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Events
Dance-A-Rama 2026
Terrain Collective
27th Annual Dance-a-Rama! Come join us for an afternoon of LIVE dance performances at beautiful Western Sky studio in Berkeley. Eight talented East Bay choreographers will show eight intriguing dances, from Modern Dance to Belly Dance, from solos to quintets, from works in process to new dances to revivals. This year we will have two showings […]
Mariana Valencia: Jacklean (Jacklean)
ODC Theater
Savor the thrill of the unexpected in Jacklean (Jacklean). Governed by play and collaborative improvisation, New York powerhouse choreographer and dancer Mariana Valencia’s improvised gestures are prompted by transmissions from Jazmin Romero’s vocal and instrumental repertoire of cumbia, punk, jazz, and electronic music. Can an everlasting process frame a final performance?
Beginner AND Intermediate Reggaetón Performance Workshop
Rae Studios
This 8-week workshop is designed to refine dancers’ skill in reggaetón while building a fun performance piece to premiere at the S.F. Palace of Fine Arts Theater on 5/31. The piece will be built with sections for both beginner AND intermediate dancers, as well as unison sections for all. During this workshop dancers will deepen […]
The Oneness Collective in “Oneness – The Blossoming”
San Francisco International Arts Festival
In a time when the world feels more divided than ever, “Oneness – The Blossoming” reminds us of what connects us. Rooted in the spirit of spring — a season of hope, growth, and renewal — this powerful dance-theater production brings together six Indian classical dance forms in a vibrant artistic collaboration. Through this coming […]
Mother of Pearl Pageant 2026: Finale!
Detour
The Mother of Pearl Pageant 2026 reaches its final round. Six Bay Area drag artists compete for the crown in a live drag competition produced by Clutch The Pearls and Detour Productions, hosted by Churro Nomi. Contestants face off in three categories: Talent/Performance, Live Q&A, and a six-person lip-sync battle. By the end of the […]
Water Moves
ARMA
WATER MOVES is an intimate vertical dance experience directed by Amelia Rudolph, exploring water as element, resource, and life force. Rudolph is joined by creative collaborators: composer Luke Mombrea, sculptor Todd Laby, and artist/animator Andrew Lyndon, lighting designer Tristan Fabiunke with rigging design by David Freitag and Derrick Lindsay. Dancers Faith Elder, B Dean, Clarissa […]
Water Moves
ARMA
WATER MOVES is an intimate vertical dance experience directed by Amelia Rudolph, exploring water as element, resource, and life force. Rudolph is joined by creative collaborators: composer Luke Mombrea, sculptor Todd Laby, and artist/animator Andrew Lyndon, lighting designer Tristan Fabiunke with rigging design by David Freitag and Derrick Lindsay. Dancers Faith Elder, B Dean, Clarissa […]
Steamroller Dance Company with The Singers of the Street in “Bespoke”
San Francisco International Arts Festival
An immersive musical that envelopes the viewer from the beginning in an auditory, visceral experience with dancers guiding the audience in a pastiche of musical genres where the audience is able to participate in a playful tribute to the American musical. This performance also spotlights the first time collaboration between the company and local community […]
Pulp Dance Co in “Pick a Side, Babe”
San Francisco International Arts Festival
A dance-theater work that unpacks the social and internal walls people build—what it means to be a woman, bisexual and human in a world that is obsessed with categories. Using physicality and irony, the piece wrestles with masking, perfectionism, and the exhausting performance of fitting in. What happens when we finally let our contradictions dance? […]
Angel Island
Oakland Ballet Company
Angel Island first premiered in 2025 and based on Huang Ruo’s composition of the same name, which took its inspiration from the poems carved into the walls by detainees held at the immigration station between 1910-1940. Oakland Ballet is bringing this production to Herbst Theatre with Del Sol Quartet, Volti, and conductor Robert Geary. Friday, […]
Melissa Cruz Flamenco in “Tablao Flamenco 2 at Abanico”
