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Introduction to Balinese Dance
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
This class will be led by Gamelan Sekar Jaya Guest Dance Director, Ida Ayu Wayan Arya Satyani. Students will be introduced to the foundational movements of classical Balinese dance, with a focus on dance styles classified by basic postures known as Agem. Students of all movement levels and experiences are welcome. These classes may sometimes […]
LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival
Lenora Lee Dance
Lenora Lee Dance, Asian Improv aRts & API Cultural Center present LLD’s 1st NEW WORKS Festival Interdisciplinary dance works & film by choreographers from the Bay Area, NYC, and London, including Lynn Huang, Amber Julian, Flora Hyoin Kim (NYC), SanSan Kwan, Lenora Lee & Moyra Silva Rodríguez (London / Lima), Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor, […]
20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music
CubaCaribe
The 20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music presents a retrospective of the last 20 years of moving forward in community, resistance and joy. This anniversary season features seven dance companies performing and participating in community engagement and educational outreach activities over the course of the festival’s 14 days, April 8 through 19. The […]
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 […]
Bhangra Fundamentals
Vina Verman
This class focuses on the FUN in fundamentals! Designed for all levels, all ages—no prior experience needed—you’ll build confidence in the basic footwork, arm movements, and body rhythms that make up Bhangra. More than just a dance class, this is a welcoming, judgment-free space to try something new, immerse yourself in Punjabi culture, and connect […]
FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes Wednesdays at Yerba Buena Gardens
Rhythm and Motion Dance Program
Rhythm & Motion and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival invite you to join us for FREE Rhythm & Motion Fusion classes at the beautiful Yerba Buena Gardens. For over 40 years, Rhythm & Motion has provided the joy, intensity and skill of dance to the public in welcoming atmospheres through its classes, events and community-minded programming. […]
ODC/Dance presents: Path of Miracles 2026
ODC/Dance
Inspired by the Camino de Santiago and created by ODC/Dance's KT Nelson in collaboration with San Francisco’s vocal ensemble, Volti, Path of Miracles, is a critically acclaimed site-specific performance experience. Originally performed at Grace Cathedral, ODC/Dance brings this piece to St. Joseph's Arts Society for audiences to discover multi-sensory performance in a new setting. With […]
ODC/Dance presents: Path of Miracles 2026
ODC/Dance
Inspired by the Camino de Santiago and created by ODC/Dance's KT Nelson in collaboration with San Francisco’s vocal ensemble, Volti, Path of Miracles, is a critically acclaimed site-specific performance experience. Originally performed at Grace Cathedral, ODC/Dance brings this piece to St. Joseph's Arts Society for audiences to discover multi-sensory performance in a new setting. With […]
20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music
CubaCaribe
The 20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music presents a retrospective of the last 20 years of moving forward in community, resistance and joy. The second weekend features Enraizando/ Rooting Within, a new work by Shefali Shah and Aguacero. Enraizando highlights the transitional experience and journey of young women facing womanhood through Puerto Rican […]
The Joffrey Ballet Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cal Performances
The Joffrey Ballet continues its association with Cal Performances with a signature work, Alexander Ekman’s celebration of the traditional Scandinavian summer solstice festival. A trip to a surreal realm of earthly and supernatural delights, Midsummer Night’s Dream features a musical score by composer Mikael Karlsson to be performed live by Swedish indie rock sensation Anna von Hausswolff […]
Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
ODC Theater
How Do I Look? - the most vain, mundane and loaded question. Fauxnique, the drag queen guise of multi-faceted artist Monique Jenkinson, wields her unique combination of precise physicality, irreverent humor and gutsy vulnerability, to dig past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception, subjectivity, identity and taste.
6 week intro Drumming series: Brazilian Rhythms
ODC School
Step into the rhythms of Bahia at ODC! This series introduces Afro, Samba Reggae, and Vassi (6/8)—three essential rhythms that express the heart, culture, and ancestral roots of Bahia. instruments, including surdos, repiques, caixa, tamborim, and agogô. Stay for our social 8:30 pm-9:00 pm, free snacks and drinks.
