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YBG ChoreoFest

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day Two)

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 760 Howard Street, San Francisco, United States

A two-weekend free dance festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. Programmed by RAWdance for its first five years, YBG ChoreoFest opens a new chapter co-curated by David Herrera Performance Company (Artistic Director David Herrera) and PUSH Dance Company (Artistic Director […]

Free
Seated man with glasses and arms spread out, Behind them stands two women wearing lilac dresses with their arms spread out tilting in opposite directions.
Event Series Petals and Wings

dNaga: Petals and Wings

Virtual Zoom

Dance for PD, Oakland and Brooklyn members perform at this year's World Parkinson's Congress. Join us for this virtual showing of dNaga's latest dance films. Click here to reserve your spot and receive a zoom link.

Free
Outdoor performance with Indian dancers on stage handing flowers to audience members on the floor.
Event Series Mosaic Festival Silicon Valley 2023

Mosaic Festival Silicon Valley 2023

School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA, United States

Celebrate the American mosaic of cultures at the third annual Mosaic Festival. This destination event is a journey that welcomes each of us to honor our unique history while also co-creating a vision of our shared future of belonging, healing, and harmony. Presented by Mosaic America, in partnership with the School of Arts & Culture […]

Free
Poster that says Rooted Foundation USA presents One Step Closer Koncerts in San Jose by Surya Ravi on Sept 30th at 3:30pm at Starting Arts. A quote from Surya says, Bharatanatyam allows us to engage, as a community, with another perspective on art and dance, to experience the richness of human expression and further nurture artistic exploration and creativity. Photo of dancer, Surya Ravi in deep yellow and dark purple Indian Classical dance attire and jewelry looking down shyly.
Event Series One Step Closer Koncert

RootEd Foundation: One Step Closer Koncert

Starting Arts 525 Parrott St, San Jose, United States

Experience the magic of Bharatanatyam, a theatrical dance style from South India, in a narrative performance format in which the dancer, Surya Ravi, will present a selection of pieces from traditional repertoire while also doubling up as the Sutradhar, the narrator, who will hold the thread to walk you through all aspects of the performance […]

$30
Five trans, queer, and gender-expansive Sean Dorsey Dance dancers wearing long blue and silver strapless gowns dance in a circle on stage. From the left of the circle, Héctor, Nol, Sean, David, and Brandon extend their arms out with gorgeous grace as they twirl across the stage.
Event Series Sean Dorsey Dance: The Lost Art of Dreaming

Sean Dorsey Dance: The Lost Art of Dreaming

Z Space 450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Don’t miss the return of Sean Dorsey Dance’s The Lost Art of Dreaming – in San Francisco for 3 performances only as part of a 10-city international tour. The Lost Art Of Dreaming invites us to reconnect with longing, embrace expansive imagination, connect with joy and pleasure, and propel ourselves toward loving Futures. This powerful […]

Chitresh Das Dance dancer Shruti Pai standing in a blue dress and pants with gold details with one arm across her body and the other raised up performing in Invoking the Rive
Event Series Chitresh Das Institute: Invoking the River & 13 Matra

Chitresh Das Institute: Invoking the River & 13 Matra

ODC Theater 3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Chitresh Das Institute announces an evening of new work of kathak dance by Artistic Director Charlotte Moraga, featuring the World Premiere of 13 Matra, an exciting and dynamic dance based on the tarana, a form of high paced classical Indian vocal music, and Moraga’s 2022 work, Invoking the River, a deeply moving collaboration of dance, […]

$25 – $50
Dancers in a home performed in multiple locations
Event Series Lizz Roman & Dancers: Sunset Dances III

SOLD OUT! – Lizz Roman & Dancers: Sunset Dances III

2050 47th Ave Ocean Beach SF between Pacheco St and Quintara St 2050 47th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

Lizz Roman & Dancers perform a new site specific journey entitled Sunset Dances III, engaging the architecture of a two story home in San Francisco's Outer Sunset with performance, music and film. Performed in multiple locations simultaneously with viewers at each location, offering audiences an immersive site experience from different perspectives. Roman’s dancers bring forth an […]

$40
A dancer wearing glow in the dark calavera makeup and a vibrant blue dress dances ballet folklórico by moving their skirt in a circular pattern with both hands.
Event Series Ballet Nepantla’s Mística

Ballet Nepantla: Mística

Brava Theater Center 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Mística tells stories of the ancients through new choreographic renditions of El Venado, Viejitos, and other traditional favorites. New stories also emerge, performed in black light, as the dead come to life in celebratory fashion. Ballet Nepantla’s choreography employs a fusion style of storytelling, where Mexican folklórico, classical ballet, and contemporary dance come together to create […]

$22 – $32

Seated man with glasses and arms spread out, Behind them stands two women wearing lilac dresses with their arms spread out tilting in opposite directions.
Event Series Petals and Wings

dNaga: Petals and Wings

Virtual Zoom

Dance for PD, Oakland and Brooklyn members perform at this year's World Parkinson's Congress. Join us for this virtual showing of dNaga's latest dance films. Click here to reserve your spot and receive a zoom link.

