Events
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Events
Black Ass Weekend 2026
Cyclone Enterprises
✊🏽Black Ass Weekend is BACK! ✊🏽 Skip the retail lines. We are serving the only Black Friday plans you actually need. Black Ass Weekend takes over Oasis SF November 27th-29th! Cyclone Enterprises presents the ultimate celebration of Black, queer burlesque and drag. Seats for the two Moist: An All Black Erotic Cabaret showcases are strictly […]
Black Ass Weekend 2026
Cyclone Enterprises
✊🏽Black Ass Weekend is BACK! ✊🏽 Skip the retail lines. We are serving the only Black Friday plans you actually need. Black Ass Weekend takes over Oasis SF November 27th-29th! Cyclone Enterprises presents the ultimate celebration of Black, queer burlesque and drag. Seats for the two Moist: An All Black Erotic Cabaret showcases are strictly […]
Black Ass Weekend 2026
Cyclone Enterprises
✊🏽Black Ass Weekend is BACK! ✊🏽 Skip the retail lines. We are serving the only Black Friday plans you actually need. Black Ass Weekend takes over Oasis SF November 27th-29th! Cyclone Enterprises presents the ultimate celebration of Black, queer burlesque and drag. Seats for the two Moist: An All Black Erotic Cabaret showcases are strictly […]
Learn to Dance West Coast Swing in this Progressive Series!
Motion Arts Center
Join the amazing Heather Powers for a 5-week West Coast Swing Beginner Series and discover the fun, flow, and connection of this lively partner dance! Each week builds on the last as you learn the basic rhythms, essential patterns, and feel more confident dancing. - 6PM Mondays in November - 11/2, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23 and […]
Bhangra Fundamentals Dance Class
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 […]
Lives Beyond Motion
Urban Jazz Dance Company
This is an award-winning feature documentary film about an intergenerational group of cisgender men who've devoted their lives to contemporary dance. Interspersed with archival performance footage, they discuss their beginnings, the challenges they face(d) following their passion, the support they did or didn't get and why they dance. The Bay Area dancers include FRANK SHAWL, […]
Lives Beyond Motion
ODC Theater
This is an award-winning feature documentary film about an intergenerational group of cisgender men who’ve devoted their lives to contemporary dance. Interspersed with archival performance footage, they discuss their beginnings, the challenges they face(d) following their passion, the support they did or didn’t get and why they dance. The Bay Area dancers include FRANK SHAWL, […]
Modern Dance Across Generations
Jeanne-Marie Hughes
Move. Create. Connect. Build fitness, confidence, and dance skills in this newly forming intergenerational class. Learn movement sequences, explore dance, and create together. All experience and fitness levels welcome. Chairs available, and movements can be adapted to individual needs & goals. Good to Know: Free on-site parking. MUNI #44 stops across the street. The entrance […]
The Intersection: Art & Money 101
Intersection for the Arts
Led by Vicky Cassis-Silyan, Intersection for the Arts’ Director of Finance & Operations, The Intersection: Art & Money 101 is a 4-session live online cohort series designed to help you build financial systems that meet you where you are and support where you’re going. Through this series, you’ll learn to: ✨ Get organized ✨ Plan […]
Relationship and Movement
Mihyun Lee
Join the group to enhance emotional well-being and self-awareness through embodiment practice. Explore movement patterns, discover new possibilities for growth, and strengthen connections with yourself and others. The closed group offers a supportive environment for examining relationship dynamics and fostering personal change. Drawing on Somatic Psychology and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, participants explore the intersection of […]
Learn to Dance Bachata in this 4 Week Progressive Series!
