Events
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Events
GRAVITY X ROT
KH Fresh Festival
ROT FESTIVAL 2026 brings affordable accessible experimental embodied arts to historic stages and spaces throughout San Francisco, with 17 days of performances, immersive training, drag and parties, and community events for all performing arts and audiences and movers. For tickets, registration and information check out: www.freshfestival.org
Practitioner Exchange: In the Pause…Reflective Practice in Dance Teaching
Luna Dance & Creativity
So much happens in a day of teaching. Taking time to reflect afterwards allows us to deepen our relationship with ourselves as leaders/practitioners/learners, and to hone our observation skills moving forward. Reflection supports student-centered teaching, embodied knowledge and articulation, bias and inclusivity awareness, curriculum and sequencing, and so much more. How do you reflect? Why is it important to you? Let's […]
GRAVITY X ROT
KH Fresh Festival
ROT FESTIVAL 2026 brings affordable accessible experimental embodied arts to historic stages and spaces throughout San Francisco, with 17 days of performances, immersive training, drag and parties, and community events for all performing arts and audiences and movers. For tickets, registration and information check out: www.freshfestival.org
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. […]
Butoh classes SanFrancisco: Rewilding Our Creative Body for Shapeshift
MPOWERDANCE PROJECT
Mary Power leads us in Rewilding Our Creative Body, art making explorations in Butoh dance. Expect Butoh practices for shapes, balances, rolls, walks, crawls, spins; and directed Butoh improvisations and choreography for Shapeshift 2026. Our Butoh classes support centered awareness of both the internal and external spatial environments of our own self in space time […]
Butoh Classes San Francisco Rewilding Our Creative Body for Shapeshift 2026
MPOWERDANCE PROJECT
Instructor Mary Power leads us in Rewilding Our Creative Body, art making explorations in Butoh dance. Expect directed Butoh improvisations and practices for Shapeshift 2026 choreography with shapes, balances, rolls, walks, crawls, spins. Our Butoh classes support centered awareness of both the internal and external spatial environments of our own self in space time, and in relation […]
Cat’s Corner – Live Music Swing Dance Party & Classes every Wednesday
Cat’s Corner San Francisco
Cat’s Corner is San Francisco’s Wednesday night home for dancing Lindy Hop and Swing, now at On Broadway (435 Broadway St., SF). Each week includes classes, a beginner lesson for newcomers, live music, social dancing, and classic cocktails at the bar, all in a beautiful historic ballroom. It’s a welcoming midweek spot for dancers, music […]
GRAVITY X ROT
KH Fresh Festival
ROT FESTIVAL 2026 brings affordable accessible experimental embodied arts to historic stages and spaces throughout San Francisco, with 17 days of performances, immersive training, drag and parties, and community events for all performing arts and audiences and movers. For tickets, registration and information check out: www.freshfestival.org
Movement Still
dNaga
Join us for a resource sharing event to learn about our Dance for PD®, Oakland program. Enjoy our free dance performance crafted to perform at the upcoming World Parkinson's Congress in Pheonix, Arizona. A post-show Q&A about the process and PEACE Project will follow, as well as resource sharing and storytelling from our Dance for […]
GRAVITY X ROT
KH Fresh Festival
ROT FESTIVAL 2026 brings affordable accessible experimental embodied arts to historic stages and spaces throughout San Francisco, with 17 days of performances, immersive training, drag and parties, and community events for all performing arts and audiences and movers. For tickets, registration and information check out: www.freshfestival.org
the training ground sf presents: HomeGrown
the training ground sf
The Training Ground closes out its inaugural year with an evening that looks back and leaps forward. “HomeGrown” reprises Fugue, a standout work from the fall semester choreographed by Kira Fargas, and premieres a new collaboration by Marco Palomino and Alejandro Perez for ttgsf students. The program also features alumni returning to perform new works, […]
Western Ballet’s Don Quixote
Western Ballet
In celebration of Western Ballet’s 50th Anniversary, Don Quixote premieres as a full‑length, comedic ballet in three acts, bursting with vibrant Spanish flair, exhilarating virtuosity, and joyful storytelling. This milestone production features all‑new sets designed by Peter Crompton and created by Rooster Productions, along with new costumes by Yanis E. Pikieris, bringing fresh visual richness […]
String Quartet No. ATE
Reyes Dance
Set in motion by Reyes’ adult Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, String Quartet No.ATE is a new evening-length dance exploring the tension between food, pleasure, and health. Accompanied by a live music performance of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8 by One Found Sound, this work moves through desire, temptation, obsession and resilience.
