, water the roots of our passion, fuel our dreams by action, and inspire others to do the same.
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