19th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music presents “A Fire Within”
CubaCaribe
The 19th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music presents A Fire Within, featuring seven Bay Area Dance companies in a celebration of the passion and drive that artists must carry for their art. Held annually, Cuba Caribe Festival of Dance & Music is devoted to folkloric and contemporary dance and music of the Afro-Caribbean […]
A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente
Lenora Lee Dance
A Bridge to Now is a multimedia dance collaboration between U.S. and Peruvian dancers expanding perspectives on immigration in the Americas by looking at the legacies of racialized labor exploitation and anti-immigrant sentiment in both countries. Through dance, video, archival images, and interviews with the descendants of Chinese indentured servants in Peru and the U.S., […]
Alma Esperanza Cunningham: Mini Solo Intensive
Alma Esperanza Cunningham
The intensive will begin with a comprehensive warm-up to engage the somatic and technical body. Then, it will focus on generating movement through movement games and strategies exploring duration, repetition, time, energy, and intention. In this two-day process, you will make a three-minute solo. This workshop is for experienced movers looking to explore composition or […]
Practice as Performance+ with Sara Shelton Mann
Sara Shelton Mann/Mixed Bag Productions
Participants train the mind and body to see through the eye of the heart. They listen to the body as our guide and progress through the inner and outer touchstones of breaking up patterns, until they hold a high frequency, knowing where they are, what they are doing and are aware of everything else in […]
Songs From a Sinking Ship
Flamenco Arts International
A mysterious siren's warning sets off a chain of events that transforms a routine voyage into a supernatural battle between ego and redemption— told through the passionate art of flamenco. Thunder cracks, and the ship veers off course. Will the crew rise above their own demons, or be lost to the depths forever?
A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente
Lenora Lee Dance
A Bridge to Now is a multimedia dance collaboration between U.S. and Peruvian dancers expanding perspectives on immigration in the Americas by looking at the legacies of racialized labor exploitation and anti-immigrant sentiment in both countries. Through dance, video, archival images, and interviews with the descendants of Chinese indentured servants in Peru and the U.S., […]
NACHMOSF 2025
NACHMOSF
NACHMOSF 2025 will showcase works in progress created by several Bay Area choreographers. As part of National Choreographers Month’s January Challenge, these artists used the first month of the year to create a piece. The performance will be held in Dog Patch at Little Boxes Theater.
Jordan Scates Presents: 3-Hour Workshop Series
Jordan Scates
Join Jordan Scates for a high-level training experience for intermediate and advanced dancers looking to elevate their artistry. Expect to build rhythm and versatility with grooves and footwork, refine your movement with musicality and execution, and learn exclusive choreography. You’ll also receive personalized feedback and access exclusive footage to track your progress. Limited spots. Email […]
19th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music presents “A Fire Within”
CubaCaribe
The 19th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music presents A Fire Within, featuring seven Bay Area Dance companies in a celebration of the passion and drive that artists must carry for their art. Held annually, Cuba Caribe Festival of Dance & Music is devoted to folkloric and contemporary dance and music of the Afro-Caribbean […]
Salsa Classes
Club Puertorriqueno De San Francisco
FREE Salsa Classes, every Sunday 6-7 PM, and Mini Social 7-8 PM. Get ready to spice up your dance moves! Join us for a fun and interactive FREE Salsa workshop designed for beginners. Whether you are brand new to salsa or looking to brush up on your skills, this event is perfect for anyone eager […]
SF Salsa Class
Club Puertorriqueno De San Francisco
FREE Salsa Class Sundays 6-8 PM, Club Puertorriqueño De San Francisco, 3249A Mission St. A fun and interactive Salsa workshop designed for beginners. Whether you are brand new to Salsa or looking to brush up on your skills, this event is perfect for anyone eager to learn and have a great time. You will be […]
NACHMOSF 2025
NACHMOSF
NACHMOSF 2025 will showcase works in progress created by several Bay Area choreographers. As part of National Choreographers Month’s January Challenge, these artists used the first month of the year to create a piece. The performance will be held in Dog Patch at Little Boxes Theater.
