A two-weekend free dance festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. Programmed by RAWdance for its first five years, YBG ChoreoFest opens a new chapter co-curated by David Herrera Performance Company (Artistic Director David Herrera) and PUSH Dance Company (Artistic Director […]

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Presents ChoreoFest the two-weekend dance festival of site-specific work showcasing the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. Programmed by RAWdance for its first five years, YBG ChoreoFest opens a new chapter co-curated by David Herrera Performance Company (Artistic Director David Herrera) and PUSH Dance Company (Artistic Director […]

Founded in 2018 by Rieko Kotoku, who grew up in Japan’s southwestern Tottori prefecture, and Sawako Ama, who was born and raised in a Buddhist temple in southern Japan, KOHAKU is a singular collaboration steeped in traditional Japanese performing arts such as taiko drumming, kagura (a ritual dance associated with Shinto shrines) and a variety […]

After a week of euphoria, healing and celebration, the Get Free Festival culminates for a playfully inventive interdisciplinary performance that intertwines street dance battle culture, live music, spoken word and improvisation. Embodiment Project has staged and toured ten original multidisciplinary dance productions, including Chalk Outlines, which featured singer/songwriter Valerie Troutt’s Isadora Duncan Dance Award-winning original score. […]

A beloved Father’s Day tradition celebrating the creativity of North America’s indigenous peoples, the annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival showcases a diverse program of Native music, dance, spoken word, visual artists, vendors and crafts. Artists: Audiopharmacy Pomo Dancers Apache Crown Dancers Kanyon Sayers-Rood Celeste Aguilar Nizhoni Ellenwood Monique Sonoquie Plus many more artisans, artists and […]

More than a dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla is a polyrhythmic creative force rooted in Chicana, Latina and Indigenous traditions. In their YBG Festival debut the company presents a sneak peek at their new show Ghostly Labor and excerpts from the award-winning production Pachuquísmo, an all-womxn tap and son jarocho performance about pachucas and […]

Even on a flamenco scene boasting a flamboyant array of talent, Melissa Cruz stands out with her emotional intensity and crisp, beautifully articulated steps. Rooted in the hard-scrabble soil of Andalusia, the art form grew out of the medieval convergence of Gitano, Jewish, Spanish and Moorish culture. Accompanied by guitar, vocals and percussive half-clapping called […]

A celebration of San Francisco’s Indigenous Peoples Day at Yerba Buena Gardens with Native American art, music and vendors. The program highlights the vastly diverse and talented community of Indigenous artists in the Bay Area, California and beyond. Artists and Participants: Morning Star Gali (Emcee) DJ Cutz Round Valley Dancers Cody Blackbird Band Big Valley […]

Nursing These Wounds explores the ongoing impact of colonization, and the American medical education that accompanied it, in the Philippines in the early twentieth century, as well as the prominent role Pilipinx nurses play in healthcare in the United States today. Informed by the work of historian and UC Berkeley professor Catherine Ceniza Choy, who, along […]

As the co-artistic director of Duniya Dance and Drum Company, San Francisco choreographer Joti Singh has forged a singularly powerful body of work combining Bhangra with West African rhythms. She continues to explore this dazzlingly fertile hybrid with Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink, a site-specific outdoor performance merging live Punjabi folk music, Bhangra dance and […]

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest highlights the strength, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a two-weekend mini festival of site-specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Artistic Directors, the fifth annual YBG ChoreoFest features an array of distinguished local dance companies of extraordinary performances throughout the Gardens’ lawns and architecture. ASL interpretation will […]

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest highlights the strength, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a two-weekend mini festival of site-specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Artistic Directors, the fifth annual YBG ChoreoFest features local dance companies throughout the Gardens’ lawns and architecture. ASL interpretation will be provided for this event. This program […]

Sekar Jaya will be presenting the premiere of Sudamala, a musical prayer composed by world famous musician and composer, I Dewa Putu Berata. Sudamala is inspired by the lifelong journey of creating and maintaining harmony: between universes, communities, and artistic genres. This performance features all new music created in collaboration with Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Spring […]