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FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
Breakaway Open House 2026 – FREE Swing Dancing Lesson!
The Breakaway
The Breakaway is a swing dancing venue in Oakland. Join us on Thursday, September 24th for our annual FREE Open House at Lake Merritt Dance in Oakland! New to Lindy Hop? Make sure to get there by 7:30pm for a beginner class, no partner required, and no dance experience required! We'll teach you the basics […]
Free Modern Class with Bodies of Empowerment (BOE)
Bodies of Empowerment
Advanced Beginning Modern Technique Class with Nol Simonse Friday, September 25, from 6:30 to 8:00pm at the Joe Goode Annex in SF This class includes conditioning, standing technique, skill building, and phrasework, in a fun, judgement- free space. Bodies of Empowerment (BOE) is a free class program brought to you by Kristin Damrow & Company. […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion class at Noe Valley Town Square
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion invites you to join us for dance classes at Noe Valley Town Square in the heart of SF's Noe Valley neighborhood. For over 40 years, Rhythm & Motion has provided the joy, intensity and skill of dance to the public in welcoming atmospheres through its classes, events and community-minded programming. We are […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion class at Noe Valley Town Square
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
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 […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
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.
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
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 […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
Dance Day 2026
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Art, culture, a workout, a party and a communal celebration, Yerba Buena Gardens Dance Day is a portal to a joyous dance-filled world! Presented by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Rhythm & Motion, YBG Dance Day transforms the Gardens into an outdoor dance center where participants can sample dance in a variety of forms […]
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 […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
Modern Dance Across Generations
Jeanne-Marie Hughes
Move. Create. Connect. Build fitness, confidence, and dance skills in this newly forming intergenerational class. Learn movement sequences, explore dance, and create together. All experience and fitness levels welcome. Chairs available, and movements can be adapted to individual needs & goals. Good to Know: Free on-site parking. MUNI #44 stops across the street. The entrance […]
Ever Dance Fitness Launch Party – Dance for the Rooftops
Ever Dance Fitness
RSVP Here! https://partiful.com/e/X4rHaOhO7T06ICqLGZpA?c=0kCVJWZa We're celebrating the opening of Ever Dance Fitness's new studio! We'll be throwing our launch party from our new home at One Embarcadero Center on the 3rd floor rooftop. We will host a rooftop dance party from 6-7 pm. At 7, we’ll head to our new space for a studio reveal + […]
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Flyaway Productions
FREEDOM COMES WHEN ONE WALKS THROUGH IT is a dance-based public art project connecting public libraries—designed to freely nourish people and inspire belonging—with the institution of prison—designed for punishment, ostracization, and cruel indifference. It will juxtapose the best and worst of these two American institutions, exploring testimony from currently incarcerated women regarding their specific paths […]
Percupata Workshop with Maestro Sinuhé Padilla
La Mezcla
Join La Mezcla and Brava for a percussive dance workshop with Maestro Sinuhé Padilla! Percupata Workshop with Sinuhé Padilla Isunza | Sun, Oct 18, 1-3pm at Brava Theater The Percupata workshop is a playful, musical exploration incorporating rhythmic and melodic counterpoints through zapateado, body percussion, and voice. Participants engage with music’s three essential elements—harmony, melody, and rhythm—while learning about historical […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion dance workout classes are open to all students of all levels and abilities. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the class features a broad range of movement styles with choreography inspired by popular music from around the globe. Balancing the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria […]
Modern Dance Across Generations
Jeanne-Marie Hughes
Move. Create. Connect. Build fitness, confidence, and dance skills in this newly forming intergenerational class. Learn movement sequences, explore dance, and create together. All experience and fitness levels welcome. Chairs available, and movements can be adapted to individual needs & goals. Good to Know: Free on-site parking. MUNI #44 stops across the street. The entrance […]
AXIS for ALL: No-Cost Community Class
AXIS Dance Company
This no-cost, accessible modern technique class will utilize a Cunningham-inspired movement vocabulary to guide dancers through exploration that connects the internal embodied experience to external environment and beyond.