Crudo Movement Workshop by José Avilés
Lenora Lee Dance
Peruvian artist José Avilés will share different dynamics of movement exploration, which respond to the time of work and processes shared in CRUDO Colectivo; oriented to stimulate: power, agility, multiple senses, fluidity, from a somatic and creative consciousness. Boxing, kung fu, physical theater and dance are the references that enrich José’s practice. This workshop will […]
History Live! Anna and Lawrence Halprin and dance and urban design in SF
San Francisco Historical Society
Janice Ross, author of a new book on the dancer Anna Halprin and her Landscape Architect husband, Lawrence Halprin, presents a video discussion of their dance and urban design projects in San Francisco. Exploring their Marin home as a hidden archive of objects influencing their art she presents a slide and video tour of urban spaces […]
Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Named San Francisco's favorite dance workout by San Francisco Magazine and 7X7 Magazine, Rhythm & Motion (R&M) is a low-pressure, joyful, full-bodied and sweaty dance workout class that balances the challenge of learning choreography and movement techniques with the dance-floor euphoria of a good party. Taught by experienced dancers and performing artists, the (mostly) follow-along […]
Jazz Dance Classes
Soul Speak Dance
Join us for a weekly Adult Jazz Dance class, held every Wednesday from 2:00–3:30 PM, starting April 2nd! This class blends bold, dynamic jazz choreography with technique training in a fun and supportive environment. Whether you're new to dance or refining your skills, this class welcomes all levels. Spaces are limited—secure your spot today! To […]
Relationship and Movement
Mihyun Lee
This somatic movement group therapy aims to identify the psychological implications of relationship patterns and improve one's relationships with self and others through a movement study called Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. The facilitator incorporated movement analysis, mirroring movement, and relational dance to promote reparative experience from relational trauma. Participants explore the interconnectedness between interpersonal relationship patterns […]
Contemporary Inversions Class Series with Kristin Damrow
Kristin Damrow & Company
Kristin's Inversion Class Series builds skills and confidence to go upside down through contemporary movement in a fun, supportive way. This workshop-style class breaks down body alignment, gravity, and safe inversion techniques. You'll flow between levels, play with gravity, and build trust in the process. Walk away with tools to grow your confidence. All levels […]
Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond
Livermore Valley Arts
Experience the vibrant costumes, dynamic music, and soulful rhythms of the “ghungroo” dancing bells from the echoing heartbeats of royal palaces and sacred temples to the swaying voices of desert villages and modern stages, live at The Bankhead. Created by World Choreography Award Nominee & Telly Award Winning director & choreographer Joya Kazi, and featuring the company […]
Just a Shadow
Megan Lowe Dances
Just a Shadow is a performance journey that nourishes the soul, acknowledges resilience, honors memories of lost loved ones, and celebrates life. 7 powerful artists—AJ "Dopey Fresh" Gardner, Sonsherée Giles, Megan Lowe, Marica Petrey, Frances Teves Sedayao, Roel Seeber, and Shira Yaziv—gather together to share their unique strengths and creative modalities (contemporary dance, site-specific dance, turf dance, contact improvisation, vertical dance, and […]
Visceral States of Dance—Landini, Cunningham, Cottam
Mannakin Theater & Dance
A triple bill of dance works by Bay Area choreographers, Joe Landini, Alma Esperanza Cunningham, and Traci Cottam. Red State, by Joe Landini explores the attitudes and ideas that make Red States red and Blue States blue. Great America, by Alma Esperanza-Cunningham, is a series of dances that explore the idea of identity, “growing up […]
Afro Bolivian Dance in San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
Join us in celebration of the African Diaspora in Bolivia through Afro Bolivian styles for the San Francisco Carnaval! We are seeking dancers that are able to rehearse in on of our two locations or both. Union City on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month (1800 H St, Union City, CA 94587) and […]
Zimbabwean Traditional Dance Class
Dance Mission Theater
Zimbabwean Traditional Dance class with Kanukai will explore the techniques, rhythms, and traditional dances of Zimbabwe. We will learn and practice dance moves going across the floor and a mini choreography at the end. Kanukai Chigamba is a multifaceted dancer, musician, performer, and burgeoning photographer. She started dancing at a young age in Harare, Zimbabwe, […]
Somatic Workshops by Migrant Women
ODC/Dance
We are a group of migrant women who have a common ground. We acknowledge that our background, culture, and training experiences in our countries of origin permeate the embodiment of the somatic methods we studied in the United States. From that unique perspective we want to offer our teachings, and we hope to foster transformative experiences that celebrate diversity. We […]
An Approximation of Resilience | Alex Ketley & The Foundry
The Foundry
Alex Ketley's An Approximation of Resilience explores our carceral system from the intimate vantage point of his friend Bill Clark, who has spent the past 33 years in a 4x9 foot cell on Death Row at San Quentin Prison. Even though Clark is in prison, his spirit, generosity, and wholehearted embrace of life are magnificent […]
