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We aim to bring together different styles and experiences with choreography that reflects our unique style and swag. We are passionate about storytelling through performance, constantly growing as dancers, and above all having fun as a family.

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The purpose of our organization is to celebrate and actively explore Japanese animation through music, art, cuisine, and more. We move to build a creative community that emphasizes Japanese culture in the context of anime.

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We are a space where visual artists, writers, designers, poets, and makers of diverse backgrounds gather and create. We are primarily interested in art projects that directly interact and engage with students and bring art and arbitrariness to all places on Stanford's campus. To create arbitrarily is to embrace. We aim to be a space where students can tap into their creative urges in collaboration with others. We are driven by message rather than medium, allowing every story to manifest in whatever form it calls for.

We are a space for creatives to try each others’ mediums, exchange artistic hats, and converse in a collective language. Our goal is to foster interpersonal connection both within our group and within the larger student body through projects that encourage engaging with public spaces and exploring our campus.

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The Asian American Theater Project is dedicated to cultivating a space that empowers artists and audiences to engage with issues affecting the API community (including, but not limited to, discussions of identity, race, and representation), facilitate discussions of these issues within the larger Stanford community, and participate in the imagination and creation of a more equitable, just world through the language of theater.

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To teach, perform and celebrate traditional Mexican dance on Stanford's campus.

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Basmati Raas is Stanford's only Garba Raas dance team and one of few nationally competitive dance groups on campus. We have been a prominent member of Stanford's student life since our creation in 2012. Our mission is to share our love of dance and Indian culture with the Stanford community.

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The Black Creative Collective is a student-initiated and run organization dedicated to promoting a collaborative and shared artistic community for Black students of African descent at Stanford. Through interdisciplinary projects, workshops, and showcases, we create a space for Black creatives across mediums–such as film, music, visual arts, fashion, and more–to connect, share, and amplify their work. In a campus arts culture where Black artists often feel underrepresented, the work of BCC ensures that Black creativity is celebrated and shared amongst the community. Our mission is to curate a thriving arts ecosystem where Black artists can learn, experiment, engage in community, and produce art that is by us and for us.

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Stanford BLACKstage aims to tell stories of marginalized communities not often represented in traditional theater, primarily from the black perspective.

The purpose of BLACKstage is to provide high caliber performance and creative opportunities for all students, as well as tell the stories of marginalized communities not often represented in traditional theater, primarily centered around the Black perspective. BLACKstage is a space for performers, artists, musicians, designers, and other creatives to showcase their talents and create a collective effort towards socially conscious storytelling.

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Cardinal Ballet Company (CBC) is Stanford's first and only ballet company. Founded in 1993 and completely student-run, CBC is composed of dancers from diverse backgrounds, including those with professional ballet and contemporary training. In addition to our 2 major ballet productions every year (the Nutcracker in the fall and a full-length ballet in the spring), we also offer opportunities for student choreography in various dance forms. Our mission is to bring dancers together who love performing and share our art with the community.

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Cardinal Calypso is Stanford University's premiere steelpan ensemble. We bring the music and culture of Trinidad and Tobago to the greater university community by performing both traditional Caribbean music and popular songs.

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Cardinal Tap Dance aims to cultivate Stanford’s tap dance community by providing a space for dancers of different levels to practice, build their skills, and carry on tap dance tradition and culture.

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The purposes of the club are to promote West Coast Swing (WCS), to support WCS dancers and to grow the WCS community at Stanford.

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We are a student-run organization at Stanford University offering studio membership and classes to the Stanford community.

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Common Origins is a dance group founded on the belief that everyone has the potential to be great – they simply need the opportunity to take that first step.

Common Origins aims to foster a welcoming community for dancers of all backgrounds and identities. Though we are a dance team, it is our community that is most important to us. We hope for all our members to find a home on our team and to form long-lasting friendships.

As a non-audition group, we welcome dancers of all levels, at any time, to join us. We aim to challenge and train our members with fresh, exciting choreography that we perform in dance showcases throughout the year.

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Counterpoint is Stanford's only soprano/alto a cappella group dedicated to making music, building a strong community of women through a shared love for singing, and developing our members' music skills and interests.

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The goal of Dancebreak is to make social dance more accessible to Stanford University students. We seek to provide an opportunity for fun, casual social dancing which requires little to no previous experience of any dance form. We hold weekly workshops and practices and encourage experimentation in creating new Stanford-based dances.

The purpose of Dancebreak is to build a community of social dance enthusiasts and share opportunities to learn, practice, perform, and enjoy social dance. We encourage dancers of all levels to interact and teach each other, and we provide opportunities for people to expand their dance repertoire beyond the classroom.

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Stanford Down with Gravity is the place to learn to juggle, or meet new jugglers at Stanford! We are comprised of Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. We were founded in 2001, and even now, more than 20 years later, we still get together every week to practice juggling. Sign up for our mailing list for the most up-to-date information (https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/down-with-gravity).

We welcome new members and love sharing our passion with anyone who wants to learn how to juggle. Feel free to drop by--especially if you have no experience with juggling. We will provide all of the equipment you need. It's completely free!

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Access to juggling props; being a part of a community of experienced jugglers who can help you get better; learning a fun and relaxing hobby

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Stanford DV8 Hip-Hop Dance Group is a performance-based hip-hop dance group that performs for a wide variety of audiences. Whether teaching workshops or hosting our annual dance showcase 'Encounter Culture'—which features student and professional dance groups from across the Bay Area—DV8 promises to leave the crowd talking.

