La Boheme Mission Statement  

La Boheme is Santa Barbara's #1 COMMUNITY Dance Group! Winning multiple awards in 2016, 2017, and 2018! We are a fun, supportive, non-competitive community of dancers with varying levels of background and experience, with a focus on performance and collaboration. Our goal is to Support our Community and spread the joy of dance, creativity and artistic expression to dancers and audience alike -- and to create a fun and intriguing vibe wherever and whenever we perform. Oh, and we love costumes, too!

Our History

La Boheme was started by Teresa Kuskey Nowak at the request of several dancers who were excited to come together to perform in the 2014 Santa Barbara Solstice Parade. She quickly rallied a group of dancers to support her in key positions. Teresa has always wanted to start her own Dance Group and the Solstice parade came at the right time.  She even had the La Boheme name picked out!  The Solstice Parade was a big success!  Before we knew it we were doing Fiesta and the French Festival! Teresa seeing her vision come alive renamed La Boheme to the La Boheme professional Dance Group. Again knowing to have a successful company she needed to be surrounded by the best and in the Spring of 2015, La Boheme's Board of Directors was formed.  We have basically been performing and growing since that first Solstice Parade in 2014, with no end in sight!  Our love of dance and community outreach continues to push us forward into new and exciting ventures!    La Boheme today is now the #1 Community Dance Group in Santa Barbara and some say, "The World"! :) They have been described as the, "Wow" factor!  "When La Boheme enters the room the level of excitement goes up."  We are pleased and grateful for our success!  We THANK our wonderful Board, and our wonderful dancers!

Leadership Positions of La Boheme:

President/Director - Teresa Kuskey

Vice President - Karen Lehman

Vice President of Marketing - Susie Subject

Vice President of Communications - Gretchen Graham

Secretary - Judith Smith Meyer

Treasurer - Mary Stark

Santa Barbara's Favorite Dance Group and Winner of Multiple Honors and Awards

Awards and Honors -
2018 Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade - Best Dance Group
2018 Santa Barbara Independent Best Dance Group - WINNER
2017 Santa Barbara LOCAL HERO Award to La Boheme Director, Teresa Kuskey Nowak
2017 Santa Barbara Independent Best Dance Group - WINNER
2016 Santa Barbara Independent Best Dance Group - Finalist
2016 Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade - Best Dance Group