EPIC: Where Performance Meets Purpose
Emerging Performers in Concert (EPIC)
EPIC is a powerful, community-driven performance experience that brings together movement and purpose. This production celebrates collaboration and storytelling through a dynamic, live performance.
EPIC is a benefit-style performance that showcases original choreography performed by local artists and professional dancers. Designed as a collaborative experience, this production brings together studios and performers from across the Central Coast to create something meaningful.
More than a performance, EPIC is a shared effort rooted in creativity, community, and purpose. Each piece is thoughtfully created to highlight diverse voices, styles, and stories, while supporting a greater cause. Through collaboration, EPIC celebrates the power of dance to connect people, uplift artists, and make a lasting impact beyond the theater.
What is EPIC?
Why EPIC Exists.
EPIC exists to show young artists that their voices—and their movement—can make a difference. Through this production, performers are encouraged to look beyond the stage and use their artistry to raise awareness, build empathy, and support causes that impact real people in our community and beyond.
Each year, EPIC partners with a rotating cause close to our hearts, allowing dancers to engage with meaningful issues while learning the value of giving back. By connecting performance with purpose, EPIC helps cultivate socially aware artists who understand the power of using art to inspire change.
Who EPIC Supports.
EPIC celebrates the ways art can create awareness and inspire action. For our 2026 production, we are proud to support the LGS Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families impacted by Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). LGS is a rare and severe form of epilepsy that presents lifelong challenges for those affected and their caregivers.
More than just a fundraising partner, the LGS Foundation advances research, builds community support, and raises awareness about this condition so that individuals living with LGS are seen, supported, and heard. Their work includes education, family support programs, and efforts to accelerate breakthroughs that improve care and quality of life.
By bringing EPIC to life, we encourage our young artists not only to grow as performers but to use their voices and creativity to uplift causes that matter.
