A favorite in the Balanchine canon, George Balanchine’s Jewels is a triptych of dances evoking French (“Emeralds”), American (“Rubies”), and Russian (“Diamonds”) ballet traditions, inspired by the choreographer’s visit to the jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels. Miami City Ballet returns for the first time in more than a decade to perform his seminal ballet, danced to music by Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.

Kathy Mata Ballet proudly announces its upcoming virtual live-streaming performance, wherein company members will offer works ranging from classical to contemporary ballet, including a variety of solos, duets, and character, with live music and more! Sign up soon to be added to the online viewing list: contact Kathy Mata (e-mail  kathy.mata@yahoo.com, or (415) 756-0591), and you will receive the link to access the performance a few days beforehand. Kathy Mata Ballet performances aim to benefit seniors and local community charities…

'Apparatus of Repair' is the final chapter of 'The Decarceration Trilogy,' a series of site-specific aerial dance and public art performances exploring the devastating effects of mass incarceration. With a cast of five dancers, the event transforms the intimate healing process of restorative justice into a public performance, danced in the air and on the vertical surfaces of buildings. The work is grounded in the lived experiences of survivors of violent assault as well as the perpetrators of that violence.

World Arts West is proud to support the actualization of Latanya d. Tigner’s 20+ year vision of 5th Quarter Bantaba, a collaboration with Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South, Magatte Fall, Alseny Soumah and Ouseynou Kouyate. This dream in action will be presented with collaborator and cultural advisor Alseny Soumah and other California-based dance artists. Join us for a memorable evening and be part of the process! Learn the history and purpose of 5th-Quarter Bantaba. Hear the initial…

A triptych of duets choreographed by Maurya Kerr and Eric Garcia. The work is a study on duality, a creative provocation on harmony and dissonance, minimalism & maximalism, quietude & clamor, dance & dance-theater, the quotidian & drag.

LASOS, is a new work of film and live performance exploring the hidden links between childhood trauma and chronic pain within the context of Latin American culture and traditions. Conceived and directed by Jocelyn Reyes, LASOS mines the artist's personal story of recovery from debilitating pain. LASOS explores the journey Reyes made in the year that followed the onset of debilitating pain, uncovering the hidden ties between her childhood experience of abuse and her present-day affliction. With LASOS, Reyes aims…

The hour-long multidisciplinary dance theater work is a collaboration among sound designer/composer Tim Russell, dramaturg Claudia Tatinge Nascimento, and Bay Area natives choreographer Li Chiao-Ping and visual artist Douglas Rosenberg. With a diverse cast of 11 dancers, live music, spoken text, and projections that augment the full experience, the collaborators investigate "truth" as it relates to race, positionality, power, access, and equity.

Landing somewhere between circus and contemporary dance, this world-acclaimed performance company from Australia brings their latest production to Memorial Auditorium in a celebration of the expressive possibilities of the human body at its extremes. Leviathan is a powerful and authentic encounter between Circa’s renowned ensemble and community artists that showcases the company’s bold new vision of contemporary circus. Through extreme physicality, acrobatics, movement, and sound, the performance creates incandescent theatrical moments that celebrate community and collaboration while revealing the unpredictable…

Smuin Contemporary Ballet kicks off its 29th season, featuring a long-awaited World Premiere by brilliant Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado, whose work Bay Area audiences will experience for the first time in The Turntable. Also on the bill is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s hit Requiem for a Rose. Finally, the music of jazz legend Dave Brubeck will come alive in Take Five by former Company member Rex Wheeler.

A triptych of duets choreographed by Maurya Kerr and Eric Garcia. The work is a study on duality, a creative provocation on harmony and dissonance, minimalism & maximalism, quietude & clamor, dance & dance-theater, the quotidian & drag.

LASOS, is a new work of film and live performance exploring the hidden links between childhood trauma and chronic pain within the context of Latin American culture and traditions. Conceived and directed by Jocelyn Reyes, LASOS mines the artist's personal story of recovery from debilitating pain. LASOS explores the journey Reyes made in the year that followed the onset of debilitating pain, uncovering the hidden ties between her childhood experience of abuse and her present-day affliction. With LASOS, Reyes aims…

The hour-long multidisciplinary dance theater work is a collaboration among sound designer/composer Tim Russell, dramaturg Claudia Tatinge Nascimento, and Bay Area natives choreographer Li Chiao-Ping and visual artist Douglas Rosenberg. With a diverse cast of 11 dancers, live music, spoken text, and projections that augment the full experience, the collaborators investigate "truth" as it relates to race, positionality, power, access, and equity.

