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State of Play Presents: Laila J. Franklin: BABYBABYBABY
ODC Theater
A dance about dances about love. Interested in the human impulse for connection, BABYBABYBABY (2024) (West Coast Premiere) taps into feelings of budding romance, when falling in love is silly and fast and sexy and devastating and you are brilliant and stupid and spellbound. It calls into question the role of sincerity, earnestness and truthfulness […]
State of Play Presents: Dragons Dance/Erin Yen & Johnny Huy Nguyễn
ODC Theater
Nervous (World Premiere) is a new dance work by Dragons Dance/Erin Yen exploring human interconnectivity and the nervous system’s role in dissociation from the modern world. Created in collaboration with a practicing neurologist and the dancers. How do you burn? Reclaiming fire as a regenerative force for rebirth, BURN (Work In Progress) envisions dance as […]
State of Play Presents: Babatunji: F
ODC Theater
In their new duet, Babatunji and Hadassah Perry work together to create F (Work In Progress), a query of what can come from the quest for freedom. The subjectivity of freedom in America is inescapable. “Freedom” is now synonymous with homogeneity and bigotry, a freedom to hate. F reimagines freedom through experiences of love, frivolity, imagination, and tenderness. What happens when we give […]
State of Play Presents: Laila J. Franklin: BABYBABYBABY
ODC Theater
A dance about dances about love. Interested in the human impulse for connection, BABYBABYBABY (2024) (West Coast Premiere) taps into feelings of budding romance, when falling in love is silly and fast and sexy and devastating and you are brilliant and stupid and spellbound. It calls into question the role of sincerity, earnestness and truthfulness […]
State of Play Presents: gizeh muñiz – Molino for Levitation
ODC Theater
gizeh is a movement, teaching, and performing artist currently co-existing in Ohlone territory. They are dedicated to the study of being a breathing body through movement and stillness. Through their work, they create spaces that allow them to play and divest from concepts of linearity in a creative process, with the intention of practicing freedom. […]
State of Play Presents: Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt: What the Hell Happened in San Francisco?
ODC Theater
What the Hell Happened in San Francisco? (Bay Area Premiere)(2024) is an evening-length work of dance-theater wrestling with idealism, dreams, and disillusionment. Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt met in 2008 in San Francisco while trying to “make it” as contemporary dance artists. They burned that dream bright and fast, living and dancing together for several […]
State of Play Presents: Khala Brannigan: Maura
ODC Theater
Maura (Work In Progress) is a deeply personal psychological thriller and horror work that draws from lived experience and ancestral Native American storytelling connected to choreographer Khala Brannigan’s lineage. Growing up with the knowledge that she has a deceased sister, Brannigan carried an uncanny sense of her presence—questioning whether she heard her speaking or whether Brannigan herself […]
State of Play Presents: Leslie Cuyjet: Blur
ODC Theater
Blur (West Coast Premiere), a solo performance by choreographer Leslie Cuyjet, experiments with visibility and invisibility, and the relationship between performer, audience, and object. Viewers are invited to navigate a choreographic and phonetic landscape through the lens of race and objectification. Written and performed by Cuyjet, Brandon Wolcott’s sound design manipulates text informed by personal […]
State of Play Presents: Leslie Cuyjet: Blur
ODC Theater
Blur (West Coast Premiere), a solo performance by choreographer Leslie Cuyjet, experiments with visibility and invisibility, and the relationship between performer, audience, and object. Viewers are invited to navigate a choreographic and phonetic landscape through the lens of race and objectification. Written and performed by Cuyjet, Brandon Wolcott’s sound design manipulates text informed by personal […]
State of Play Presents: seymour:dancecollective: vernacular
ODC Theater
vernacular is a new work by seymour:dancecollective that embodies theories of “linguistic relativity." The theory addresses whether the languages and cultures in which we are fluent affect the way we think. The collective investigates this question through written, verbal, and physical experiments in search of a shared dialogue with each other, our audience and our larger socio-political context(s).
State of Play Presents: Dragons Dance/Erin Yen & Johnny Huy Nguyễn
ODC Theater
Nervous (World Premiere) is a new dance work by Dragons Dance/Erin Yen exploring human interconnectivity and the nervous system’s role in dissociation from the modern world. Created in collaboration with a practicing neurologist and the dancers. How do you burn? Reclaiming fire as a regenerative force for rebirth, BURN (Work In Progress) envisions dance as […]
State of Play Presents: Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt: What the Hell Happened in San Francisco?
