About
Sebastian has been a professional dancer, choreographer and movement coach since 2006. He has won awards, toured extensively as a performer, taught dance throughout the U.S., made film appearances and enjoyed numerous collaborations with other dancers and teaching artists.
Awards & Residencies
- IZZIE Winner: Isadora Duncan Dance Award for "Best Ensemble Performance" with James Graham
- CHIME Award: a choreographic mentorship project of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
- Guest Choreographer & Performer on "So You Think You Can Dance" (FOX TV)
- Choreographic work "The Narrowing" selected as a Masterwork for P.S. ARTS organization in Los Angeles.
- Pilot Project Choreographer at ODC
- Artistic Residency at The Garage, SF (multiple)
Teaching
- Dance Teacher, 2006-2023: self-produced classes and workshops in the SF Bay Area; guest teacher at Whitman College, at Sacramento State University, in Camp Contact at Burning Man, at the CounterPulse Contact Improvisation series, in the Bay Area Axis Syllabus Exchange festival, at Ecstatic Dance San Francisco, at the West Coast Contact Improvisation Jam festival, in Berlin at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Axis Syllabus, in the Nomadic College at Earthdance (Massachusetts), with AXIS Dance Company on tour throughout the U.S. and overseas, with Scott Wells & Dancers locally and on tour, and others
- Certified Axis Syllabus Teacher, contributor and editor of the Axis Syllabus book, 4th edition
- Teaching Artist of physically integrated dance with AXIS Dance Company (2009-2022)
- Co-Founder of Spiral Camp with Shira Yaziv
Choreography & Performance
- Principal Dancer with AXIS Dance Company (2009-2015)
- Principal Dancer with Scott Wells & Dancers (2008-2018)
- Freelance Performer of Contemporary Dance Theatre 2007-2021
- Performed and/or Collaborated with: Christine Bonansea, Marc Brew, Christine Cali, Sonya Delwaide, David Dorfman, Kim Epifano, Frey Faust, Sonsheree Giles, Joe Goode, James Graham, Keith Hennessey, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Kira Kirsch, Lenora Lee, Amy Lewis, Victoria Marks, ODC, Scott Wells and others
- Dance Choreography for AXIS shown through the San Francisco Bay Area, in 8 U.S. States, and in Russia
- Film Appearances: "Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World" by 20th Century Fox; "Call of Life" by Species Alliance; "I Was Within" by Jenny Stulberg; "Loop" by Jenny Stulberg & Sebastian Grubb
REviews
"amazingly graceful”
-Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter
"rocket-powered"
-Jordan Levin, Miami Herald
"sensational authority, speed and endurance"
-Allan Ulrich, SF Gate
"I love working with this man; it's like warp-speed, frictionless thinking."
-Frey Faust, Author & Founder of The Axis Syllabus
"One of the most able bodied and able minded dancers I know. His classes are full of exuberance."
-Nuria Bowart, dance teacher and Rolfer
"amazing"
-Nigel Lythgoe, So You Think You Can Dance