Collaborations with Carmen Crockett
Over the past 4 years, Carmen has been a consistent collaborator with Ashley Gayle as they've created and performed together throughout the Bay Area. Together we've presented a duet, "Chapters", which performed in Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and Richmond. We've also hosted and taught two performance workshops that culminated into a piece, "Ancestral Joy", showcased in Richmond and Berkeley.
Chapters
This piece will take you through the valleys of grief, the struggles of reclaiming your indentity and the moments of remembering joy.
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Ancestral Joy - Performance Workshops
We presented this piece at our own curated Juneteenth Salon hosted by SADC. We worked with intergenerational dancers with mixed dance experience to create a work that explored finding joy through an ancestral lens.
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More About Carmen
Carmen Crockett - Collaborator - Choreographer, Teacher, Administrator, Performer
Carmen Crockett has over 30 years of experience in Modern, Jazz and Hip hop. Her passion for dance started as a young girl, performing as an Oakland High Stepper and a high school cheerleader. In more recent years, she professionally danced for Visceral Roots Dance Company at many Bay Area events, such as the Black Choreographer's Festival and also co-led a performance workshop for the 2025 Juneteenth Event at Shawl Anderson. She performed with AFTA Shock Oakland throughout the Bay Area and toured to Chicago. She spent four seasons performing on the NBA Warriors Hardwood Classic Dance team and worked with many prominent choreographers. She traveled with America's Golden Dream Dancers, performing in Disneyland, Disney World, and on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship. She is the co-founder of SASS (Silver and Sensational Squad) and had opportunities to choreograph and perform throughout California, such as with the Oakland Ballers Baseball Team. Currently, she dances with Dance Generators and in January 2026 toured in Los Angeles. She enjoys working with intergenerational dancers and is excited to be leading her own classes and performance workshops with PUSH Dance Company. Currently, she is collaborating with Ashley Gayle (Ashley Gayle Movement) to create affordable community based dance classes for dancers and performance opportunities in the Bay Area.