ODC Theater
What the Hell Happened in San Francisco? (Bay Area Premiere)(2024) is an evening-length work of dance-theater wrestling with idealism, dreams, and disillusionment. Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt met in 2008 in San Francisco while trying to “make it” as contemporary dance artists. They burned that dream bright and fast, living and dancing together for several […]
Weekly, Wine-Inspired Tap Classes!
Casey Tessier
Rooted in African American vernacular traditions, learn tap dance fundamentals and study jazz music in the structure of horizontal and vertical wine tasting methodologies Mondays in Oakland; blocks from the BART Coliseum station or free gated parking 7:00pm Intro Level, tap shoes/experience not required 8:00pm Open Level 9:00pm Free Community Jam (wine provided) Online class […]
World Arts West Dance Festival
World Arts West
Three powerful weekends of global movement and cultural celebration! World Arts West is proud to announce the return of their annual Dance Festival! Presented over three weekends in July, August & September, this year's theme is “Legacy of Liberation!” The festival will feature film screenings, artist dialogues, performances and community dance workshops across San Francisco—uplifting […]
Weekly, Wine-Inspired Tap Classes!
Casey Tessier
Rooted in African American vernacular traditions, learn tap dance fundamentals and study jazz music in the structure of horizontal and vertical wine tasting methodologies Mondays in Oakland; blocks from the BART Coliseum station or free gated parking 7:00pm Intro Level, tap shoes/experience not required 8:00pm Open Level 9:00pm Free Community Jam (wine provided) Online class […]
BANDALOOP x BLACK BENATAR present: THE HIGHER GROUND QUEER ARTS CABARET
BANDALOOP + Black Benatar
At 8pm, Higher Ground Queer Arts Cabaret takes over BANDALOOP Studios with queer and culturally rooted dance, drag, music and vertical performance featuring KAMBARA+, Embodiment Project, Ishami Dance Company, BODYSTORM, Black Benatar and BANDALOOP. Presented by BANDALOOP and Black Benatar as part of the OFF/WAA showcases during the Western Arts Alliance conference. Come at 7pm, […]
Marin Dance Festival
Inside Out Contemporary Ballet
MARIN DANCE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 3:00PM DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CA ANGELICO CONCERT HALL Announcing our 2026 festival choreographers! Deborah Slater, Contemporary Dance Babatunji Johnson & Charmaine Butcher, Contemporary Ballet Christina Johnson, Contemporary Ballet Charlotte Moraga, Kathak Casey Lee Thorne, Contemporary Ballet Carem Love, Bellydance Fernanda Cedeno, Latin Rhythms Marin Ballet Youth Company, Classical Ballet […]
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 ⚡️ […]
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 […]
Studio to Stage Workshop (SpARC Dance Festival)
ArcTangent Dance
Create a dance in just 3 hours and perform it on stage at SpARC Dance Festival! Arielle Cole and Katie Chapin will guide movers through a gentle somatic warm-up, creative prompts, and collaborative choreography to create a short piece together. Workshop takes place Sept. 26 at Montage Dance Studio in Santa Clara 4-7PM. The tech […]
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 […]
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.
Officers’ Ball
Folk Dance Federation of N. California
he Folk Dance Federation’s annual festival of folk dance with workshops, on-site dinner, dance party, and special attractions returns! The theme this year is “Dance Around the World.” Schedule Price Time (pm) Event 1:00 Doors open $25 1:30-5:30 Dance workshops $20 5:45-7:00 On-site dinner (by advance registration) $25 7:00-10:00 Evening celebration, dances from the workshop […]
Family Matters: A Next Gen Series
ODC Theater
A new, 1 hour Sunday-afternoon performance series to be offered free and designed to cultivate ODC’s next generation of arts patrons while providing accessible and joyful entry points into dance for families through direct access to artists and the creative process. Programming blends performance, participation, and “behind-the-scenes” insight. Sunday, October 4, 2026 @ 1:00pm - ODC Theater Home […]
Sunset Mid-Autumn Dance Festival
San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy
San Francisco Youth Ballet will host the inaugural Sunset Mid-Autumn Dance Festival on Oct. 4th, featuring performances by emerging Sunset-based choreographers, professional local artists, and the youth talent from the San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy and highlighting the wide range of cultural and artistic talents found on San Francisco's west side. The 70-min production showcases […]
