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Events
SFDanceworks Season 9
SFDanceworks
SFDanceworks returns to Z Space for Season 9 with a dynamic program celebrating the legacy of modern dance and bold contemporary voices. Featuring three solos by Merce Cunningham, world premieres by Jermaine Maurice Spivey and longtime collaborator Brett Conway, and the return of Yin’s A Measurable Existence, the season brings together established artists and fresh […]
The Madness of Lady Bright
Mannakin Theater & Dance
The Madness of Lady Bright is a play about Leslie Bright, an aging Drag Queen living alone in a NYC rooming house. Over the course of one evening, a series of encounters force him to confront loneliness, isolation, and the fear of growing old. Blending humor with heartbreak, the play explores the universal need for […]
On the Floor
Maria Silk
On the Floor by Théophylle Dcx and Maria Silk November 6 and 7, 8 pm at Joe Goode Annex On the Floor marks the first collaboration between Théophylle Dcx and Maria Silk. In this duet, these two friends attempt to piece together traces of 70s and 80s queer San Francisco. Exploring the legacies carried by […]
Robert Shields – My Life as a Robot: 2026 SF Dance Film Festival
Dance Film SF
Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot celebrates the extraordinary, and often invisible, impact one artist can have on the world. In the 1970s, Robert Shields began performing his signature robot routine outside the Hollywood Wax Museum before later moving to street performances in SF's Union Square. Within a few short years, he and his […]
SFDanceworks Season 9
SFDanceworks
SFDanceworks returns to Z Space for Season 9 with a dynamic program celebrating the legacy of modern dance and bold contemporary voices. Featuring three solos by Merce Cunningham, world premieres by Jermaine Maurice Spivey and longtime collaborator Brett Conway, and the return of Yin’s A Measurable Existence, the season brings together established artists and fresh […]
Ase, Axe, Ashe
Arenas Dance Company
Afro-Cuban folkloric culture bearer, Susana Arenas Pedroso, joins forces with Afro-Brazilian culture bearer, Dandha da Hora to explore the similarities and differences between Cuba and Brazil, specifically where Lucumi and Candomble diverge and converge. The show also explores what it is like for two women to live in the Diaspora.
Abhinaya Dance Company’s premiere of Kolam: At the Threshold
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Abhinaya Dance Company, an Indian classical dance company founded by Artistic Director Mythili Kumar announces the premiere of Kolam: At the Threshold choreographed by Abhinaya Principal Artist and Choreographer Rasika Kumar. This new work is a full-length 80-minute Bharatanatyam dance piece that explores ritual, inheritance, and cultural memory through the South Indian practice of kolam—daily […]
¡¡¡Flamenco Nights at El Lopo!!!
CarOlé Flamenco’s Compañía FSDT
¡¡¡Flamenco Nights at El Lopo!!! CarOlé Flamenco's Compañía FSDT Select Saturdays 5:30 PM El Lopo, 1327 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA Artists of large theaters, up close in an intimate bodega. Delicious tapas and beverages. Two-item minimum. Info, tickets, and details at caroleflamenco.com LEGACY 1894 – 1955 – 1995 – PRESENT Survivance • Preservation • […]
Ase, Axe, Ashe
Arenas Dance Company
Afro-Cuban folkloric culture bearer, Susana Arenas Pedroso, joins forces with Afro-Brazilian culture bearer, Dandha da Hora to explore the similarities and differences between Cuba and Brazil, specifically where Lucumi and Candomble diverge and converge. The show also explores what it is like for two women to live in the Diaspora.
The Madness of Lady Bright
Mannakin Theater & Dance
The Madness of Lady Bright is a play about Leslie Bright, an aging Drag Queen living alone in a NYC rooming house. Over the course of one evening, a series of encounters force him to confront loneliness, isolation, and the fear of growing old. Blending humor with heartbreak, the play explores the universal need for […]
On the Floor
Maria Silk
On the Floor by Théophylle Dcx and Maria Silk November 6 and 7, 8 pm at Joe Goode Annex On the Floor marks the first collaboration between Théophylle Dcx and Maria Silk. In this duet, these two friends attempt to piece together traces of 70s and 80s queer San Francisco. Exploring the legacies carried by […]
SFDanceworks Season 9
SFDanceworks
SFDanceworks returns to Z Space for Season 9 with a dynamic program celebrating the legacy of modern dance and bold contemporary voices. Featuring three solos by Merce Cunningham, world premieres by Jermaine Maurice Spivey and longtime collaborator Brett Conway, and the return of Yin’s A Measurable Existence, the season brings together established artists and fresh […]
Ase, Axe, Ashe
Arenas Dance Company
Afro-Cuban folkloric culture bearer, Susana Arenas Pedroso, joins forces with Afro-Brazilian culture bearer, Dandha da Hora to explore the similarities and differences between Cuba and Brazil, specifically where Lucumi and Candomble diverge and converge. The show also explores what it is like for two women to live in the Diaspora.
