Dance in Revolt(ing) Times (D.I.R.T.) Festival 2021: Harriet’s Gun, Shapeshifting Towards a Radically Imagined Black Future is a ritual of black joy, possibility, and healing. As we reckon with the 30 years between Rodney King and Breonna Taylor, Black artists tell their stories, uplift creative medicine, and conjure hope. Virtual performances include Two distinct programs […]
Dance in Revolt(ing) Times (D.I.R.T.) Festival 2021: Harriet’s Gun, Shapeshifting Towards a Radically Imagined Black Future is a ritual of black joy, possibility, and healing. As we reckon with the 30 years between Rodney King and Breonna Taylor, Black artists tell their stories, uplift creative medicine, and conjure hope. Virtual performances include Two distinct programs […]
Dance Mission Theater and La Colectiva de Mujeres join forces to produce the new short film, Mujer, Trabajo, Salud, a celebration of women domestic workers, using dance, original music, and poetry to uplift voices and make them visible. The film will be presented as an installation piece projected from the windows of Dance Mission Theater […]
AAAPAC & K*Star*Productions in partnership with Dance Mission Theater present Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now 2021 Summer Series 1, 2, 3… Go! An informal showing of solos, duets, and trios followed by audience feedback and artist conversations. Choreographers have been in residency at Dance Mission this Summer. Join us for an evening to check out […]
Mujer, Trabajo, Salud - A Dance Film Celebrating the Lives and Victories of Domestic Workers At the intersection of art and activism lies people’s lived experiences rich in hopes and driven by values, resilience, and dignity. During times of struggle, these two lines come together and become less defined for frontline communities such as low […]
Don’t miss this celebration of the Bay Area’s rich dance scene, featuring emerging and established artists from a range of dance genres – from Samba to Reggaeton to Dancehall to Modern. Artists include: Tika Morgan’s Reggaeton Fusion Performance Workshop, Tropicali Dancehall’s Performance Workshop, Estrelas do Samba, Alice Lousen, ArcTangent Dance, Rebekah Enderle, Sheila Russel / […]
Don’t miss this celebration of the Bay Area’s rich dance scene, featuring emerging and established artists from a range of dance genres – from Samba to Reggaeton to Dancehall to Modern. Artists include: Tika Morgan’s Reggaeton Fusion Performance Workshop, Tropicali Dancehall’s Performance Workshop, Estrelas do Samba, Alice Lousen, ArcTangent Dance, Rebekah Enderle, Sheila Russel / […]
La Colectiva de Mujeres and the San Francisco Day Labor Program, two immigrant worker-led collectives located in the heart of the Mission District, join forces with the California Domestic Worker Coalition and Dance Mission Theater to present a powerful theatrical story about worker dignity, homecare, Ecofeminism, and our role in environmental justice. Join us for a […]
Dance Mission Theater and FLACC (Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers) have come together for a day-long street closure to activate the Native American Heritage Site at Dolores Park and remember the waterways on the 18th Street/Mission Creek Corridor (between Church and Dolores Streets) via art and cultural events. In partnership with Ohlone leaders, local […]
The Winter Choreographers Showcase features new work by a diverse range of Bay Area dance artists – from Guinean to Brazilian to Modern. Featured artists include: Nicole Klaymoon’s House Performance Workshop, Fogo Na Roupa Performance Workshop, Kirstin’s Strong Pulse Dance Crew, Jenna Valez in collaboration with Chelsea Van Billiard, SambaMix with Queen Mawuta, Amiyo Cloarec, SF […]
The Winter Choreographers Showcase features new work by a diverse range of Bay Area dance artists – from Guinean to Brazilian to Modern. Featured artists include: Nicole Klaymoon’s House Performance Workshop, Fogo Na Roupa Performance Workshop, Kirstin’s Strong Pulse Dance Crew, Jenna Valez in collaboration with Chelsea Van Billiard, SambaMix with Queen Mawuta, Amiyo Cloarec, SF […]
A one-night only Theatre in Video showing of ‘Mixtape of the Dead & Gone #1- Egwu Ahamefula and Nigeria Trip Report-back ’, a shit-just-got-real Afro-dance-theater piece following Ahamefula moments after her death, in a tussle with Asa-#7, a Messenger called from ‘Onye Ozi’ Ancestor app, sent to collect them. This piece was initially staged and […]
Dance Mission, Loco Bloco, and PODER SF are coming together once more to celebrate Women’s History Month. Join us for this outdoor dance and music festival featuring work by Loco Bloco, La Mezcla, Karen Smith, Shahrzad Dance, La Familia Peña-Govea, Meche Ita, F.A.L. Dance, and Fredrika Keefer. It is recommended to bring a blanket and […]
Dance Mission Theater's D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process. The 2023 festival has been curated around the expansive but specific theme of Citizen SUPREME, an urgent response to the recent supreme court decisions that have seemingly […]
Dance Mission Theater's D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process. The 2023 festival has been curated around the expansive but specific theme of Citizen SUPREME, an urgent response to the recent supreme court decisions that have seemingly […]
Dance Mission Theater's D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process. The 2023 festival has been curated around the expansive but specific theme of Citizen SUPREME, an urgent response to the recent supreme court decisions that have seemingly […]
Dance Mission Theater's D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process. The 2023 festival has been curated around the expansive but specific theme of Citizen SUPREME, an urgent response to the recent supreme court decisions that have seemingly […]
Dance Mission Theater's D.I.R.T. Festival, or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times, is a social political dance festival presenting artists whose work explicitly addresses local/global challenges through their creative process. The 2023 festival has been curated around the expansive but specific theme of Citizen SUPREME, an urgent response to the recent supreme court decisions that have seemingly […]
One day only at Dance Mission Theater! Join us for a day of performance excerpts, work-in-progress showings, film screening, and panel discussion exploring the the vibrant, layered, and largely unknown social-political relationship between Cuba and Guinea, West Africa forged by the transatlantic slave trade as well as the post-colonial dance/culture exchange that began in the […]
MUD WATER IV is a futuristic portrayal of the near-extinction of turfing, presented in the style of a documentary and in the form of a live evening-length theater performance that combines dance, storytelling and projected motion graphics. In the year 2032, turfers find their world overrun by AI which have grown massive after many years […]
MUD WATER IV is a futuristic portrayal of the near-extinction of turfing, presented in the style of a documentary and in the form of a live evening-length theater performance that combines dance, storytelling and projected motion graphics. In the year 2032, turfers find their world overrun by AI which have grown massive after many years […]
MUD WATER IV is a futuristic portrayal of the near-extinction of turfing, presented in the style of a documentary and in the form of a live evening-length theater performance that combines dance, storytelling and projected motion graphics. In the year 2032, turfers find their world overrun by AI which have grown massive after many years […]
