SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA DANCE NEWS COVERAGE - PAGE 5

San Francisco Ballet's remarkable new Program 2 features 3 terrifically enjoyable works, including a new dance by William Forsythe set to the music of James Blake, and Jerome Robbins' rapturously romantic classic 'In the Night.' It runs through February 13th at the War Memorial Opera House in San Fr...

San Francisco Ballet fairly leaps for joy in the opening program of its 2022 season live onstage at the War Memorial Opera House. Program 1 includes George Balanchine's eternally effervescent 'Symphony in C' and the world premiere of 'Mrs. Robinson' by Cathy Marston, based on the seminal novel 'The ...

Oakland-based innovator of vertical dance BANDALOOP, activator of international public spaces with awe-inspiring, perspective-changing mid-air performances, will celebrate its 30th anniversary by unveiling a new large-scale outdoor work titled LOOM:FIELD. ...

Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the internationally celebrated contemporary ballet company, is pleased to announce the performance schedule for its 40th Anniversary year. ...

Hammer Theatre Center has announced the cancellation of Thana Alexa, originally scheduled for January 30, to launch this spring's Black Cab Jazz Series. ...

ODC has announced that DANCE DOWNTOWN, March 31 - April 10 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, will kick off its 50+ anniversary celebrations. ...

San Francisco Ballet will begin its repertory season and Helgi Tomasson’s 37th and final season as Artistic Director this February with the live world premiere of Cathy Marston’s Mrs. Robinson on Program 1, February 1–12 at the War Memorial Opera House....

San Francisco Ballet today announced the appointment of Tamara Rojo, its first new artistic director in nearly four decades and first woman to lead the internationally-recognized company that has balanced an innovative focus on new and contemporary choreography with a deeply held dedication to class...

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Ballet announced today a fellowship that will provide Black musicians with tuition, housing, and a stipend for SFCM's one-year Professional Studies Certificate in Instrumental Performance and the opportunity to play rehearsals and shows...

Artistic Director Lauren Jonas has announced its February program featuring the world premiere of Cinderella's Wedding by Julia Adam, the Company premiere of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux by George Balanchine, the duet from Book of Alleged Dances by Val Caniparoli and a world premiere by company dancer M...

New York-based choreographer, dancer, and director Camille A. Brown, hailed by The New York Times as “one of the most expressive, genuine, and deeply felt choreographers working today,” brings her acclaimed dance company Camille A. Brown and Dancers to the Hammer Theatre Center in downtown...

Smuin launches the new year with its “Dance Series 1: Love Smuin” featuring the company premiere of internationally acclaimed choreographer Gina Patterson's You Are Here. ...

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces the return of LGBTQ+ Night during the San Francisco run of The Christmas Ballet, featuring a twist on the annual holiday tradition with one-night-only performances by special guest Lady Camden. ...

ODC, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed center for contemporary dance, has announced its 50+ anniversary in 2022. The organization will commemorate this milestone with a series of community events, performances, festivals, and more.  ...

San Francisco Ballet, the first professional ballet company in the U.S., is kicking off its 89th repertory season with the opening night gala La Grande Fête, marking the return of one of the Bay Area's most anticipated social events after a two-year hiatus. ...

Returning to Oakland's historic Paramount Theatre December 18 - 19, Oakland Ballet Company will present its annual production of Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker. ...

The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation today announced that Alice Sheppard, internationally-recognized dancer, choreographer, and founder of disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light, is a recipient of the $1 million 2021 Neilsen Visionary Prize. Fellow 2021 recipients are Kim Anderson-Erisman, PhD and Wesley...

Award-winning choreographer Doug Varone's NYC-based dance company Doug Varone and Dancers comes to the Hammer Theatre Center in downtown San Jose October 29 & 30, to present an evening of three stunning works: Somewhere, Lux, and Octet. ...

ODC Theater, part of the most active center for contemporary dance on the West Coast, is proud to announce a team of Guest Curators for its 2022 Season. ...

The critically acclaimed San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival returns this October in a brand new format: film....

