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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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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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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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Stanford's oldest all-gender all-genre a cappella group.

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Mua Lac Hong (MLH) is Stanford's only Vietnamese dance group. While best known for dancing with vibrantly colored fans, MLH also uses other props, such as nón lá (conical hats) and parasols By combining these traditional props with original choreography and contemporary Vietnamese music, MLH hopes to share a love and appreciation for Vietnamese culture.

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Stanford University's premier Indian Classical Dance Team. We fuse styles of dance from across India, including Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, and Odissi, and add some of our own flair!

We integrate classical tradition with contemporary themes to create unique, compelling pieces of art.

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O-Tone is a co-ed East Asian-focus a cappella group. Our mission is to be a space for the celebration of East Asian culture and stories through song. Through our renditions of Chinese, Japanese, Korean pop and traditional music, including pieces with English- and other-languages, we hope to spread awareness of the diversity of East Asian and Asian-American culture and provide a creative outlet for those interested in East Asian music. We will support and actively participate in the Asian-American community at Stanford and, to this end, will work closely with other East Asian and Asian-American organizations on campus and beyond.

O-Tone's motto is "Many voices, One tone". We believe that our diversity is what makes us strong and we are committed to being a supportive and inclusive community for everyone regardless of their background or identities.

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The goal of this organization is to centralize and grow the Stanford music scene into a more vibrant, accessible, and visible community for independent student artists and the general campus population. This resource would most directly support and empower independent musicians whose work does not fit into the mission of other registered musical groups on campus.

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Consistently foster quality artistic, learning, and community experiences for our members while having a positive impact on our community and world. We do this by creating theater and balance these goals dependent on the needs of our community.
Foster the production of original works.

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Restorative Film Collective is a creative collective of filmmakers, writers, and artists of color creating art that deconstructs traditionally white filmmaking and reimagines a radical future. We seek to create a space of collaboration and cultural care for marginalized people in creative fields, opening space for us to flourish in the arts — whether that's as actors, writers, directors, editors or designers. We also hope to break down the barriers of accessibility into the arts and media industry by creating professional opportunities in entertainment through trips to film festivals, panels, and more.

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We are an audition-based collective of writers and performers who collaborate in producing free sketch comedy shows for the Stanford student body on a quarterly basis. Among our members, our mission is to provide a community for those interested in comedy and a creative outlet. On campus, that mission extends to providing free entertainment and participating in the network of student-led groups devoted to fostering creativity and providing opportunities in the arts.

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It is our mission to inspire the Stanford community to engage with social dance and have connected, deep, meaningful dances while at the same time understanding the mechanics of solid technique. Our belief is that the most fulfilling way to social dance is a combination of deep connection and awareness of good technique with space for the creative expression of music. It is our experience that one can co-create a dance experience with any lead and follow. Bachata Sensual (created by renowned artists Korke and Judith) is a dance tested and based on solid follow and lead principles of natural motions of energy and how to use this energy with your partner. We look forward to sharing this with the Stanford community.

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Shaku is a dance group dedicated to innovative and exploratory choreography and performance, drawing influences from styles across various countries and cultures within the African Diaspora.

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Our a cappella aims at:
1. Enhance the appreciation of Chinese contemporary music and thus, Chinese language and culture in general;
2. Add to the cultural richness of the Stanford music community by combining the Western musical form of a cappella and Chinese Music;
3. Give performances on campus at various activities as well as off-campus within the Stanford community;
4. Give students of Chinese background or those who like Chinese culture and music a chance to show their talent.

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To service all different facets of the Stanford community by bringing speakers from a diverse array of backgrounds, across politics, service, entertainment, technology, the arts, and academia. We host events in various shapes and sizes, from student-initiated symposia to large-scale special events held in Stanford's largest hall, Memorial Auditorium. All with the same common goal of bringing students into contact with new people, ideas, and experiences. We have tremendous latitude to bring big-name speakers from all different fields and backgrounds to our campus — Ken Jeong, Ban Ki-moon, Jennifer Lopez, Sal Khan, Trevor Noah, Jennette McCurdy, Bill Nye, Kal Penn, John Boehner, Daveed Diggs, and Katheryn Bigelow, to name a few.

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- Meet celebrities
- Develop event planning and organizational skills
- Build your professional network

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Spicmacay Stanford is an organization dedicated to the conservation and promotion of Indian classical music. Through engagement with the art form and direct interaction with the living legends of today, Spicmacay tries to inculcate musicality in Stanford youth. Our events are targeted at bringing these art forms to the Stanford community in an accessible way.

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The Stanford Art Ventures Network seeks to explore the dynamic intersection of art, technology, and business. Our mission is to demystify the art world and make it more accessible to aspiring entrepreneurs. We provide a platform for the Stanford community to discover how their entrepreneurial passions can intersect with the creative sector, fostering collaboration, innovation, and new ventures in the arts.