San Francisco International Arts Festival
Returning to Abanico, Melissa Cruz presents a second tribute to the most popular flamenco performance format, the tablao. A tablao is an improvised show between all artists, who come together with distinct voices to magically create moments by connecting and conversing. This impromptu alchemy makes for a unique performance, never to be repeated. Abanico offers […]
The Emerging Artist Series
Vishwa Shanthi Indian Dance Theater
Vishwa Shanthi Indian Dance Theater(VSIDT) is proud to pull back the curtain on a new chapter of classical artistry. The Emerging Artist Series is a curated platform designed to spotlight the creative vision of our next generation of classical dance soloists. Discover the depth of a living legacy. This isn't just a recital; it’s a […]
Angel Island
Oakland Ballet Company
Angel Island first premiered in 2025 and based on Huang Ruo’s composition of the same name, which took its inspiration from the poems carved into the walls by detainees held at the immigration station between 1910-1940. Oakland Ballet is bringing this production to Herbst Theatre with Del Sol Quartet, Volti, and conductor Robert Geary. Friday, […]
Postmortem II
San Francisco International Arts Festival
Postmortem II is a 45-minute, utterly absurd new work of physical theatre following a detective role-playing game amongst postapocalyptic ultra-humans. Featuring some all-time favorite sensational elements (Romance, Robots, & Dinosaurs), the show visualizes a post-human world, where survivors clown in the face of extinctions, questions of free will, and the total mechanization of life. This […]
Abhinaya Dance Company announces Trikaala – Then, Now, Becoming
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Abhinaya Dance Company, an Indian classical dance company founded by Artistic Director Mythili Kumar, announces Trikaala – Then, Now, Becoming, a new solo performance by Abhinaya Principal Artist and Choreographer Rasika Kumar. Using the margam (a structured, traditional repertoire of a Bharatanatyam dance performance) as a timeless framework, this solo performance weaves personal memory, mythology, and […]
Agnes Szelag and Amy Lewis in “AURA”
San Francisco International Arts Festival
An immersive multimedia work exploring the cycles of the natural and human worlds. Across four 12-minute movements—jungle, desert, mountain, and ocean—the piece synthesizes seasons, lunar phases, time of day, four elements, and the arc of human life. Using sound, video, and movement defined by the texture and color of fabric, Aura translates these ecosystems into […]
The Nudie Nubie Show SF – An Amateur Reveal
Nudie Nubie’s SF
💥NNSF IS BACK!!💥 Nudie Nubie's is a cumulative set of showcases leading to The Nudie Nubie Show SF - Ultimate Reveal SF taking place Saturday, May 9th 2026! Follow us on IG for Cast Announcements https://www.instagram.com/nudienubiessf/ ✨ 2nd Saturdays ✨ January 10th • March 14th • May 9th - Ultimate Reveal 5P Doors | 6-8P Show […]
Water Moves
ARMA
WATER MOVES is an intimate vertical dance experience directed by Amelia Rudolph, exploring water as element, resource, and life force. Rudolph is joined by creative collaborators: composer Luke Mombrea, sculptor Todd Laby, and artist/animator Andrew Lyndon, lighting designer Tristan Fabiunke with rigging design by David Freitag and Derrick Lindsay. Dancers Faith Elder, B Dean, Clarissa […]
We Build Cathedrals
We Build Cathedrals
featuring new choreography Marie Meade-Tatum, Raychel Hatch, Mai Corkins, Danie Way, joe.landini.dance, Ava Shannon & Dancers and MC Black Benatar. 5pm Pilates Mat Class with Danie Way
We Build Cathedrals
We Build Cathedrals
featuring new choreography Marie Meade-Tatum, Raychel Hatch, Mai Corkins, Danie Way, joe.landini.dance, Ava Shannon & Dancers and MC Black Benatar. 5pm Pilates Mat Class with Danie Way
What Just Happened
Nina Wise
Daunted by the news of the world? Come relieve your heart and mind as Nina gets up on stage and through movement-infused storytelling conveys the personal, political and social events that have transpired over the past 24 hours with striking insight and her always unpredictable rendition of life on planet earth. Audiences report they have […]