After returning to the UK to renew his visa in July 2020, Brew found himself stranded there due to travel restrictions brought about by the pandemic which ultimately led to the realization that living in two places was no longer feasible; re:surge will feature a final new work from Brew (Roots A...

ODC/Dance presents its first live telecast event, Drinks & a Dance, featuring the world premiere of ODC/Dance's feature film, Up for Air / Decameron, directed by Brenda Way. ...

RAWdance, in partnership with TJPA's Salesforce Park, has announced the premiere of Portal, a free, public, site-specific live performance, which transforms the elevated garden into a multi-media ecosystem animated by evocative movement and physical storytelling....

ODC Theater will present Funsch Dance Experience in the world premiere of EPOCH, created by choreographer Christy Funsch. A one-day-only performance, EPOCH will take place before an in-person audience on Saturday, October 2 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. PT. The event will also be offered as a live d...

Epiphany Dance Theater has announced the program for the 18th annual San Francisco Trolley Dances, which will be offered both as an in-person as well as a virtual event over the weekend of October 16 - 17....

Following 18 months of inventive virtual and outdoor performances, Smuin Contemporary Ballet returns with a stellar lineup for its 2021/22 season, kicking off with a virtual series revisiting Michael Smuin favorites, followed by the return of live, in-person performances on stages in San Francisco, ...

Combining ballet, aerial, contortion, and visual arts, Metamorphosis acknowledges the changes everyone has experienced during the pandemic, with an emphasis on its impact to the arts. These artists, who create moving and enthralling narratives through circus arts and performance, are donating their ...

Charles Slender-White and his dance company, FACT/SF will present Split, a series of 300 one-on-one performances this autumn in San Francisco. Each show will be 15 minutes and will be performed by a single dancer for an audience of 1. ...

Founded by Alvin Ailey and Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey in 1989, this innovative full-scholarship day camp for middle school students uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, self-discipline, creative expression, and critical-thinking skills....

Families can revel in the holiday spirit in a magnificent new setting when New Ballet brings its hit production “The San Jose Nutcracker” to the historical masterpiece California Theatre in downtown San Jose....

ODC Theater has announced its Fall 2021 Season, offering patrons options for in-person and virtual performance. Tickets, starting at $20, and digital access season subscriptions, starting at $40, will go on sale July 27....

San Francisco Ballet, one of the largest and most celebrated ballet companies in the U.S. and the country's first arts organization to cease performance due to the Covid-19 pandemic, returns to live performance on August 13 and 14 with Starry Nights: SF Ballet's Return to the Stage at Frost Amphithe...

Charles Slender-White and his dance company, FACT/SF will present Split, a series of 300 one-on-one performances this autumn in San Francisco. Each show will be 15 minutes and will be performed by a single dancer for an audience of 1. ...

The Board of Directors of the San Francisco Ballet announced today that Kelly Tweeddale is leaving her position as Executive Director. Chief Development Officer Danielle St. Germain-Gordon has taken on the responsibility of Interim Executive Director while SF Ballet undertakes an international searc...

Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the San Francisco-based, internationally celebrated contemporary ballet company, has announced it has received a $5 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett....

The Monterey Jazz Festival has announced the members of the 2021 Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo, the third all-star group of talented young high school women from around the United States, under musical direction from bassist and vocalist Katie Thiroux....

Diablo Ballet virtually presents the final program of its 27th Season, Love Stories, June 18-27, featuring three ballets, including the romantic duet Carousel (A Dance) inspired by the Broadway musical by renowned choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.  ...

San Francisco Ballet brings its extremely successful 2021 Digital Season to a close by revisiting that all-time classic, Swan Lake, in a production choreographed by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson back in 2009, and captured on video in 2016. Swan Lake is a particular favorite of mine, so I was sinc...

Dancers' Group, a service and presenting organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced it has awarded $105,000 in grants to 30 Bay Area dance artists and organizations. Each grantee will receive $3,500 as part of the spring 2021 round of CA$H Dance....

San Francisco Ballet streams Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake from May 20 to June 9, 2021, closing SF Ballet's 2021 Digital Season....