A Promising New Partnership: José Manuel Carreño Takes the Lead at Ballet San Jose

Ballet partnerships are the stuff of legend: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryishnikov and Natalia Makarova, José Manuel Carreño and Susan Jaffe…and Julie Kent…and Gillian Murphy. Carreño, one of […]

Book Review: Ralph Lemon’s Come home Charley Patton

In Come home Charley Patton (Wesleyan University Press, 2013), choreographer, writer and visual artist Ralph Lemon journeys through personal and Civil Rights history like a migrant worker. Gleaning ancestral fruits—both […]

Welcome

Recently, I’ve been obsessed with home. The obsession runs deep through my veins. In thinking about why I’ve come to this, I think about temporarily living in a new place […]

Klanghaus: Prose and Confluence: A Queer Cowboy Musical

Prose and Confluence is a queer cowboy musical, featuring an original score and script, that playfully explores themes of loss, mourning, and understanding. Telling the tale of a grieving river […]

BANDALOOP: Ground Class: the get down

the get down is embodied generosity & imaginative rigor. the get down is joy & sorrow, clamorous & soft. the get down will be what you need it to be. […]

TRY

TRY a queer fantasy of improvised collaboration where body and land meet ancestry and futurity TRY is a performance choreographed by Ishmael Houston-Jones created in deep collaboration with jose e. […]

Gravity Pop-Up Performance #4

Gravity Pop-Up Performance #4 — Re:Naissance with Styles Alexander and jose e. abad Amidst the rolling thunder call to prioritize Black lives, arts and voices in this divisive time of […]

Did You Know? Mugwumpin

Mugwumpin is an award-winning San Francisco theater and performance ensemble, whose vision is to create live art that ignites radical collaboration, empathy and curiosity. Mugwumpin was formed in San Francisco […]

New Visions in Korean Dance: Kyoungil Ong and Hearan Chung create community and dances that inspire

Two major choreographic forces in the Bay Area’s Korean dance community offer their work to honor the 30th Anniversary of San Francisco’s Ethnic Dance Festival this month. Weekend One presents […]

Oceánica Ballet: Blue Skies

Oceánica Ballet is proud to present its inaugural production, Blue Skies. Five choreographers explore themes of resilience, hope, and joy in a dynamic showcase of world premieres presented in-person. Constanza […]