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Stanford Ballroom is the ballroom dancing club at Stanford University. The club and team's purpose is to foster enthusiasm for ballroom dancing (both social and competitive, also known as DanceSport), as well as provide training to the Stanford community at every level of experience. We aim to promote DanceSport by providing a friendly and accessible atmosphere, training, mentorship, community, and competition support.

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The Stanford Bhangra Team practices and performs Bhangra, a traditional Punjabi folk dance originating from the Punjab region in Northwestern India. The team performs traditional and hip-hop fusion variations, holds on-campus workshops, and performs at events on campus and in the area. Stanford Bhangra also attends competitions throughout California and around the nation.

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To present virtuosic choral music best suited to the chamber vocal ensemble to the Stanford community and beyond through on-campus performances, off-campus performances, educational outreach, national and international touring, and recording. As the Department of Music's premiere choral ensemble, the Chamber Chorale also represents the university in actively recruiting students for the arts at Stanford.

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Engaging in artistic expression and cultural understanding.

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Our mission is to help students develop interest and skills in playing traditional Chinese musical instruments in an ensemble setting, as well as learning about cultural aspects of Chinese music appreciation.

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The purpose of Stanford Classics in Theater (SCIT) is to promote understanding of and engagement with classical theater through original research, rehearsal and production. SCIT aims to bring together students from various academic backgrounds and interests, primarily among the graduate students of the Department of Classics, but also including undergraduates, faculty and others from the broader Stanford community. For more, visit scit.stanford.edu.

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We are a student organization at Stanford University dedicated to bringing live music to the Stanford bubble. We organize the annual Frost Music & Arts Festival in May as well as host frequent shows featuring rising artists of diverse styles. Our mission is to provide our student members with educational experiences within the music industry, sound tech, marketing, finances, and more.

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We have lots of roles at SCN, each meant for different interests within the music industry!

Our producers choose an artist, negotiate contracts, coordinate the logistics of all of the production and equipment, manage shows day-of, and enjoy their creation! Producers' focus lie mainly in individual shows.

Our producers are supported by a variety of other roles including the Marketing Director that helps coordinate marketing efforts, our Creative Director that helps manage the organization's overall creative vision, our Tech Director, who helps us set up and manage specific technical equipment and make sure that our shows actually happen, and all of our general members who help with marketing, volunteering, acting as producers in our new member showcases, and can propose their ideas for shows they want to throw!

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Our goal is to encourage consistent creative writing despite the busy academic schedule most students have, and to provide students with a tight-knit community of fellow writers that regularly motivate each other and give each other feedback.

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Our mission is to both foster an active community of student DJs of all skill levels and musical tastes and to provide an avenue for student DJs to showcase their talent to other club members and the rest of the Stanford community. Online, we will provide a forum for discourse around DJing and DJ music, and we will elevate student DJs by posting mixes and advertising their talent using our online presence. During in-person meetings, we will provide a space where beginners and advanced DJs alike can experiment with new music and mixing styles, and during in-person events, student DJs will get a chance to invite friends and fellow members to enjoy music mixed live.

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Stanford Drag Troupe's mission is to create space on campus for performers to develop their craft in the art form of drag and get engage with queer community.

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To endow the Stanford community with a culture of film appreciation through regular screenings.

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Stanford's Premier Comedy A Cappella group, bringing music and laughter to the Stanford Community since 1984.

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We aim to provide resources for and foster a community where interested students can practice and perform flow arts. What is flow arts, you ask? Flow arts are a form of creative expression that combine elements of dance and prop manipulation. Common props that we use in our club include LED and fabric poi, staffs, optic fiber whips, Levi-wands, rope darts, fans, gymnastic ribbons, and many others to create visually captivating patterns and rhythms.

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Stanford Funk Club's mission is to build a community to support student musicians in the creation and development of funk/soul/RnB/pop music.

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The mission of the Stanford Harmonics is to bring innovative, high-quality rock and experimental a cappella to the Stanford community through both live performances and recorded music.

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The Stanford Improvisors aim to provide quality improvisational theater performances to the Stanford community and to foster a greater interest in and exposure to the art of improv.

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The purpose of the Stanford Jazz Orchestra is to bring together individuals from the Stanford University student community to cultivate their passion for live jazz performance in a large group setting.

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SLOCo is a group of musicians dedicated to the exploration and production of opera, operetta, and lyric theatre. Its mission is to:
Maintain a robust network of Stanford student singer-actors, instrumentalists, directors, technical designers, and opera enthusiasts.
Provide opportunities and resources for these students to practice and perfect their craft in an inclusive, supportive, and nurturing environment.
Explore creative avenues for ensuring that opera remains fresh, relevant, and accessible to modern audiences, especially the Stanford community.
Promote fellowship and collaboration within the student community of classical musicians, both singers and instrumentalists.

