At this time, SAFEhouse Arts has cancelled this upcoming performance. Read more here. In its third season, eMotion Arts presents “Sombro”, a collaborative work that dwells on individual and collective experiences around mental health. This work is meant to open up a conversation about this subject, helping end the stigma associated with mental health. Directed by Mariana Sobral, eMotion Arts is a Bay Area-based Dance Company with the vision of celebrating Inclusion and Oneness through Arts by bringing together dancers,…

At this time, ODC/Dance has postponed their upcoming performance. Read more here. ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, is pleased to present Dance Downtown, its 49th Home Season featuring two programs of bold and bracing choreography. From March 26 - March 29, ODC presents powerful works by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way and Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson. Both pieces in the opening week embody values that continue to compel the artists: the world of nature and…

At this time, The Water Project has postponed their upcoming performance. A multidisciplinary performance work focused on dance, The Water Project explores all things water: its sacred essence and beauty, its productive and destructive power, its essential life force, and humanity’s predilection to control and commodify water. Acknowledging water’s central role in human history, The Water Project incorporates landmark events both locally in the Santa Clara Valley watershed and around the world. Through the power of performance, The Water Project…

At this time, HaoExpression has cancelled their upcoming performances. Read more here. A musical movement theater performance that unfolds the mythical romance of Achilles and Patroclus against the backdrop of the Trojan War. Torn between loyalty to his comrades and desperate love for a boy he no longer recognizes, the young soldier Patroclus makes a fateful choice that changes the course of the Trojan War for good. HaoExpression Performing Arts Studio’s eighth major production, ARISTOS: THE MUSICAL, sings the love…

At this time, The Water Project has postponed their upcoming performance. A multidisciplinary performance work focused on dance, The Water Project explores all things water: its sacred essence and beauty, its productive and destructive power, its essential life force, and humanity’s predilection to control and commodify water. Acknowledging water’s central role in human history, The Water Project incorporates landmark events both locally in the Santa Clara Valley watershed and around the world. Through the power of performance, The Water Project…

At this time, Cal Performances has cancelled their upcoming performances. Read more here. Now in its seventh decade, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater stands tall as an enduring cultural touchstone, especially when it comes to work that speaks directly to the times. With artistic director Robert Battle at the helm, the Ailey company has cultivated the best and brightest choreographers working today—gifted artists exploring themes of hope, sorrow, joy, and resilience. Performances will include classics from the Ailey repertoire, and…

At this time, HaoExpression has cancelled their upcoming performance. Read more here. HaoExpression presents excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty ballet performed by its adult ballet students. The dances are staged or choreographed by its talented faculty: Rudy Candia, Rodolphe Cassand, Kirsten Livingsten, Ommi Pipit-Suksun, and Dawn Sue. The show also features a former Principal dancer of Ballet San Jose, Ommi Pipit Suksun who will perform a short experimental work; a choreographic collaboration with Ali McKeon. This work is part of…

At this time, ODC/Dance has postponed their upcoming performance. Read more here. ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, is pleased to present Dance Downtown, its 49th Home Season featuring two programs of bold and bracing choreography. From March 26 - March 29, ODC presents powerful works by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way and Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson. Both pieces in the opening week embody values that continue to compel the artists: the world of nature and…

At this time, HaoExpression has cancelled their upcoming performances. Read more here. A musical movement theater performance that unfolds the mythical romance of Achilles and Patroclus against the backdrop of the Trojan War. Torn between loyalty to his comrades and desperate love for a boy he no longer recognizes, the young soldier Patroclus makes a fateful choice that changes the course of the Trojan War for good. HaoExpression Performing Arts Studio’s eighth major production, ARISTOS: THE MUSICAL, sings the love…

At this time, Cal Performances has cancelled their upcoming performances. Read more here. The lush visual spectacle and exuberance of Hindi cinema come to life onstage in this colorful theatrical tribute. With live music from scores by R.D. Burman and A.R. Rahman; choreography inspired by the dance moves of superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra; and romantic leads based on classic heartthrobs like Raj Kapoor, this fully staged production takes us on a journey from the birth of India’s…

At this time, CSU East Bay Theatre and Dance Department has postponed this upcoming performance. Wandering in the Wilderness is an experimental performance ceremony exploring the spaces in-between, when we have moved away from the things that no longer work in our lives, but we don’t yet know what is next. We are investigating the nature of uncertainty, groundlessness, and mystery—particularly inquiring into how to leave behind situations, attitudes, relationships, governments, homes, and habits of abuse, oppression, and dysfunction. How…