Free
Five trans, queer, and gender-expansive Sean Dorsey Dance dancers wearing long blue and silver strapless gowns dance in a circle on stage. From the left of the circle, Héctor, Nol, Sean, David, and Brandon extend their arms out with gorgeous grace as they twirl across the stage.
Event Series Sean Dorsey Dance: The Lost Art of Dreaming

Sean Dorsey Dance: The Lost Art of Dreaming

Z Space 450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Don’t miss the return of Sean Dorsey Dance’s The Lost Art of Dreaming – in San Francisco for 3 performances only as part of a 10-city international tour. The Lost Art Of Dreaming invites us to reconnect with longing, embrace expansive imagination, connect with joy and pleasure, and propel ourselves toward loving Futures. This powerful […]

Outdoor performance with Indian dancers on stage handing flowers to audience members on the floor.
Event Series Mosaic Festival Silicon Valley 2023

Mosaic Festival Silicon Valley 2023

School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA, United States

Celebrate the American mosaic of cultures at the third annual Mosaic Festival. This destination event is a journey that welcomes each of us to honor our unique history while also co-creating a vision of our shared future of belonging, healing, and harmony. Presented by Mosaic America, in partnership with the School of Arts & Culture […]

Free
Chitresh Das Dance dancer Shruti Pai standing in a blue dress and pants with gold details with one arm across her body and the other raised up performing in Invoking the Rive
Event Series Chitresh Das Institute: Invoking the River & 13 Matra

Chitresh Das Institute: Invoking the River & 13 Matra

ODC Theater 3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Chitresh Das Institute announces an evening of new work of kathak dance by Artistic Director Charlotte Moraga, featuring the World Premiere of 13 Matra, an exciting and dynamic dance based on the tarana, a form of high paced classical Indian vocal music, and Moraga’s 2022 work, Invoking the River, a deeply moving collaboration of dance, […]

$25 – $50
Two dancers sit on a gray marley floor. A woman in a peach dress and pointe shoes sits behind a man in black pants and shoes with her arms wrapped around his torso.

San Francisco Dance Film Festival: Flower

Brava Theater Center 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Flower is a short episodic film series starring world-renowned ballerina and trailblazer Misty Copeland that tells a powerful story through dance and movement. This film, produced by Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz of Life in Motion Productions, shines a light on intergenerational equity, caretaking and the housing crisis in the Bay Area. Set in Oakland, California, […]

$30 – $75
Dancers in a home performed in multiple locations
Event Series Lizz Roman & Dancers: Sunset Dances III

SOLD OUT! – Lizz Roman & Dancers: Sunset Dances III

2050 47th Ave Ocean Beach SF between Pacheco St and Quintara St 2050 47th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

Lizz Roman & Dancers perform a new site specific journey entitled Sunset Dances III, engaging the architecture of a two story home in San Francisco's Outer Sunset with performance, music and film. Performed in multiple locations simultaneously with viewers at each location, offering audiences an immersive site experience from different perspectives. Roman’s dancers bring forth an […]

$40
A woman with dark skin is captured in a half body frame sitting in a chair with a blue backdrop behind them. She is wearing a loose yellow jumpsuit and her face is covered with smoke.

San Francisco Dance Film Festival: Experimental Films

Catharine Clark Gallery 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Experience the expansive power of imagination and remarkable creative drive in this collection of short experimental screendance works. Through unflinching engagement with inequity, authoritarian delusions, and the climate crisis, filmmakers discover paths to healing and liberation through artistic inspiration and embodied expression that push dance to a higher plane of possibility and meaning. Program Sponsor: […]

$25
A group of eight performers dressed in colorful costumes surround the camera. One performer in a black shirt holds a film slate. A performer in a long sleeved blue shirt and khaki vest carries a performer in a pink shirt and beige trousers holding a camera. An orange stripe appears at the top of the frame with the words Narrative Shorts in small typeface.

San Francisco Dance Film Festival: Narrative Shorts

ODC Theater 3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Get lost in storytelling with this seamless fusion of dance, dialogue, acting and cinematography. In this selection of six short narrative films, the universal language of dance colors a diverse array of scenes, atmospheres, and characters—each in under 15 minutes. Journey from a whimsical film set to a futuristic digital dystopia and delve deeply into […]

$15
A group of men with one highlighted in the foreground look just outside of the camera's frame to the right. They are wearing blue shirts with white undershirts, two are wearing orange fleece-lined jackets. A light blue stripe appears at the top of the frame with the words Dancing in A-Yard in thin type face.

