Bandaloop Studio

I love BANDALOOP Studios! The studios are spacious and bright during the day, and cozy in the evening for more intimate and formal events. I've attended and hosted a range of events in this space and love seeing how the space can transform! Such a sweet place to gather community, coworkers, and new friends.

truly amazing, innovate aerial artists! google them, and check out some of their performances, or better yet, go see them in person!

Great space to rent and take classes! I took some yoga classes there and really enjoyed it. Beautiful architecture and welcoming staff!

Project Bandaloop is amazing! If I were good enough, and they would have me, I would drop out of graduate school right now to dance on walls and cliffs with them. Since that is not the case, I had resigned myself to frequent visits to their website UNTIL I found out that they host beginner and int/ adv workshops! Woohoo! Maybe I will be an amazingly talented beginner and they will beg me to travel the world with them and dance on the Petronas Towers, Chartres Cathedral, maybe even at Petra or the Coliseum. Please. Please. Pick me. I'll do anything.________________________Update: Since I have now completed both the beginner and int/adv workshops offered by Project Bandaloop, I feel this review needs an update.The workshop is a lot of fun, although pretty hard on the body. I figured that vertical dancing might have its challenges, but I had no idea how much a rock climbing harness and nerve endings could disagree. However, that did not stop me from going 4 days in a row...doubling up on pants and shirts can make a huge difference.The beginner workshop (5 hours over 2 days, $110) features a warm up, and then a rotation through the climbing wall featuring bouldering/dance, dance from single point suspension ("pods"), the trampoline walls, and the wood wall. The advanced workshop (6 hours over 2 days, $150) has an additional floor station and focuses on play and choreography more than orientation and skills.The workshops were between 15-20 people with 5-7 instructors. The instructors were great! Definitely gave the freedom to play, while also providing constructive pointers and maintaining a safe environment. The founder of Bandaloop, Amelia, was also in and out, watching the advanced performances, answering questions, etc. While she did not offer me a position in her dance troupe, I am definitely addicted, and will be going back for more. Maybe one day I can have my own trampoline wall.The one downer: the warehouse in Oakland seems pretty sketch upon first approach,. It isn't well marked, and looks kind of run down. It also can be tough getting in earlier, etc because all the doors are locked. However, the next workshop is in a new location close by in Oakland, so this may change soon.