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.
GRAVITY X ROT
KH Fresh Festival
ROT FESTIVAL 2026 brings affordable accessible experimental embodied arts to historic stages and spaces throughout San Francisco, with 17 days of performances, immersive training, drag and parties, and community events for all performing arts and audiences and movers. For tickets, registration and information check out: www.freshfestival.org
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 […]
Western Ballet’s Don Quixote
Western Ballet
In celebration of Western Ballet’s 50th Anniversary, Don Quixote premieres as a full‑length, comedic ballet in three acts, bursting with vibrant Spanish flair, exhilarating virtuosity, and joyful storytelling. This milestone production features all‑new sets designed by Peter Crompton and created by Rooster Productions, along with new costumes by Yanis E. Pikieris, bringing fresh visual richness […]
Salsa 4 Week Series with Alejandro & Jewell in San Mateo!
Motion Arts Center
Join us for a rare 4-week progressive Salsa series starting May 9th at Motion Arts Center in San Mateo! Whether you’re brand new or ready to level up, this series is designed to build real confidence, connection, and smooth, social dance skills you can actually use on the dance floor. We offer two levels (Beginner […]
Songs from a Sinking Ship
Flamenco Arts International
Winner of 3 Izzie Awards, FAI's Song's from a Sinking Ship, is a visually striking dance-theatre work blending flamenco, music, and storytelling. Featuring world-renowned artists Juan José Amador, Eugenio Iglesias, David Chupete, Reyes Martín, Marian Fernández, Carlos Menchaca, Marina Elana, and flamenco legend El Torombo.
Smithereens Dance Salon
Halcyon Dance Project
Smithereens Dance Salon is a mixed bill of contemporary dance featuring works by Oakland based choreographers Janice Garrett, ArVejon Jones, and Ryan Rouland Smith. Smithereens Dance Salon produces works by established and emerging choreographers with the goal of uplifting the presentation of contemporary dance in Oakland. May 23rd performances are at 3:00pm and 6:30pm. Doors […]
Class with Kayla Farrish
gatherings
World-Building, Imagination, and Voice-Building: Working with dance-theater and humanism to create possibility Kayla loves working with dance-theater, improvisation, world-building, relationships, and fantasy to create a space of discovery, processing, and questioning. Together, we will dive into improvisation scores, conversations as duets, voice, and phrase work to radically imagine. Inspired by lineages of resistance, living archive, […]
Spring Duncan Dance Workshops
MarySano
A third generation Duncan Dancer Mary Sano will share core concepts and technique of Duncan Dance, and introduce choreography of Isadora Duncan from the Chopin and Schubert repertoire at her dance studio in San Francisco. Workshops are for all levels of students and first time dancers are most welcome!
The Camera As Portal & Witness
Bridge Live Arts
Join Bridge Live Arts for an evening with interdisciplinary artist Kayla Farrish at BANDALOOP Studios in West Oakland. On May 23, Kayla will present The Camera as Portal and Witness, a one-night-only screening-lecture featuring excerpts from her film work alongside reflections on her creative process and influences. Dinner catered by Señor Sisig is included with […]
Smithereens Dance Salon
Halcyon Dance Project
Smithereens Dance Salon is a mixed bill of contemporary dance featuring works by Oakland based choreographers Janice Garrett, ArVejon Jones, and Ryan Rouland Smith. Smithereens Dance Salon produces works by established and emerging choreographers with the goal of uplifting the presentation of contemporary dance in Oakland. May 23rd performances are at 3:00pm and 6:30pm. Doors […]
Smithereens Dance Salon
Halcyon Dance Project
Smithereens Dance Salon is a mixed bill of contemporary dance featuring works by Oakland based choreographers Janice Garrett, ArVejon Jones, and Ryan Rouland Smith. Smithereens Dance Salon produces works by established and emerging choreographers with the goal of uplifting the presentation of contemporary dance in Oakland. May 23rd performances are at 3:00pm and 6:30pm. Doors […]
