About Pearl Street Dance Collective
At Pearl Street Dance Collective, we are a community of early-career dance artists who have earned our Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in dance. Based in San Francisco, we are dedicated to amplifying the voices of young, emerging dancers, contributing to the arts scene of the Bay Area.
By providing opportunities for performance and artistic growth, we aim to uplift the San Francisco arts community and create space for more dancers' voices to be heard. Through our work, we aim to reveal the raw beauty of the female experience, inviting audiences to experience the vulnerability and power of the human spirit. Inspired by San Francisco’s landscape and natural beauty, our collective wants to expose our untouched authenticity through movement.
Pearl Street Dance Collective is passionate about building a lasting foundation for new artists and helping share the arts with diverse communities in San Francisco.
Story of Pearl Street
Pearl Street, located in Sausalito, California, was just a block away from the apartment Elizabeth lived in when she first moved to San Francisco as a recent college graduate pursuing her dance career. Her first few months in California were filled with chaos, loneliness, and change. Amidst it all, walking past Pearl Street each day became a comforting constant. After long days of building a new life and community, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and passing Pearl Street felt like a reassuring sign that everything would be okay. This small but meaningful moment planted the seed for what would become the dance collective.
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Meet The Collective
Whitney Ross
Whitney Ross is a San Francisco-based dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Originally hailing from the Bay Area, she began her training in a local college prep program, where she had the chance to work with renowned artists such as Sidra Bell, Cindy Salgado, and Anthony Lomuljo. Whitney went on to earn her BFA in Dance from UCSB alongside a BS in Ecology. There, she deepened her studies in modern and ballet and began developing her choreographic voice, receiving the Corwin Award for Choreography for her senior thesis. Since returning to San Francisco, she has performed with Robert Moses’ Kin, Joe Landini Dance and Mannakin Dance Theater. She has continued to grow her practice through training programs with companies such as Post:Ballet and Psychopomp, and through presenting original choreography in festivals across California. Whitney also teaches Contemporary and Ballet at SF Dance Space.
SiQi He
SiQi He is an Asian American artist based in San Francisco. She began her dance training at a local classical ballet studio in Spokane Valley, Washington. She later attended the University of Washington where she got her BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in dance. Whilst dancing alongside her academics, she had the opportunity to perform works by Camille A. Brown and David Rousseve. Upon graduation, she furthered her training at the LINES Ballet Training Program where she performed works by Sidra Bell, Gregory Dawson, Chuck Wilt, Natasha Adorlee, and David Harvey. She has attended workshops with YYDC, Alonzo King, Rena Butler, Jermaine Spivey, and Bryan Arias. Recently, SiQi was a part of RMK’s 30th anniversary performance.