Events
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Movement-Based Devising: From Gesture to Story
Detour
This movement-based workshop is designed for performers, dancers, and physical storytellers interested in using the body as the primary tool for devising new work. Drawing from Lecoq, mime, dance, and theater, participants will engage in movement research, group play, and solo explorations to develop physical narratives. Through structured exercises, we’ll explore: How to make bold, […]
JAD Experience presents ANIMALIS
JAD Experience
JAD Experience proudly presents ANIMALIS, the twelfth installment of its immersive, multisensory experience taking place over two weekends, July 11–13 and 18–20. Set atop the rolling terrain of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma with sweeping views of surrounding hills, the open-air performance and dining venture draws thematic inspiration from George Orwell's Animal Farm.
GET FREE Festival
Embodiment Project
A weekend-long celebration of street dance featuring performances, films, experimental battle, party and workshop! GET FREE is a Hip Hop Dance Festival rooted in the artistry of freestyling, battling, and healing through community practices. Attendees will be able to experience a film showing, performance showcase, experimental battle, workshop, and dance party featuring fierce dance artists […]
Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love
dNaga
dNaga offers an evening of dance and poetry paired with bites and beverages to match the exploration of grief, fury, grace, and love. Celebrating its 24th year, Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening choreographed by Claudine Naganuma and devised in collaboration with dancers Lihong Chan, Mana Hayakawa, Catalina Jackson-Urueña, Erin Landers, Leila […]
2025 World Arts West Dance Festival
World Arts West
The 2025 World Arts West Dance Festival will focus on the theme “Dance as Health and Healing,” exploring what constitutes a healthy community. It aims to showcase dance and art forms rooted in cultural traditions, including sacred, social, and contemporary. The festival features movement workshops, artist dialogues, and new activities like Hawaiian lei making, Kalimba music […]
TAMASHA: An Extravaganza of Desi Fusion
Stanford Live
TAMASHA: An Extravaganza of Desi Fusion is an evening-long program that highlights both emerging and established voices from South Asia. Headlined by Grammy-nominated headliner Raja Kumari, known for blending Indian classical music with hip-hop and collaborations with Iggy Azalea, Divine, and John Legend. The July 12 event begins at 5PM with DJ Vani Dewan, followed […]
JAD Experience presents ANIMALIS
JAD Experience
JAD Experience proudly presents ANIMALIS, the twelfth installment of its immersive, multisensory experience taking place over two weekends, July 11–13 and 18–20. Set atop the rolling terrain of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma with sweeping views of surrounding hills, the open-air performance and dining venture draws thematic inspiration from George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love
dNaga
dNaga offers an evening of dance and poetry paired with bites and beverages to match the exploration of grief, fury, grace, and love. Celebrating its 24th year, Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening choreographed by Claudine Naganuma and devised in collaboration with dancers Lihong Chan, Mana Hayakawa, Catalina Jackson-Urueña, Erin Landers, Leila […]
GET FREE Festival
Embodiment Project
A weekend-long celebration of street dance featuring performances, films, experimental battle, party and workshop! GET FREE is a Hip Hop Dance Festival rooted in the artistry of freestyling, battling, and healing through community practices. Attendees will be able to experience a film showing, performance showcase, experimental battle, workshop, and dance party featuring fierce dance artists […]
Philippine Dance: Sagayan Workshop with Jon Mercado
Pangalay Circle
Pangalay Circle centers around workshops and in-person dance circles. We hope to connect community members with seasoned practitioners who specialize in Pangalay dances and other Philippine dance forms. This July we have our dear friend, Jon Mercado sharing Sagayan on July 13th from 11am-1pm. Really exciting to see others learn more about one of Maguindanaos […]
Making Marks, Leaving Traces
The Berkeley Alembic
This accessible, nourishing and body-positive movement experience invites participants to investigate the relationship between movement, drawing, and writing. We will traverse and translate across page and ground, using embodied prompts to discover new pathways of creative flow and expression. The workshop will follow a loose structure including an opening meditation, a guided warm-up, structured exploratory […]
GET FREE Festival
Embodiment Project
A weekend-long celebration of street dance featuring performances, films, experimental battle, party and workshop! GET FREE is a Hip Hop Dance Festival rooted in the artistry of freestyling, battling, and healing through community practices. Attendees will be able to experience a film showing, performance showcase, experimental battle, workshop, and dance party featuring fierce dance artists […]