At this time, CounterPulse has postponed their upcoming performance. Read more here. SOFTEN THE BODY AND UNLEASH THE FEMALE VOICE Join CounterPulse for a double bill evening featuring works by their Edge 2020 residency artists. Edge is an incubation residency and commissioning program for contemporary choreographers whose work is deeply curious about the intersection of art practice and social change. WITH by Rachael Dichter & Dia Dear blends physical practices and nightlife for a multi-generational queer phenomenon. WITH invites the audience to engage…

At this time, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has cancelled their upcoming performance. Read more here. This spring, audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience the rich body of work created over four decades by visionary choreographer Alonzo King. Four Decades of Creation, performed by LINES’ world-renowned dancers, draws from the archive of collaborations with extraordinary artists Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan, Jason Moran, Etta James and Pharoah Sanders and music composed by Bach and Handel. The enduring power of these…

At this time, CounterPulse has postponed their upcoming performance. Read more here. SOFTEN THE BODY AND UNLEASH THE FEMALE VOICE Join CounterPulse for a double bill evening featuring works by their Edge 2020 residency artists. Edge is an incubation residency and commissioning program for contemporary choreographers whose work is deeply curious about the intersection of art practice and social change. WITH by Rachael Dichter & Dia Dear blends physical practices and nightlife for a multi-generational queer phenomenon. WITH invites the audience to engage…

At this time, Kickbal has postponed their upcoming performance. Kickbal directors Emma Lanier and Ky Frances present the world premiere of HOMEBODY, an evening-length work featuring five dancers and an original score by composer Melissa Weikart. Personal and abstract, HOMEBODY is a series of unexpected episodes, distinct in content, but all inexplicably organized around the color yellow. Dancers include Julie Crothers, Audrey Johnson, Cauveri Madabushi Suresh, Gizeh Muniz, and Chelsea Reichert. DG Discount

Dog + Pony (Alma Esperanza Cunningham and Joe Landini) return for their second season at Project Artaud's Space 124 with new, full-length work that uses Don Quixote as a lens to examine agency.

At this time, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has cancelled their upcoming performance. Read more here. This spring, audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience the rich body of work created over four decades by visionary choreographer Alonzo King. Four Decades of Creation, performed by LINES’ world-renowned dancers, draws from the archive of collaborations with extraordinary artists Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan, Jason Moran, Etta James and Pharoah Sanders and music composed by Bach and Handel. The enduring power of these…

At this time, Marin Center has cancelled this upcoming performance. Don't Miss "THE EARTH SPEAKS" an IZZIE NOMINATED, multi-disciplinary dance-theatre production, choreographed by accomplished Indian Classical Dancer, Jyotsna Vaidee (www.jyotsnavaidee.com). A unique and completely original dance-theatre -spoken word poetry production that reflects upon our interconnectedness to nature and the impact of climate change.  A thought provoking and fun show appropriate for all ages.  This is a story of a woman, who is a metaphor for the earth.  What would she say to…

At this time, Shawl-Anderson has postponed their upcoming performance. Within the Elements of Ore is a one night only event* with choreography by Michael D. Lee and poetry by RJ Equality Ingram. Within the Elements of Ore focuses on the concept that our society typically values gold/money over a human life. We see this throughout history every time colonizers came to a new land. We see this even now a days reflected in the exorbitant costs of lifesaving medication. Dancers: Keanu Forrest…

At this time, SAFEhouse Arts has cancelled this upcoming performance. Read more here. Naomi Oppenheim An homage to roots in Judaism, musical theater, and silliness, this multimedia piece - inspired by "Fiddler on the Roof"'s bottle dancers and performed with a bottle on her head - is informed by Naomi's studies of adolescent psychology. It traverses various forms of dance and performance, exploring connection as the undoing of suffering, messiness as the undoing of shame, inner child as the site…

At this time, CounterPulse has postponed their upcoming performance. Read more here. SOFTEN THE BODY AND UNLEASH THE FEMALE VOICE Join CounterPulse for a double bill evening featuring works by their Edge 2020 residency artists. Edge is an incubation residency and commissioning program for contemporary choreographers whose work is deeply curious about the intersection of art practice and social change. WITH by Rachael Dichter & Dia Dear blends physical practices and nightlife for a multi-generational queer phenomenon. WITH invites the audience to engage…

At this time, Kickbal has postponed their upcoming performance. Kickbal directors Emma Lanier and Ky Frances present the world premiere of HOMEBODY, an evening-length work featuring five dancers and an original score by composer Melissa Weikart. Personal and abstract, HOMEBODY is a series of unexpected episodes, distinct in content, but all inexplicably organized around the color yellow. Dancers include Julie Crothers, Audrey Johnson, Cauveri Madabushi Suresh, Gizeh Muniz, and Chelsea Reichert. DG Discount

Dog + Pony (Alma Esperanza Cunningham and Joe Landini) return for their second season at Project Artaud's Space 124 with new, full-length work that uses Don Quixote as a lens to examine agency.