San Francisco Dance Film Festival: Dancing in A-Yard

ODC Dance Commons 351 Shotwell St., San Francisco, United States

“Dancing in A-Yard” is an intimate look into the lives of ten men in a rehabilitative dance program in Los Angeles County’s California State Prison at Lancaster. By dancing and telling their stories together, these men and their instructor challenge toxic masculinity, confront stigmas faced by incarcerated people, and break the taboo against dancing behind […]

$15 – $25
A female dancer performs in a dimly lit stage. Overlaid is a graphic containing information for the Flow Exhibition & Performance (upper left), October 6th-14th (middle right), by Conni McKenzie (lower left).
Event Series Conni McKenzie: Flow Exhibition & Performance

Conni McKenzie: Flow Exhibition & Performance

Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio 2381 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

This unique performance takes place amidst an immersive exhibit featuring nature-inspired visuals, meditative soundscapes, and serene reflection areas. Discover an immersive journey that explores the art of finding and maintaining flow in daily life and in relation to natural bodies of water from the perspective of Black women.

$15 – $50
A young white woman with bright red hair hangs from a hoop while holding a miniature bed, her knees tucked under her chest.
Event Series Flyaway Productions: If I Give You My Sorrows

Flyaway Productions: If I Give You My Sorrows

Project Artaud's Space 124 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Presented in partnership with Empowerment Avenue and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Flyaway’s newest project advances the company’s multi-year exploration of the experiences of people impacted by incarceration. Flyaway Artistic Director Jo Kreiter conceived If I Give You My Sorrows as an extension of The Decarceration Trilogy, which exposed the devastating effects of […]

Free – $35
October 6th and 7th
Event Series sjDANCEco: Ablaze

sjDANCEco: Ablaze

California Theatre San Jose 345 S 1st Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Blazing forward into our next 20 years with company choreographers Maria Basile and Nhan Ho and guest choreographers Kara Davis, Rogelio Lopez and Cathleen McCarthy. Join us for an evening of exquisitely inspired dance and live music with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra.

$25 – $100
Poster with black background and brown and texts, logos of presenters and funders featuring a warrior in red attire and feathered headpiece.
Event Series Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas: Paglinang

Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas: Paglinang

Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA 700 Howard Street (at Third), San Francisco, CA, United States

Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas present Paglinang Paglinang is a Tagalog term that refers to “cultivation” and “development:” a reflection of our ongoing research and engagement with Filipino Indigenous Communities, as well as our efforts in building relationships; nurturing communities, culture bearers, artists, and leaders; and growing alongside them all. Co-organized/choreographed by our talented and innovative […]

$25 – $45
A female dancer performs in a dimly lit stage. Overlaid is a graphic containing information for the Flow Exhibition & Performance (upper left), October 6th-14th (middle right), by Conni McKenzie (lower left).
Event Series Conni McKenzie: Flow Exhibition & Performance

Conni McKenzie: Flow Exhibition & Performance

Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio 2381 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

This unique performance takes place amidst an immersive exhibit featuring nature-inspired visuals, meditative soundscapes, and serene reflection areas. Discover an immersive journey that explores the art of finding and maintaining flow in daily life and in relation to natural bodies of water from the perspective of Black women.

$15 – $50
Poster with black background and brown and texts, logos of presenters and funders featuring a warrior in red attire and feathered headpiece.
Event Series Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas: Paglinang

Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas: Paglinang

Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA 700 Howard Street (at Third), San Francisco, CA, United States

Parangal and SOMA Pilipinas present Paglinang Paglinang is a Tagalog term that refers to “cultivation” and “development:” a reflection of our ongoing research and engagement with Filipino Indigenous Communities, as well as our efforts in building relationships; nurturing communities, culture bearers, artists, and leaders; and growing alongside them all. Co-organized/choreographed by our talented and innovative […]

$25 – $45
A young white woman with bright red hair hangs from a hoop while holding a miniature bed, her knees tucked under her chest.
Event Series Flyaway Productions: If I Give You My Sorrows

Flyaway Productions: If I Give You My Sorrows

Project Artaud's Space 124 401 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Presented in partnership with Empowerment Avenue and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Flyaway’s newest project advances the company’s multi-year exploration of the experiences of people impacted by incarceration. Flyaway Artistic Director Jo Kreiter conceived If I Give You My Sorrows as an extension of The Decarceration Trilogy, which exposed the devastating effects of […]

Free – $35
Sankai Juku performs at Stanford Live

Sankai Juku: KŌSA – Between Two Mirrors

Stanford Memorial Auditorium 551 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

The world-renowned Butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku is known for their elegance, refinement, and emotional depth. Directed, choreographed, and designed by Ushio Amagatsu, the group’s founder, KŌSA - Between Two Mirrors is a meditation on the anxieties acutely felt by many in the past few years. With KŌSA, excerpts of Amagatsu’s previous masterpieces come together […]

$35 – $95