"Not to be missed!"
Toba Singer, California Literary Review
"amazing"
Nigel Lythgoe, Judge and Producer of "So You Think You Can Dance" on FOX
"graceful musicality...innovative"
Joyce Eng and Kate Stanhope, TV Guide
"The remarkable Sebastian Grubb...has fine focus [and] great skill."
Joanna G. Harris, culturevulture.net
"rocket-powered ... psychically ferocious."
Jordan Levin, Miami Herald
"clearly expressed ideas, confidently realized"
Rita Felciano, danceviewtimes
"sensational authority, speed and endurance"
Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle
"built like a wrestler or a gymnast...and moves like a cat"
Paul Parrish, Bay Area Reporter
photo by Andrea Basile
Sebastian dances for AXIS Dance Company, Scott Wells & Dancers, and freelances in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is known for his high-dynamic, no-holds-barred movement style. His influences are many and include release technique, contemporary, musical theatre, contact improvisation, capoeira, acrobatics and on-going study with Frey Faust.
photo by Alex Miller
Sebastian teaches contemporary fusion, flying and falling techniques, dynamic partnering, contact improvisation, and composition. He has taught numerous workshops on the West Coast and loves sharing his knowledge and passion for dance! He is a certified Axis Syllabus teacher and leads regular A.S. classes and workshops, all based on developing healthy movement patterns as a starting point for dance. He also teaches Physically Integrated Dance with AXIS Dance Company that is accessible to everyone with and without physical disabilities.
Axis Dance Company
Axis Syllabus Website
photo by JW2 Photo
Sebastian's choreography is conceptual, theatrical and athletic, drawing from a broad aesthetic background. In the Bay Area, his choreographic work has been presented at CounterPULSE, Subterranean Arthouse, The Garage, Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Brava Theater, and many more venues. His work has also been shown in Los Angeles, Florida, Washington State, Washington DC, and Russia.
Sebastian was a participating member of Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange (CHIME), a project of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. CHIME is a mentorship program for professional choreographers, and for 2012 Scott Wells served as his mentor.