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HOW TO MAKE A PASSIVE DANCE: An Immersive Dance Performance by SanSan Kwan
SanSan Kwan
In an era marked by increasing political aggression, How to Make a Passive Dance poses a timely question: is there value in being passive? Asian Americans historically have had a fraught relationship with passivity, but might there be reason for us to reconsider qualities like deference or quietude? And how can dance – a medium […]
DAMgrown at Continental Club Oakland
DAM Events
DAM (dance.art.music) Events presents DAMgrown, an 18+ artistic experience for the grown and sexies Whether you are coming to enjoy the performances, shop the vendors, get a new tattoo, or just want to get your dance on - we invite creatives, art lovers and generally awesome people to come vibe it out with us ⚡️ […]
Beach Improv + Authentic Movement
Suzanne Beahrs
This class consists of two practices: Authentic Movement, moving/sensing with eyes closed while being witnessed, begun by Mary Starks Whitehouse to allow "the unconscious to express itself in movement.” Dance Improvisation, practicing movement concepts, expressing ourselves, and connecting with our senses + the elements outdoors. East Bay RSVP for location and important details. https://partiful.com/e/rFOgpQ7pYK81KO00ObFD?c=y8SBWYtP More […]
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Square Dances
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Several opportunities during the biggest Bay Area Old Time Festival of the year to bust loose and Square Dance! No experience needed, all dances taught. WEDS 9.16 Canote Brothers, Forty Drop Few Caller round robin - sign up here! SAT 9.19 Skillet Licorice, Justin Robinson & Aaron Cooper, Joseph Decosimo, Stephanie Coleman & friends Callers: Janine […]
HOW TO MAKE A PASSIVE DANCE: An Immersive Dance Performance by SanSan Kwan
SanSan Kwan
In an era marked by increasing political aggression, How to Make a Passive Dance poses a timely question: is there value in being passive? Asian Americans historically have had a fraught relationship with passivity, but might there be reason for us to reconsider qualities like deference or quietude? And how can dance – a medium […]
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention Square Dances
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Several opportunities during the biggest Bay Area Old Time Festival of the year to bust loose and Square Dance! No experience needed, all dances taught. WEDS 9.16 Canote Brothers, Forty Drop Few Caller round robin - sign up here! SAT 9.19 Skillet Licorice, Justin Robinson & Aaron Cooper, Joseph Decosimo, Stephanie Coleman & friends Callers: Janine […]
HOW TO MAKE A PASSIVE DANCE: An Immersive Dance Performance by SanSan Kwan
SanSan Kwan
In an era marked by increasing political aggression, How to Make a Passive Dance poses a timely question: is there value in being passive? Asian Americans historically have had a fraught relationship with passivity, but might there be reason for us to reconsider qualities like deference or quietude? And how can dance – a medium […]
SpARC Dance Festival 2026
ArcTangent Dance
SpARC Dance Festival is an annual South Bay festival dedicated to elevating the local dance community through connection, creativity, and visibility. On September 25th–27th at Mexican Heritage Plaza in San José, the festival showcases professional and emerging choreographers while inviting audiences of all ages for live performances, FREE dance classes, a Studio-to-Stage workshop, and local […]
ChoreoTALK: A virtual gathering for choreographers around the topic of self production
Tim Rubel Human Shakes
This conversation will bring choreographers and/or company representatives from the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City together to discuss the self production model and what its strengths and weaknesses are. We will brainstorm ways in which the arrangements for presenting our work with performance venues might steer away from "space rentals" and towards […]
SpARC Dance Festival 2026
ArcTangent Dance
SpARC Dance Festival is an annual South Bay festival dedicated to elevating the local dance community through connection, creativity, and visibility. On September 25th–27th at Mexican Heritage Plaza in San José, the festival showcases professional and emerging choreographers while inviting audiences of all ages for live performances, FREE dance classes, a Studio-to-Stage workshop, and local […]
rumblings: an evening of works in progress by Varsha Iyengar and Erin Yen
Dragons Dance
Two artists, two new projects, nothing finished yet - and that's the point. Varsha Iyengar and Erin Yen are both at the start of something new, and they're opening the studio door mid-process. Expect rough edges, live experiments, and a real peek behind the scenes. Stick around to hang out and talk with the artists. […]
African Arts Festival
Duniya Dance and Drum Company
The 6th African Arts Festival celebrates the glorious diversity and extraordinary creativity of the continent’s peoples. Co-presented by Duniya Dance and Drum Company and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, it’s a free, family-friendly celebration of live music and dance featuring Bay Area ensembles representing different regions of Africa and the African diaspora.
