On the eve of Inauguration Day 2025, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre is full to the brim with 900-plus patrons, a vast majority of us are...

When Dorrance Dance comes to town, a tappin’ good time is bound to unfold. And such was the case for the Bay Area premiere of The...

Circus Bella’s lighted marquee beckons circus goers approaching from the Embarcadero or Salesforce Pak. Carnaval carts with popcorn,...

Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s  The Christmas Ballet  is the ideal way to ring in the holidays. A bountiful selection of dances performed to...

As we enter the season of gratitude, the presence of SFDanceworks in the Bay Area is at the top of my list.  Their Season 7 tryptic,...

Invited to join the fun, we stomp, clap and shout ‘alright,’ in a call and response ritual that harks across oceans and time. Faces...

RAWdance, known for crafting thought-provoking contemporary works, is a mainstay of the Bay Area dance scene.  Co-Artistic Directors...

Pushing the boundaries of contemporary with theatrical flair, Smuin Contemporary Ballet is a treasure of the Bay Area cultural scene....

The secrecies and vagaries of love collide, with a missing person case in Sharp & Fine’s latest “play for dance” A Detective Story at Z...

On this balmy October night, the dynamic beats of West African drumming emanate from the second story windows of the Dance Mission...

In their latest Split Second production Game Time,  playing at the ODC Theater October 4 & 5, 2024, sisters Aviva and Molly Rose-Williams...

Friday, September 27, CAL Performances opened their 2024-25 Season with the United States Premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi  in a...

Emerging from a dark tunnel, a ghostly Victorian house of floating windows and scrim walls awaits us in the center of Z Space’s vast Lisa...

First generation Mexican-Salvadoran artist Jocelyn Reyes crafts powerful and visceral dance performances using broad theatricality and...

FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival 2024 Weekend Two  at ODC Theater includes a generous helping of contemporary dance performances. Joining...

The Bay Area dance scene is in the middle of a generational sea change. Younger performers, who have enthralled and enticed us in the...

The world premiere of Paufve Dance’s Sisters, on the first day of ODC Theater’s State of Play 2024 dance festival is sold-out. The house...

In the wake of pandemic-induced venue closures, San Francisco’s dance scene has been meandering toward its former vibrancy. Fast forward...

Art informs art. Dance influences dance. Sometimes this is more transparent than others. Choreographer Catherine Galasso developed 10,000...

What a treat it is to see the renowned Ballet Hispánico in the Bay Area, here for a single evening at the Lesher Center for the Arts in...