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Any currently-enrolled Stanford undergraduate or graduate student who has participated in or is currently participating in a SLOCo-sponsored production is considered a member of SLOCo.
Aside from being involved in SLOCo's productions, members of SLOCo may vote to elect Co-Presidents and Financial Officers during spring officer elections or run for these positions themselves. Members may also apply for general board membership at any time during the year and may attend any SLOCo board meeting, although non-board members do not hold board voting privileges.
In accordance with SAL policy, non-students may participate in SLOCo productions and events, but cannot be formally recognized as members of the organization. Members of the Stanford community, as well as the local community, can and do participate in SLOCo activities, but cannot be considered SLOCo members. Non-SLOCo members may attend board meetings at the board's discretion.

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Stanford Lion Dance is an Asian performance organization dedicated to performing and spreading awareness about the history, culture, and art form of lion dance through a mix of costumes, dance, martial arts, music, and other performance styles. It will provide experiences similar to those at Lunar New Year celebrations and Buddhist religious events.

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The Mendicants are a group of singers devoted to performing the best songs of today, yesterday and several decades ago. We pride ourselves on our wide range of styles, from gospel and barbershop to original compositions, jazz standards and contemporary pop.

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To promote Middle Eastern music, diversity and cross cultural awareness on campus in a
respectful and traditional manner through educational events and performances on
Stanford campus and in the broader Bay Area.

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The Stanford Piano Society aims to bring together piano enthusiasts of all skill levels to explore the beauty and joy of piano music through regular meetings, performances, and social events in a supportive and inspiring environment.

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Visit our website: https://piano.stanford.edu/
Check out our Instagram: @stanfordpiano
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/4qWfBUFd66
Email us with questions: pianosociety@stanford.edu

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Stanford Pole Collective (SPOCO) explores pole dance as an avenue of fitness, artistry, and personal expression. Our mission is to empower both aspiring and seasoned pole dancers by fostering skill, technique, and confidence through learning and performance opportunities.

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Stanford Raagapella is an all-gender South Asian focus a cappella group. Stanford Raagapella's goal is to unite members and audiences and to encourage the appreciation of music from South Asia and other cultures by capturing the essences and energy of music in performance and recording.

Raagapella is a safe space for all of its members. The group is intentional about cultivating a culture of respect and love toward its own members, members of the Stanford community, and beyond. Raagapella shall ensure that the group is warm and inclusive, such that members feel they have a family of supportive teammates.

Raagapella shall ensure that each member develops as a singer and musician, and the group shall provide a space that promotes growth. The group will also support and actively participate within Stanford's South Asian community by interacting with groups including but not limited to Stanford South Asian Society, Stanford India Association, and the Asian American Activities Center. The group will actively participate in the Stanford A Cappella Council in order to coordinate a cappella auditions, O-Show, and other collaborative musical activities. Raagapella will also remain active within the Stanford community as a whole, participating in and holding performances and events open to the entire Stanford community. Finally, Raagapella will engage with a far-reaching audience beyond Stanford by competing at national South Asian collegiate a cappella competitions and releasing music on global digital platforms.

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1. Learn about Japanese Tea Practice: its history, philosophy, aesthetics, traditions, and forms
2. Learn/teach official temae, specific forms for preparing and receiving tea
3. There are innumerable forms and variations, but we aspire to learn and master the basic forms 4. that will allow us to offer to each other and to confidently host tea events for students outside the club.
5. Learn and study Japanese culture and support intercultural dialogue

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The Stanford Sea Shanty Club brings together fans of sea shanties (naval working songs) for biweekly casual sing-alongs. Long after the heyday of sailing ships, sea shanties continue to have popular appeal, especially since they went viral on TikTok in 2021. At our sing-alongs, we learn and sing sea shanties as well as traditional folk songs, working songs, and songs from other related genres.

Sea Shanty Club is a place for shanty fans with any level of singing experience (including none) to enjoy singing in a casual environment. (After all, sea shanties were originated by sailors, not professional musicians.) Anyone can come and sing, or just listen along. It is not a choir or a band; there are no commitments to rehearsals or performances. We hope to give shanty fans an immersive way to enjoy this lively genre of music and also introduce sea shanties to a wider audience.

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The Stanford Shakespeare Company (Shakes) is the only repertory student theatre group on campus. We aim to explore Shakespeare using the visions of student artists and are looking for people with unique stories and voices they want to share through Shakespeare. But more than that, we are a community of dedicated, fun-loving people who like to get together and make art. We do two full-length plays each year, and each of our members can participate in every show until graduation.

