What the Hell Happened in San Francisco? (Bay Area Premiere)(2024) is an evening-length work of dance-theater wrestling with idealism, dreams, and disillusionment. Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt met in 2008 in San Francisco while trying to “make it” as contemporary dance artists. They burned that dream bright and fast, living and dancing together for several years before moving on to other schemes. On a hot summer night, they reminisced about the experience of living in the Bay Area as young dance artists. Malinda sighed and said, “What the hell happened in San Francisco?”