Uniting Community Through the Wonder of Art!
“Tandy Beal & Co. astonishes us and stimulates us thoroughly... the wonderment keeps you glued.”
Since 1974, Tandy Beal & Company, has created original concerts in dance, theatre, circus, and music. TBC has toured on four continents, with an Eastern European tour funded by the State Dept., and two Asian tours funded by Japan-US Friendship Commission. TBC has toured 120 works from Anchorage to Zurich, Zagreb to Atlanta, Aptos to Zayante!
“Tandy Beal is one of the most enduring treasures of Santa Cruz County. An internationally recognized dancer, choreographer, and teacher … she’s like our own personal Cirque de Soleil; her productions offer a feast of dance, music, comedy, drama, and soaring imagination. Any new production from Tandy Beal & Company is an event…”
With collaboration a hallmark, TBC has worked with: Moscow Circus, Frank Zappa, Korean National Treasure AeJu Lee, washi artist Ibe Kyoko, Carl Sagan, Esperanza del Valle, Corazon en Flor, SoVoSó, composers Lou Harrison, John Adams, Hi Kyung Kim and for 40+ years with Bobby McFerrin and 50+ years with Jon Scoville. The Pickle Family Circus was under TBC leadership from '92-'00. TBC is featured in the PBS special, Voice/Dance which won 3 Emmy Awards. Ms. Beal also choreographed all the major characters in Tim Burton's movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
SoVoSó with Tandy
Tandy with trapeze artists
Bobby McFerrin and Tandy
“In music, dance, and theater, Tandy is simply magic”
At the vanguard of non-profit entrepreneurship, TBC has tailor-made corporate shows for Pixar, LucasFilms, Oracle, 49ers, Oracle, Coca-Cola, SGI, LucasFilms. For more info Click Here!
“The Highlight of our conference was your team exercise—thank you for your energy and enthusiasm and for your help in allowing us to discover the power of team!”
“A choreographer of taste and intelligence-a sure sense of theater.”
A community leader, TBC has made benefit shows to raise money for other organizations, such as S.F. Symphony, Lobero Theatre, Dominican Hospital, AIDS Project, Hospice, Cesar Chavez Library and Institute for Noetic Sciences.
Following our hearts and belief that art should be accessible to all and is essential for developing creativity and empathy for one another, our annual arts education program, ArtSmart (serving 80% low-income children) is offered in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties., and reaches 20,000 kids, teachers and families each year. ArtSmart Overview
Building bridges with our community is an organizational pillar for TBC and to that end we developed the Japan Cultural Fair, Cafezinho (with Bookshop Santa Cruz), Carnival Santa Cruz (with Kuumbwa Jazz Center) and Discover Dance! the first world dance festival and classes in Santa Cruz in the early 80’s.
“Tandy Beal & Company are cultural ambassadors in the best tradition!”
Awards to TBC include: Americans for the Arts, Bay Area Dance's Izzy for Innovation, American Film Institute, National Choreography Project, commendations from California Legislature, and other awards for excellence in arts and children's programming. TBC has been recognized by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, James Irvine Foundation, Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Utah Humanities, Utah Museums, Community Foundations, 20+ grants in dance, circus and theatre from National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council.
Moving Forward: Celebrating 50 Odd Years of "uniting community through the wonders of art", TBC has expanded our successful arts education pilot program, ArtSmart, to bring free professional performances to over 20,000 students, teachers and families, mostly in low-income schools. TBC launched the First Saturday Family Concert Series in downtown Santa Cruz to make professional performances accessible to children and families as well as a new program, In Your Shoes: Empathy Art Actions. Stay tuned for more amazing works and performances coming to a stage, sidewalk or classroom near you!
Excellence, flexibility and accessibility are values that underpin our choices. With artworks and education, we endeavor to develop emerging artists and support established artists, create partnerships with organizations to reach larger mutual goals, and unite community through the wonders of art.