Hispanic Heritage Month with El Movimiento Nos Une — Movement Unites Us
ODC/Dance
El Movimiento Nos Une is a free dance event on Sunday, October 4, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at ODC Dance Commons. Curated by Monica Ascencio, the event celebrates culture, music, dance, and community across generations. Amazing teachers Cheo Gomez-Afro Colombian and Cassandra Villasenor- Bachata intermiate, plus percussion with Josue Santos.
PITCH (Part of The Dyke HERstory Dance Tour)
Sarah Bush Dance Project
Sarah Bush Dance Project presents PITCH, a new, site-specific dance theater work set on the softball field where five dancers embody Bay Area dyke ancestors reuniting as an all-star "ghost team," accompanied by an original live score by KKINGBOO and B. Dukes of 7000COILS. PITCH is the pilot performance of The Dyke HERstory Dance Tour […]
East Bay Square Dance
BACDS
Every third Friday of the month @ the Hillside Club, Berkeley Always live stringband music and skilled dance instruction. No experience needed. Accessible, inclusive, queer friendly, FUN!
Autumn Nights
Peninsula Ballet Arts
Join us for the first performance of Peninsula Ballet Arts! The first in the PBA Studio Series, Autumn Nights introduces a new series of intimate performances bringing audiences closer to PBA artists, new choreography, and repertory. Autumn Nights features PBA professional dancers and students, including the premiere of Autumn, the first work created for Peninsula […]
Beach Improv + Authentic Movement
Suzanne Beahrs
This class consists of two practices: Authentic Movement, moving/sensing with eyes closed while being witnessed, begun by Mary Starks Whitehouse to allow "the unconscious to express itself in movement.” Dance Improvisation, practicing movement concepts, expressing ourselves, and connecting with our senses + the elements outdoors. East Bay RSVP for location and important details. https://partiful.com/e/rFOgpQ7pYK81KO00ObFD?c=y8SBWYtP More […]
Autumn Nights
Peninsula Ballet Arts
Join us for the first performance of Peninsula Ballet Arts! The first in the PBA Studio Series, Autumn Nights introduces a new series of intimate performances bringing audiences closer to PBA artists, new choreography, and repertory. Autumn Nights features PBA professional dancers and students, including the premiere of Autumn, the first work created for Peninsula […]
Fall Hall Jam 2026
Sense Object
FALL HALL JAM 2026 This seasonal C.I. jam offers a full weekend of Contact Improvisation practice in community. Super teachers with special offers: BMC® with Cathie Caraker, Feldenkrais® with Kevin Dockery, skills deepening with Megan Lowe, and a mini Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) intensive with special guest Damaris Webb from Portland. Plus a big Underscore, […]
ArtPärdē Presents: Four in Focus
ArtParde
ArtPärdē unveils a fresh new format: Four in Focus, a showcase of contemporary dance and music by four established Bay Area artists. Co-hosted by Bethany Mitchell and Meghna Purkayastha, this iteration breaks from ArtPärdē’s traditional setup by placing movement and sound front and center across four performances split into two acts. There will be a short intermission […]
Fall Hall Jam 2026
Sense Object
FALL HALL JAM 2026 This seasonal C.I. jam offers a full weekend of Contact Improvisation practice in community. Super teachers with special offers: BMC® with Cathie Caraker, Feldenkrais® with Kevin Dockery, skills deepening with Megan Lowe, and a mini Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) intensive with special guest Damaris Webb from Portland. Plus a big Underscore, […]
ArtPärdē Presents: Four in Focus
ArtParde
ArtPärdē unveils a fresh new format: Four in Focus, a showcase of contemporary dance and music by four established Bay Area artists. Co-hosted by Bethany Mitchell and Meghna Purkayastha, this iteration breaks from ArtPärdē’s traditional setup by placing movement and sound front and center across four performances split into two acts. There will be a short intermission […]
Invisible Womb: Rebirth, a solo dance-theater work
Jetaun DeArman, LMFT
You may not have the words for it. Your body does. This solo dance-theater performance by psychotherapist and somatic artist Jetaun DeArman holds space for the stories women carry across a lifetime—from girlhood through menopause—that have never been given the space or choice to be seen. Some things live in the body long before they […]
Fall Hall Jam 2026
Sense Object
FALL HALL JAM 2026 This seasonal C.I. jam offers a full weekend of Contact Improvisation practice in community. Super teachers with special offers: BMC® with Cathie Caraker, Feldenkrais® with Kevin Dockery, skills deepening with Megan Lowe, and a mini Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) intensive with special guest Damaris Webb from Portland. Plus a big Underscore, […]
Invisible Womb: Rebirth, a solo dance-theater work
Jetaun DeArman, LMFT
You may not have the words for it. Your body does. This solo dance-theater performance by psychotherapist and somatic artist Jetaun DeArman holds space for the stories women carry across a lifetime—from girlhood through menopause—that have never been given the space or choice to be seen. Some things live in the body long before they […]