The Weight of Thread: A Jewish Ritual for Palestine
Molly Levy & Stephanie Sherman
The Weight of Thread is a dance ritual rooted in Jewish mourning, supplication and resistance traditions, to reckon with grief, rupture, and solidarity in the shadow of genocide. Through dance, live music, poetry, and collective ritual, the work challenges Zionist definitions of Jewishness while affirming Judaism’s anti-genocidal, humanitarian values and expressing kinship with Palestinian liberation. […]
ODC/Dance presents: Path of Miracles 2026
ODC/Dance
Inspired by the Camino de Santiago and created by ODC/Dance's KT Nelson in collaboration with San Francisco’s vocal ensemble, Volti, Path of Miracles, is a critically acclaimed site-specific performance experience. Originally performed at Grace Cathedral, ODC/Dance brings this piece to St. Joseph's Arts Society for audiences to discover multi-sensory performance in a new setting. With […]
Bolivia In San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
We are looking for dedicated dancers that want to be part of the San Francisco Carnaval on May 24th with us! This year we are dancing Afro-Boliviano to celebrate Black roots in Bolivia! We are rehearsing on Saturdays/Sundays 9-11am. We have two locations (you only need to attend one): Union City (1st and 3rd Saturdays […]
Introduction to the Life/Art Process with Daria Halprin
Tamalpa Institute
Held in-person at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California Grounded on the innovative work of the Halprins, the workshop will introduce an approach to movement /dance and the expressive arts that enlivens dialogues between body and imagination, life experiences and art making, creativity and healing. Through the use of movement, drawing, poetic writing, improvisational […]
Embodied Stage Presence: Movement, Choice-Making, & Self-Expression
Detour
Facilitated by Saharla Vetsch Feeling lost on stage? Unsure what to do with your body? Embodied stage presence isn’t about being a dancer or having choreography —it’s about owning your space and bringing your fullest, most confident self into performance. In this workshop, we’ll explore movement as a tool for authenticity, self-expression, and connection with […]
20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music
CubaCaribe
The 20th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music presents a retrospective of the last 20 years of moving forward in community, resistance and joy. The second weekend features Enraizando/ Rooting Within, a new work by Shefali Shah and Aguacero. Enraizando highlights the transitional experience and journey of young women facing womanhood through Puerto Rican […]
Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
ODC Theater
How Do I Look? - the most vain, mundane and loaded question. Fauxnique, the drag queen guise of multi-faceted artist Monique Jenkinson, wields her unique combination of precise physicality, irreverent humor and gutsy vulnerability, to dig past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception, subjectivity, identity and taste.
The Weight of Thread: A Jewish Ritual for Palestine
Molly Levy & Stephanie Sherman
The Weight of Thread is a dance ritual rooted in Jewish mourning, supplication and resistance traditions, to reckon with grief, rupture, and solidarity in the shadow of genocide. Through dance, live music, poetry, and collective ritual, the work challenges Zionist definitions of Jewishness while affirming Judaism’s anti-genocidal, humanitarian values and expressing kinship with Palestinian liberation. […]
The Joffrey Ballet Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cal Performances
The Joffrey Ballet continues its association with Cal Performances with a signature work, Alexander Ekman’s celebration of the traditional Scandinavian summer solstice festival. A trip to a surreal realm of earthly and supernatural delights, Midsummer Night’s Dream features a musical score by composer Mikael Karlsson to be performed live by Swedish indie rock sensation Anna von Hausswolff […]
Bolivia In San Francisco Carnaval
BCA Dance Company
We are looking for dedicated dancers that want to be part of the San Francisco Carnaval on May 24th with us! This year we are dancing Afro-Boliviano to celebrate Black roots in Bolivia! We are rehearsing on Saturdays/Sundays 9-11am. We have two locations (you only need to attend one): Union City (1st and 3rd Saturdays […]
Brazilian Dance Class
/ (Slash)
Weekly Brazilian Dance Classes led by Master teacher Stephanie Emmanuela accompanied by Live drumming led by Will Bates at the Palomar Ballroom in Santa Cruz. This class explores a wide array of different dance styles from North Eastern Brazil, originating from Salvador. Through her extensive dance residency there, Stephanie creates high energy dance combinations inspired […]
Dance Generators Drop-In Practice
Dance Generators
In-person movement based gatherings exploring dance as a pathway to intergenerational connection.
Introduction to Balinese Dance
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
This class will be led by Gamelan Sekar Jaya Guest Dance Director, Ida Ayu Wayan Arya Satyani. Students will be introduced to the foundational movements of classical Balinese dance, with a focus on dance styles classified by basic postures known as Agem. Students of all movement levels and experiences are welcome. These classes may sometimes […]