Nursing These Wounds explores the ongoing impact of colonization, and the American medical education that accompanied it, in the Philippines in the early twentieth century, as well as the prominent role Pilipinx nurses play in healthcare in the United States today. Informed by the work of historian and UC Berkeley professor Catherine Ceniza Choy, who, along with California Nurses Association union organizer Ginger Faustino, advised the project’s development, Nursing These Wounds incorporates both indigenous Filipino ritual and contemporary dance, as well…

Smuin Contemporary Ballet kicks off its 29th season, featuring a long-awaited World Premiere by brilliant Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado, whose work Bay Area audiences will experience for the first time in The Turntable. Also on the bill is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s hit Requiem for a Rose. Finally, the music of jazz legend Dave Brubeck will come alive in Take Five by former Company member Rex Wheeler.

Dance Mission Theater and FLACC (Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers) have come together for a day-long street closure to activate the Native American Heritage Site at Dolores Park and remember the waterways on the 18th Street/Mission Creek Corridor (between Church and Dolores Streets) via art and cultural events. In partnership with Ohlone leaders, local artists, Mission High School, and the American Indian Cultural District, this ritual performance intervention will bring awareness to the blocked and soil-filled waterways in Yelamu…

Celebrating the 145th anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s birth. Widely considered the mother of modern dance, Isadora was born in San Francisco on May 26, 1877. Mary Sano and Adrienne Ramm, two of the world’s foremost interpreters of Duncan choreography, will perform authentic Duncan choreography to the music of Chopin and Gluck followed by a short discussion on Duncan dance with the audience. The second half of the program will feature Los Angeles based composer/pianist Tony Sano Chapman, SF Bay Area…

The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives & celebrate. Celebrate the colorful eternal dance of life that's perfect for the whole family!  

Landing somewhere between circus and contemporary dance, this world-acclaimed performance company from Australia brings their latest production to Memorial Auditorium in a celebration of the expressive possibilities of the human body at its extremes. Leviathan is a powerful and authentic encounter between Circa’s renowned ensemble and community artists that showcases the company’s bold new vision of contemporary circus. Through extreme physicality, acrobatics, movement, and sound, the performance creates incandescent theatrical moments that celebrate community and collaboration while revealing the unpredictable…

Smuin Contemporary Ballet kicks off its 29th season, featuring a long-awaited World Premiere by brilliant Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado, whose work Bay Area audiences will experience for the first time in The Turntable. Also on the bill is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s hit Requiem for a Rose. Finally, the music of jazz legend Dave Brubeck will come alive in Take Five by former Company member Rex Wheeler.

A triptych of duets choreographed by Maurya Kerr and Eric Garcia. The work is a study on duality, a creative provocation on harmony and dissonance, minimalism & maximalism, quietude & clamor, dance & dance-theater, the quotidian & drag.

LASOS, is a new work of film and live performance exploring the hidden links between childhood trauma and chronic pain within the context of Latin American culture and traditions. Conceived and directed by Jocelyn Reyes, LASOS mines the artist's personal story of recovery from debilitating pain. LASOS explores the journey Reyes made in the year that followed the onset of debilitating pain, uncovering the hidden ties between her childhood experience of abuse and her present-day affliction. With LASOS, Reyes aims…

The hour-long multidisciplinary dance theater work is a collaboration among sound designer/composer Tim Russell, dramaturg Claudia Tatinge Nascimento, and Bay Area natives choreographer Li Chiao-Ping and visual artist Douglas Rosenberg. With a diverse cast of 11 dancers, live music, spoken text, and projections that augment the full experience, the collaborators investigate "truth" as it relates to race, positionality, power, access, and equity.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet kicks off its 29th season, featuring a long-awaited World Premiere by brilliant Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado, whose work Bay Area audiences will experience for the first time in The Turntable. Also on the bill is Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s hit Requiem for a Rose. Finally, the music of jazz legend Dave Brubeck will come alive in Take Five by former Company member Rex Wheeler.