Motion Arts Center
Join David Phan & Jewell Claudio for a 4-week Bachata Beginner Series this November! Learn the signature three steps and tap, basic turns, body movement, and partner connection in a relaxed, supportive setting. Each week builds on the last so you can bring it all together on the social dance floor! ✨ 7PM - 8PM […]
Flux & Form II
Tether Dance Project
A curated showcase of dance, featuring nine emerging choreographers Featuring seven works by the Flux & Form II cohort—Emilee Brown, Kelly Chase, Allyson Chin, Amber Goring, monique jonath, Tai Lum, and Ava Shannon—alongside two works by Tether directors Teo Lin-Bianco and Tatianna Steiner, Flux & Form II is not a showcase to miss. Performances of […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
Flux & Form II
Tether Dance Project
A curated showcase of dance, featuring nine emerging choreographers Featuring seven works by the Flux & Form II cohort—Emilee Brown, Kelly Chase, Allyson Chin, Amber Goring, monique jonath, Tai Lum, and Ava Shannon—alongside two works by Tether directors Teo Lin-Bianco and Tatianna Steiner, Flux & Form II is not a showcase to miss. Performances of […]
Ambrose Akinmusire & Aszure Barton: A a | a B : B E N D
Cal Performances
Two leading lights in their fields—choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Ambrose Akinmusire—create an urgent, intimate yet wildly provocative world in which dancers and musician come together onstage in a thrilling embrace of human friction, tension, and explosive beauty, inspired by the concept of “unlearning.” Barton is known for mining complex emotional terrain in her works, […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
The 18th Season of Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets
Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF
Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets is a unique 50-minute version of the Nutcracker specifically designed for families with young children. Since its inception in 2008, Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets has become an annual holiday tradition for many Bay Area families, as well as those who started attending as kids and now return as teens and young adults.
The 18th Season of Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets
Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF
Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets is a unique 50-minute version of the Nutcracker specifically designed for families with young children. Since its inception in 2008, Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets has become an annual holiday tradition for many Bay Area families, as well as those who started attending as kids and now return as teens and young adults.
The Nutcracker, 25th Anniversary
San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy
The Nutcracker Sat Dec 5th 1:30pm & 5pm, Sun Dec 6th 1:30 & 5pm previously been nominated for the Annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award Featuring professional guest artists and SFYBA student talent. The family-friendly, two-hour production includes a 15-minute intermission. A perfect opportunity to introduce young children to this holiday tradition. Sugar Plum VIP seating […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
The Nutcracker, 25th Anniversary
San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy
The Nutcracker Sat Dec 5th 1:30pm & 5pm, Sun Dec 6th 1:30 & 5pm previously been nominated for the Annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award Featuring professional guest artists and SFYBA student talent. The family-friendly, two-hour production includes a 15-minute intermission. A perfect opportunity to introduce young children to this holiday tradition. Sugar Plum VIP seating […]
Flux & Form II
Tether Dance Project
A curated showcase of dance, featuring nine emerging choreographers Featuring seven works by the Flux & Form II cohort—Emilee Brown, Kelly Chase, Allyson Chin, Amber Goring, monique jonath, Tai Lum, and Ava Shannon—alongside two works by Tether directors Teo Lin-Bianco and Tatianna Steiner, Flux & Form II is not a showcase to miss. Performances of […]
Ambrose Akinmusire & Aszure Barton: A a | a B : B E N D
Cal Performances
Two leading lights in their fields—choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Ambrose Akinmusire—create an urgent, intimate yet wildly provocative world in which dancers and musician come together onstage in a thrilling embrace of human friction, tension, and explosive beauty, inspired by the concept of “unlearning.” Barton is known for mining complex emotional terrain in her works, […]
Celebrate the Season with Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Make spirits bright with the sugar and spice that is Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet.” The beloved seasonal tradition returns for another year of holiday memory-making, with festive favorites by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, company founder Michael Smuin and other choreographers. Blending classical ballet with contemporary dance, jazz, swing and tap, the program offers a lively […]
The 18th Season of Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets
Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF
Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets is a unique 50-minute version of the Nutcracker specifically designed for families with young children. Since its inception in 2008, Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets has become an annual holiday tradition for many Bay Area families, as well as those who started attending as kids and now return as teens and young adults.