Fermenting Hope
Radium Arts
Fermenting Hope invites the public into a live vertical dance investigation about creativity, fermentation and hope. Seven dancers from ARMA take to the air in Faction Brewing, with an original score by Luke Mombrea and sculptural design by Todd Laby. Stay for an artist talk with Amelia Rudolph and Radium Arts Artistic Director Jon Moscone. […]
The Madness of Lady Bright
Mannakin Theater & Dance
The Madness of Lady Bright is a play about Leslie Bright, an aging Drag Queen living alone in a NYC rooming house. Over the course of one evening, a series of encounters force him to confront loneliness, isolation, and the fear of growing old. Blending humor with heartbreak, the play explores the universal need for […]
Journey Of The Black Fox
Dance Mission Theater
Journey of the Black Fox is about one man’s desire to find self worth. This story is about his life and the treacherous conditions he was able to navigate to be here today. He explores themes of Identity, Isolation, Anger and Forgiveness. We also see a masked alter ego named Yoko with its own story […]
The Emerging Artist Series
Vishwa Shanthi Indian Dance Theater
Experience Kuchipudi with Manaswini Avvari in an intimate performance that highlights the grace, rhythm, and storytelling roots of this classical dance form. This event is part of VSIDT’s Emerging Artist Series, our ongoing commitment to preserve and share the heritage of Indian classical dance and music. Stay for a thoughtful Q&A with the artist to […]
Every Grain of Us
Chinchin Dances
A dance performance that invites audiences to experience the five senses - sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste of rice. Food is a love language that many immigrant families use to care for one another. In many Asian traditions, meal time is when generations gather, share stories, and reaffirm connection. Through Every Grain of Us, […]
Every Grain of Us
Chinchin Dances
A dance performance that invites audiences to experience the five senses - sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste of rice. Food is a love language that many immigrant families use to care for one another. In many Asian traditions, meal time is when generations gather, share stories, and reaffirm connection. Through Every Grain of Us, […]
Weaving Threads – A Cultural Tapestry
Arte Flamenco de San Jose
Karavansaray Dance Company and Arte Flamenco de San José Join us in an intimate setting as we explore historical, contemporary, and folkloric dances of the Iberian peninsula, North Africa, South West Asia, and beyond. Reception to follow the performance Limited seating
FLUX: A performance salon and community gathering
Qilo Matzen, Nina Haft
New and recent works in progress by Qilo Matzen, Nina Haft and Lawrence Tome. NOTAFLOF. ADA Accessible.
The Madness of Lady Bright
Mannakin Theater & Dance
The Madness of Lady Bright is a play about Leslie Bright, an aging Drag Queen living alone in a NYC rooming house. Over the course of one evening, a series of encounters force him to confront loneliness, isolation, and the fear of growing old. Blending humor with heartbreak, the play explores the universal need for […]
Journey Of The Black Fox
Dance Mission Theater
Journey of the Black Fox is about one man’s desire to find self worth. This story is about his life and the treacherous conditions he was able to navigate to be here today. He explores themes of Identity, Isolation, Anger and Forgiveness. We also see a masked alter ego named Yoko with its own story […]
LABA 2026 dance fellows showcase
LABA BAY AREA
Over the past year, the 2026 LABA BAY AREA fellows have collectively engaged with ancient Jewish texts on the subject of “NAME” in LABA’s open-minded and free-spirited house of study. They encountered old stories and ideas and then created new art and culture in response. Contemporary choreographers Tai Lum and Maia Welbel will present original […]
The Madness of Lady Bright
Mannakin Theater & Dance
The Madness of Lady Bright is a play about Leslie Bright, an aging Drag Queen living alone in a NYC rooming house. Over the course of one evening, a series of encounters force him to confront loneliness, isolation, and the fear of growing old. Blending humor with heartbreak, the play explores the universal need for […]