2025 World Arts West Dance Festival
World Arts West
The 2025 World Arts West Dance Festival will focus on the theme “Dance as Health and Healing,” exploring what constitutes a healthy community. It aims to showcase dance and art forms rooted in cultural traditions, including sacred, social, and contemporary. The festival features movement workshops, artist dialogues, and new activities like Hawaiian lei making, Kalimba music […]
Filipino Folk Dance
MPWRD Artists Collective
Join MPWRD Collective for vibrant Filipino Folk Dance classes that celebrate culture, community, and movement. Explore traditional dances like Tinikling, Pandanggo sa Ilaw, and more, while learning the history and meaning behind each step. Whether you're a beginner or experienced dancer, these classes offer an inclusive space to connect with Filipino heritage, build confidence, and […]
Summer Balinese Dance Series
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Join Gamelan Sekar Jaya member and teacher, Casey Lee, for a 4-week series in Beginning Balinese dance basics in female style. All genders, bodies, and people are welcome in this class. Class is sliding scale and NOTAFLOF. Suggested donation is $60 for the series and $15 for a drop in. Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s mission is […]
JAD Experience presents ANIMALIS
JAD Experience
JAD Experience proudly presents ANIMALIS, the twelfth installment of its immersive, multisensory experience taking place over two weekends, July 11–13 and 18–20. Set atop the rolling terrain of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma with sweeping views of surrounding hills, the open-air performance and dining venture draws thematic inspiration from George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Summer Dance Camp from Luna Dance & Creativity
Luna Dance & Creativity
What better way to spend the summer than to keep on dancing? This year we are having 4 weeks of camp for kids of all ages! Your child will enjoy a fun, artistic, and meaningful summer learning experience filled with creative dance classes, visual art activities, and outdoor discoveries at the park. Older kids and […]
Enlivening the Heart: Re-Connecting with Joy & Community through Dance – A Technique, Repertory and Creative Practice Workshop
ODC School
Choreographers Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton return to ODC this summer to offer "Enlivening the Heart: Re-Connecting with Joy & Community through Dance" - a dynamic workshop for int/adv dancers, incorporating daily technique, repertory, creative process and group dialogue. This one week intensive will encourage us to awaken our hearts to the inherent states of joy, […]
Summer Butoh Dance Classes
MPOWERDANCE PROJECT
Explore Butoh dance movement, group connection, improvisation, and, choreography for Water Shapes Rock. Registration required, Click here for Eventbrite link. Move with your creative body to learn ghost body Qi for the vagal system; ground with Butoh dance walks, stumbles, skips, balances; learn soft rolls to floor/to stand; use vocals; use the walls for inversions. Dance […]
Kathak Summer Program
Noorani Dance
Keep dancing with us throughout the summer! Noorani Dance offers Summer Programs for teens and adults. All levels are welcome! Sign up for a 4-week session, Wednesdays, From July 9th to July 30th. Link for more info: https://nooranidance.com/noorani-dance-school
Summer Sampler
ODC/Dance
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience world premieres from KT Nelson and Mia J. Chong, along with critically acclaimed, "especially thrilling," 10,000 Steps: A Dance About Its Own Making by Guest Choreographer Catherine Galasso.
JAD Experience presents ANIMALIS
JAD Experience
JAD Experience proudly presents ANIMALIS, the twelfth installment of its immersive, multisensory experience taking place over two weekends, July 11–13 and 18–20. Set atop the rolling terrain of Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma with sweeping views of surrounding hills, the open-air performance and dining venture draws thematic inspiration from George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Free Beginning Breaking Class with Bodies of Empowerment!
Bodies of Empowerment
Beginning Breaking with Dionte Als-Jackson Friday July 18, 6:30 to 8:00pm at the Joe Goode Annex, SF In this all levels Beginning Breaking class, we'll be going over the basics and foundation of Breaking. By the end of class, you'll be able to perform full sets/routines using the Elements of Breaking! Bodies of Empowerment (BOE) […]
Summer Sampler
ODC/Dance
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience world premieres from KT Nelson and Mia J. Chong, along with critically acclaimed, "especially thrilling," 10,000 Steps: A Dance About Its Own Making by Guest Choreographer Catherine Galasso.
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest, a two-weekend festival of site-specific work, includes modern dance by Jocelyn Reyes, the queer bachata and salsa moves of In Lak’ech, Charya Burt’s Cambodian dance, Kyle Limin’s contemporary hip hop, Erin Yen’s dragons dance and the interdisciplinary South Asian drag of SNJV. PUSH Dance, choreographed by Ashley Gayle, and David Herrera […]
