slow dark dances is a durational dance and film installation that seeks to uncolonize the “invisible” whiteness of museum spaces. Building on the legacies of black joy as a form of resistance, slow dark dances is an insurrection of quietude, rebellion as slow sway, and deep listening between black bodies as a reparative act. film by alexa burrell featuring an all-star all black-cast: karah abiog, styles alexander, alexander diaz, shareen deryan, josh francique, zaria jackson, audrey johnson, gregory king, nyah malone, eva…

The professional dancers of RMK will perform a world premiere for the company’s intergenerational educational program, Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, and the general public. This new piece is created and inspired by the work the company has done with elementary schoolers, middle schoolers, high schoolers, and elders throughout the past year. Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies educational workshops facilitate exploration and creativity among students of all levels to help them foster a connection to their authentic selves and their community. Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies…

An evening-length solo show incorporating dance, theater, story-telling, and a generous dash of the absurd to explore the trials and tribulations of love, and the promise and pitfalls of self-help culture. Created and performed by Molly Rose-Williams.

The professional dancers of RMK will perform a world premiere for the company’s intergenerational educational program, Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies, and the general public. This new piece is created and inspired by the work the company has done with elementary schoolers, middle schoolers, high schoolers, and elders throughout the past year. Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies educational workshops facilitate exploration and creativity among students of all levels to help them foster a connection to their authentic selves and their community. Bootstraps: Lyric Legacies…

Ms. Tachíria Flamenco is a world renowned flamenco dancer and percussionist who performs in large theatres, with operas, symphonies, in commercials and films. Her company is also an exquisite array of world class artists with dancers, musicians, singers. They all come together to light up the stage in these intimate shows, with complex percussive rhythms, unforgettable melodies, impeccable movements and overall mesmerizing performances.

An evening-length solo show incorporating dance, theater, story-telling, and a generous dash of the absurd to explore the trials and tribulations of love, and the promise and pitfalls of self-help culture. Created and performed by Molly Rose-Williams.

A suite of dances set to Mozart's "Gran Partita" exploring themes of love, loss, and joyous remembrance. Rounding out the program is a restaging of the pandemic piece Seasons of Distance, originally conceived as a site-specific outdoor work and newly envisioned with immersive projections of nature imagery.

Experience stories that tell of an oath to repay a miracle, a traditional wedding, the worldwide famous Day of the Dead, and more. Ritos y Costumbres features dances from Veracruz (three debut suites set by Resident Artist Angel Ciro Silvestre García), Sinaloa (a debut suite set by guest maestro Yahir Padilla), Nuevo León (two suites set by guest artist maestro Jaime Guerrero Hernández), and Michoacán (a debut master suite set by Resident Artist José Felipe Martínez Baez). Los Lupeños is…

slow dark dances is a durational dance and film installation that seeks to uncolonize the “invisible” whiteness of museum spaces. Building on the legacies of black joy as a form of resistance, slow dark dances is an insurrection of quietude, rebellion as slow sway, and deep listening between black bodies as a reparative act. film by alexa burrell featuring an all-star all black-cast: karah abiog, styles alexander, alexander diaz, shareen deryan, josh francique, zaria jackson, audrey johnson, gregory king, nyah malone, eva…

Experience stories that tell of an oath to repay a miracle, a traditional wedding, the worldwide famous Day of the Dead, and more. Ritos y Costumbres features dances from Veracruz (three debut suites set by Resident Artist Angel Ciro Silvestre García), Sinaloa (a debut suite set by guest maestro Yahir Padilla), Nuevo León (two suites set by guest artist maestro Jaime Guerrero Hernández), and Michoacán (a debut master suite set by Resident Artist José Felipe Martínez Baez). Los Lupeños is…

An evening-length solo show incorporating dance, theater, story-telling, and a generous dash of the absurd to explore the trials and tribulations of love, and the promise and pitfalls of self-help culture. Created and performed by Molly Rose-Williams.

Dance, cheer, and sing during the holiday season on The Row. Enjoy guest performances by local community groups and schools including excerpts from The Nutcracker too. Spirit of The Row performances take place in Santana Row Park in front of the holiday tree. Plus, grab a to-go wine or hot apple cider from Vintage Wine Bar to enjoy while watching the show. 2022 Dates + Lineup: Tue, Nov 29 – Featuring excerpts from The Nutcracker from the talented San Jose…

The 2022 CounterPulse Performing Diaspora program presents Try, Hye! by Vera Hannush/VERA! and Dwelling for Unsettling by Unsettled/Soiled Group. In Try, Hye!, Armenian drag king VERA! explores their complicated lineage by learning from their queer SouthWest Asian and North African (SWANA) diasporic dance teachers. Dance, drag, theater, performance, comedy, and art as healing. Part immersive theater and part community gathering, Dwelling for Unsettling interrogates and resists the entanglement of the diasporic and the settler colonial for Asian diasporic communities on Turtle Island. Drawing from archival studies, family…

Stanford Live has joined an international consortium to commission the latest creation by groundbreaking Greek director, choreographer, and visual artist Dimitris Papaioannou, whose work ranges from experimental theater to the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. A true master of visual spectacle, his epic, evening-length works combine movement, music, and elaborate stage imagery in enigmatic but powerfully moving ways. Taking inspiration from the natural behavior of moths to seek light, Transverse Orientation follows the human compulsion to…

Nava Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies which uses the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam and experimental movement to examine the labor of South Asian immigrant women who came to the US after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Inspired by the oral histories of Indian nurses who immigrated to the US due to labor shortages, Artistic Director Nadhi Thekkek and her collaborators, including composers Roopa Mahadevan and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, explore the heavy and…

The 2022 CounterPulse Performing Diaspora program presents Try, Hye! by Vera Hannush/VERA! and Dwelling for Unsettling by Unsettled/Soiled Group. In Try, Hye!, Armenian drag king VERA! explores their complicated lineage by learning from their queer SouthWest Asian and North African (SWANA) diasporic dance teachers. Dance, drag, theater, performance, comedy, and art as healing. Part immersive theater and part community gathering, Dwelling for Unsettling interrogates and resists the entanglement of the diasporic and the settler colonial for Asian diasporic communities on Turtle Island. Drawing from archival studies, family…

An evening of dance works choreographed by the faculty and advanced students of Laney College's Department of Dance. The advanced students have worked all semester to produce these final pieces. Faculty have trained students in their choreography in a variety of styles including modern, jazz, Haitian, ballet, and West African.

slow dark dances is a durational dance and film installation that seeks to uncolonize the “invisible” whiteness of museum spaces. Building on the legacies of black joy as a form of resistance, slow dark dances is an insurrection of quietude, rebellion as slow sway, and deep listening between black bodies as a reparative act. film by alexa burrell featuring an all-star all black-cast: karah abiog, styles alexander, alexander diaz, shareen deryan, josh francique, zaria jackson, audrey johnson, gregory king, nyah malone, eva…