A joyful and diverse set of performances by Bay Area Artists. Hip Hop Dance, Tap dance, contemporary dance, singers, salsa dancers and youth performers.
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Unbound, a performance by dNaga Dance Co., explores the origins of anti-Asian violence through poignant narratives of incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, the impact of patriarchy on girls, and the modern-day repercussions of racist legislation. The piece delves into trajectories of hope through themes of unity and care, drawing inspiration from figures like Yuri […]
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. After a thrilling 2023 season, YBG ChoreoFest returns with PUSH Dance Company’s Artistic Director Raissa Simpson and Associate Artistic Director Ashley Gayle serving as co-curators with David Herrera Performance Company’s David Herrera. Designed to offer rising Bay Area […]
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Unbound, a performance by dNaga Dance Co., explores the origins of anti-Asian violence through poignant narratives of incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, the impact of patriarchy on girls, and the modern-day repercussions of racist legislation. The piece delves into trajectories of hope through themes of unity and care, drawing inspiration from figures like Yuri […]
Unbound, a performance by dNaga Dance Co., explores the origins of anti-Asian violence through poignant narratives of incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, the impact of patriarchy on girls, and the modern-day repercussions of racist legislation. The piece delves into trajectories of hope through themes of unity and care, drawing inspiration from figures like Yuri […]
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience work by Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way as well as a World Premiere by guest choreographer Catherine Galasso.
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience work by Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way as well as a World Premiere by guest choreographer Catherine Galasso.
Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. After a thrilling 2023 season, YBG ChoreoFest returns with PUSH Dance Company’s Artistic Director Raissa Simpson and Associate Artistic Director Ashley Gayle serving as co-curators with David Herrera Performance Company’s David Herrera. Designed to offer rising Bay Area […]
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience work by Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way as well as a World Premiere by guest choreographer Catherine Galasso.
Savor the sweetness of summer with a taste of ODC/Dance. Experience work by Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way as well as a World Premiere by guest choreographer Catherine Galasso.
Audiences are invited to partake in a transformative dining experience crafted from locally sourced, regeneratively grown food and enjoy a unique, open-air ballet from renowned choreographer and former San Francisco Ballet principal Julia Adam and her corps of elite dancers. VISCERĀLIS explores the contrast of the current expansion of Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence with […]
Power Plays is a series of new experimental dances that use contemporary, aerial dance, and drag performance to explore themes of pleasure, power, and play. Project AeriALL, an emerging partnership between Alex Locust/Glamputee and Helen Wicks that reimagines accessibility in aerial dance. “Run-On,” an interactive solo dance by Erin Yen which honors her late grandmother […]
Power Plays is a series of new experimental dances that use contemporary, aerial dance, and drag performance to explore themes of pleasure, power, and play. Project AeriALL, an emerging partnership between Alex Locust/Glamputee and Helen Wicks that reimagines accessibility in aerial dance. “Run-On,” an interactive solo dance by Erin Yen which honors her late grandmother […]
Starting with the poetry of Hafez, one of the most famous Iranian poets of the 14th century, choreographer Parya Saberi considers “every word as a jewel.” During the pandemic, with her mother stranded here in the United States, Saberi and her mother read Hafez’s poetry daily to begin each morning together during shelter-in-place. Each section […]
Starting with the poetry of Hafez, one of the most famous Iranian poets of the 14th century, choreographer Parya Saberi considers “every word as a jewel.” During the pandemic, with her mother stranded here in the United States, Saberi and her mother read Hafez’s poetry daily to begin each morning together during shelter-in-place. Each section […]
Chimera explores the many identities of one body - how they emerge through behavior, relationship, and embodiment. This dance work employs a sensitive physical language that combines care, wildness, intimacy, and enthusiasm, and centers on a duet between two men. The use of video design describes the often unseen implications of how relationships reveal hidden aspects […]
For A Moment/No Longer(working title) is a dance about letting go and staying. breaking open and re-assembling. about turning towards each other, the necessity of heartbreak, and trusting the pulse as a rhythm to follow home. For A Moment/No Longer studies the physicality of moving from the heartbeat as resist/persist-ence practice through the act of breaking open. […]
Sisters is an anthology of dances addressing an urgent contemporary political issue: a woman’s right to choose. Drawing on the dancers' personal stories of gender expression, motherhood, birth, and pregnancy, Sisters honors the whisper networks, emotional labor, and sororal secrets that sustain us through finely forged choreography and performances by eleven powerhouse women.
Allí 0 Allá (There 0 There)– is an archival pursuit and reclamatory study of diasporic bodies, the inquiry into how to define “home” and “motherland.” Through the poetic language of movement, evocative soundscapes, and immersive theatrics, Natalya Shoaf, Chinchin Hsu, Bria Monet Barfield, and Brianna Elyse Torres narrate a journey rooted in culture, community and heart.
Interdisciplinary Performance Artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña has a long-standing history of collaborating with dancers and choreographers including La Ribot (Spain), Marecela Levi (Brazil), Sara Shelton Mann (San Francisco), and Michelle Ceballos (Colombia). These experimental collaborations explore the interactions and tensions between contemporary dance and performance art; young and aging bodies. Spoken Choreographies is a collaboration between Gómez-Peña and […]