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Everyday People (EP) was founded to uplift and honor the underrepresented voices of Black artists in the Stanford a capella scene and music more broadly. As a tribute to Sly and the Family Stone's vision of inclusiveness and acceptance of all races, genders, and creeds, our founders formed Everyday People, based on the group's 1967 hit of the same title. Today, EP continues to honor Sly and the Family Stone's mission to uplift and embrace music created by Black artists.

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Flamenco Cardenal strives to cultivate artistic and intellectual community at Stanford centered on flamenco, an art form rooted in the musical traditions of the Romani diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean, North and West Africa, and Spanish folkloric styles, many of which are of Islamic and Jewish origin. We hold flamenco classes for dancers, singers, and musicians, build relationships with the broader Bay Area flamenco community, organize group outings to local flamenco performances, and host academic lectures and workshops on critical and decolonial flamenco studies. In making Stanford a hub of flamenco culture in the Peninsula, we strive to make amor al arte more accessible to all, to center flamenco’s legacy as a multiethnic and historically marginalized art form, to uplift unorthodox and innovative approaches to flamenco studies and performance, and to amplify and honor the role of queer, Black, Asian, Chicanx, and Latinx artists in shaping flamenco’s past and present.

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We want to bring together Stanford students interested in film production to create short films as a team. This will lead us to learn about the filmmaking process, exploring areas such as screenwriting, film production, direction, cinematography, editing, and more.

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FreeFlow is a freestyle dance club committed to creating an open and safe space for dancers of all experience levels to learn, cypher (freestyle dance jam where people take turns dancing within a circle), workshop, and express themselves. We want to make dance accessible for all students, and we are committed to understanding the roots, history, and cultures that various dance styles stem from. Each year, we support the broader dance communities and learn about the histories of freestyle dance by inviting guest artists and attending local Bay Area workshops/dance events. Additionally, we seek to engage with broader dance communities by traveling within the country to perform at large showcases and dance competitions. Some examples include World of Dance, Flava of the Year, and 7 to Smoke Competitions.

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The Graduate Music Studies Forum (GMSF) serves to centralize, facilitate, and coordinate ongoing projects, professional development events, and music departmental responsibilities that concern students involved in the academic study of music and sound.

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Innovative Styles' goal is to entertain and continue to turn the heads of the Stanford and Bay Area Communities with energetic, highly technical, contemporary dance and through new, cutting-edge student choreography. All Innovative Styles members strive to create an energetic performance outlet for a style of dance that was formerly unseen at Stanford University. In addition to participating as guest performers in cultural events, art events, halftime shows, and other groups' dance shows, Innovative Styles also organizes and performs in the Innovative Styles Spring Show every May. Innovative Styles presents a unique dance experience to the Stanford community as it was the first Stanford University jazz group when it was founded in 2000, and continues to be the only student-led contemporary and jazz dance performance group on campus today.

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Kayumanggi, meaning "brown-skinned" in Tagalog, is the only Pilipinx cultural performance troupe at Stanford. We are open to dancers, singers, actors and actresses, and writers of all levels--no auditions required! Kayumanggi performs traditional Pilipinx folk dances that are as diverse as the many different islands in the Philippines. Kayu aims to promote awareness of Pilipinx culture through dance, art, music, and drama. We hope to create an outlet for self-exploration and discovery, encouraging inclusiveness and openness not just among Pilipinx-Americans, but with the greater Stanford and Bay Area community. Kayumanggi performs throughout the year for numerous Stanford University events as representatives of Pilipinx culture. The year culminates in our annual Pilipinx Cultural Night, where we showcase our repertoire of dances framed by a dramatic skit that addresses aspects of Pilipinx identity and issues.

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Kol Etz (the Voice of the Tree) is a Jewish a cappella group at Stanford dedicated to celebrating Jewish culture, community, and creativity through music. Rooted in tradition and reaching outward, we strive for musical excellence while reimagining Jewish expression through contemporary vocal performance. Through collaboration and song, we build an inclusive, welcoming community that honors the richness of Jewish heritage, amplifies diverse identities, and uses music as a bridge—connecting past and present, campus and community.

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Founded in 2016, Legacy Dance is Stanford's first and only competition choreography team. We strive for a culture of growth as dancers and strength as a community, and we welcome dancers from all backgrounds and levels of experience. Our dance draws from styles such as hip hop, house, contemporary, waacking, popping, and breaking among others. Our sets often have an emphasis on storytelling. Check us out on Instagram @lgcy_dance and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZvl6HLc0NdBx2Ju4bqyrQ!

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The LSJUMB seeks to provide a musical experience that is inclusive, accessible, and exciting for members new to their instruments as much as those who are more experienced. Members of the LSJUMB commit to a mindset of musical growth and community support, as well as to uphold the Band Norms and Values
In performance, the LSJUMB is a scatter band, performing on the field, in rallies, and at campus and community events. The music of the LSJUMB is student-arranged and not restricted to any particular genre or subject to any external approval other than relevant and required licensing.

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- we'll teach you to play any instrument you want - heck, you could even learn TWO instruments, maybe even more.
- free instrument use from the day you join to the day you graduate
- free trips to NCAA events
- free food at said NCAA events (we actually get free food at most of our events, so bring some napkins)
- each member, upon joining, will receive the highly coveted "band hat"
- and finally, what seems to be the biggest benefit of any Stanford org, "The PeopleÔäó"

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Los Salseros de Stanford is Stanford University's only student group dedicated entirely to salsa! We perform, compete, and host salsa socials open to the Stanford community.

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Our mission is to learn and perform Mariachi music so that members of the Stanford
community can enjoy and also participate in the beauty of traditional Mexican music.

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