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The Stanford Spoken Word Collective is a student organization at Stanford University dedicated to cultivating exquisite emotion both within and without ourselves to generate explosive written and spoken poetry.

The Collective functions both as a community and as the primary logistical and funding body for Stanford's Slam Poetry Team. We are a family of poets that performs at campus events, community programs, and ACUI's National College Poetry Slam. We also hold quarterly shows, bring artists to campus, and host writing workshops. If you've ever wanted to see the mic rocked like no other, you've found the right group!

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- Join a family of writers who want to help you and your work thrive!
-Participate in a quarterly showcase of your work, open to the Stanford community
-Help organize and lead workshops for students on campus.
- Accompany the Stanford Slam team to their yearly CUPSI competition

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Building a supportive and inclusive space for students at all experience levels to:
Develop stand-up skills and material through workshops focused on joke writing, delivery, and stage presence
Gain on-stage experience and build a stand-up portfolio through regular performances at open mics, quarterly showcases, and other Stanford events
Network with local comedy professionals and venues to create opportunities for mentorship, off-campus performances, and industry connections

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To promote creative expression through visual storytelling (including, but not limited to, storyboarding) and artmarking among the Stanford community.

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Providing outstanding opportunities for the practice and enjoyment of orchestral music.

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Stanford Taiko exists to perform taiko -- the art of Japanese American drumming -- and educate
Stanford and the wider community about the art form.

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The Stanford Tango Clubs aims to provide quality instruction of Argentine Tango and a space to practice for students and Stanford community members! We hope to introduce students and faculty to both tango and also the greater Bay Area tango community by going to events throughout the Bay together.

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Theater Lab is a flexible artistic home for theater artists, providing a vehicle for producing intimate, contemporary, experimental theater that Stanford students want to do and see.

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To provide a forum for students, staff, and the community to practice and perform traditional and contemporary Wind Symphony music.

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Swingtime is Stanford's premiere performance-based swing dance troupe.

Our specialty is Savoy-style Lindy Hop, a style of swing born in late-'20s Harlem. We work with professional choreographers, dance historians, and dance legends to recreate swing-era dances and integrate current trends.

Swingtime's repertoire ranges from smooth swing with sleek moves to fast-paced Lindy Hop with jaw-dropping aerials. We are continually pressing the limits of how smooth, fast, and high we can go!

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We are Talisman A Cappella. We were founded on Stanford's campus with an original intention of using music to shed light on underrepresented narratives, especially the music and stories of the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa. Every year, as Talisman recreates itself with new voices, we cull the stories that have moved us and formed us, building an ever-expanding repertoire that reflects what is most meaningful to us as individuals and as an ensemble.

Talisman has had the privilege to perform at several Bay Area Schools, tour in communities in California, the East Coast, the American Southwest, and the Southern United States. We embarked on five tours in South Africa where we have cultivated lasting relationships with several communities and organizations. In 2018, the group took a trip to Maui and Oahu as part of a year dedicated to learning and sharing narratives from the API experience, especially that of Native Hawaiians and their fight for sovereignty and reclamation. In 2019, we flew to Mumbai, and then to Udaipur, India. Ram Sampath, a music composer we met with in Mumbai, said to us: "You don't tolerate each other. You get along...You have to find what unites you and not what divides you." This message was and is timely and important, at home for many of our members in the United States, but also in many regions abroad.


We have also collaborated with local groups such as An Oakland Storyteller, various Bay Area community gospel choirs, Stanford Taiko, Stanford Everyday People, and numerous other Stanford student groups.

Talisman as a group is committed not only to education and the arts, but also to social change, equity, and cross-cultural exchange. As we sing, we lend our hearts to uplift, support, remember, and recall the work and wisdom of those who came before us in order to imagine a better world for ourselves and those to come. We invite you to share your voice and your stories with us!

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Testimony Christian A Cappella strives to spread God's love and His Word through song. We also aim to foster a warm and welcoming community.

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Traction will provide a physical and creative space for modern dancers to practice their medium and to exercise and grow choreographic skills as a group. The group will foster a collaborative community of modern dancers and will create opportunities for the campus to experience the modern dance tradition through performances and open dance workshops.

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The Viennese Ball Committee is the team that plans the Viennese Ball and ensures that it runs smoothly. We are a group of Stanford students who are passionate about dance, operations and management, and elegant affairs. Our mission is to organize and execute the annual Viennese Ball, which usually takes place during Winter Quarter of the academic year, and in so doing, disseminate Austrian culture to the Stanford community and host an event which brings together the Stanford social dance community.

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XTRM strives to provide opportunities to learn dances popularized by various K-pop groups and foster a community passionate about Korean pop culture. We welcome members from all backgrounds who are interested in dance and Korean pop culture.

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