Nina Haft & Company Joe Goode Annex, SF The World Premiere of Precarious Pod , an immersive and interactive dance performance about animal instinct and planetary change, asking: what do animals teach us about coop- eration and survival? Article on page 7. Fri-Sun, Nov 15-17, Nov 22-24, Fri-Sat
AIRspace SAFEhouse Arts, SF
AIRspace residents, randy reyes, Kevin Wong, Europa Grace & Kim Ip, present new work. AIR- space is a year-long artist residency program for queer and trans people of color. Thu, Nov 21, 8pm, $15-$20. safehousearts.org USF Dance Ensemble Lone Mountain Studio Theater, SF STILL STANDING will feature new works by: Alma Esperanza Cunningham, Cherie Hill, dana e. fitchett and alumnus Melissa Lewis. Guest artists Kinetech Arts. Thu-Sat, Nov 21-23, 8pm, $5-$10. usfca.edu/pasjevents
7pm & 9pm, Sun 4pm & 6pm ninahaftandcompany.com
NewGround Theatre Dance Company Arts Unify Movement Center, San Mateo
A re-imagined production exploring grief and bereavement through the eyes of five char- acters struggling to come to terms with the loss of a loved one. Fri-Sat, Nov 15-16, 8pm; Sat-Sun, Nov 16-17, 2pm, $30 artsunitymovement.com/newgrounddance
USF Dance Ensemble, Nov 21-23 / Photo by Robbie Sweeny
pateldanceworks The Finnish Hall, Berkeley
Tina Vanessa, Kayla Belly Dance, with special guest dancers and Middle Eastern food and drinks. Thu, Nov 14, 8pm, $12-$15. cairo-cabaret.square.site
Seven dancers in sections of movement, spoken word, storytelling, and meditation. Sat-Sun, Nov 16-17, 7pm, FREE bhumibpatel.co
Tere O’Connor Dance ODC Theater, SF
Prayukti Arts : Nitya Narasimhan
Long Run is a major work which pushes the emotional content of Tere O’Connor’s move- ment to new physical extremes, allowing time- based elements like polyrhythms, velocity and duration to become critical forces, overtaking the eight performers as they struggle to bring their bodies into a state of calm. Thu-Sat, Nov 14-16, 8pm, $15-$30. odc.dance FLACC 2019: Bridges & Bones / Puentes Y Huesos Dance Mission Theater, SF Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers is celebrating its 6th annual showcase, replacing ideas of borders and walls that separate and erase Latinxs in the US by creating cultural bridges, honoring ancestors and building artistic alliances to support and unify 15 dance companies. Fri-Sat, Nov 15-16,
IncivilitySF, Nov 1-2 / Photo by Serrano
Zohar School & Company, Palo Alto The Margam is relative and subjective, flexible enough to incorporate a variety of dance com- positions set in the Bharatanatyam movement vocabulary. A Margam typically consists of an invocatory piece, a central piece, abhinaya pieces and a culminating piece. Sun, Nov 16- 17, 5-6:30pm, $15. nityanarasimhan.com Astana Ballet Herbst Theater, SF The Heritage of the Great Steppe , a Ka- zakh folk dance. The evening includes three neoclassical one-act ballets, with two of the pieces by Brazilian choreographer Ricardo Amarante. Tue, Nov 19 7:30pm, $90. astanaballet.com/en
Printz Dance Project, Nov 7-9 / Photo by Jeff Zender
Tere O'Connor Dance, Nov 14-16 / Photo by Ben McKeown
to San Francisco City Hall for free monthly noon-time performances and is presented by Dancers’ Group and World Arts West in partnership with Grants for the Arts and SF City Hall. Fri, Nov 8, 12pm, FREE dancersgroup.org/rotunda
San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest Palace of Fine Arts, SF The 21st Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest features nearly one dozen innovative hip-hop performances from dance companies from around the globe. Under the umbrella of hip hop, this year’s festival show- cases work that draws variously from b-boying, breaking, popping, freestyle, locking, clubbing, housing, voguing and urban choreography. Fri-Sat, Nov 22-23, 8pm, Sun, Nov 24, 12noon & 5pm, $47-57. sfhiphopdancefest.com FLACC 2019: Bridges & Bones / Puentes Y Huesos Berkeley Art Museum And Pacific Film Archive Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers is celebrating its 6th annual showcase, replacing ideas of borders and walls that separate and erase Latinxs in the US by creating cultural bridges, honoring ancestors and building artistic alliances to support and unify 15 dance companies. Fri-Sat, Nov 22-23,
8-10pm, $20-32. flaccdanza.org
Dance Mission Theater Herbst Theater, SF
¡Adelante! , the 20th Anniversary Celebra- tion of Dance Mission Theater, will feature performances by Dance Brigade, Grrrl Bri- gade, Arenas Dance Company, Duniya Dance and Drum, Micaya, Allan Frias, Alayo Dance Company and more. Fri, Nov 8, 7:30-9:30, $10-$50. dancemissiontheater.org
Juliet Paramor, Annalise Constantz, Ezra Unterseher SAFEhouse Arts, SF
RAW (resident artist workshop) presents new work by Juliet Paramor, Annalise Constantz, and Navigational Dance that explores themes of poetry, nature, habit and choice. Fri-Sat, Nov 15-16, 8pm, $15-$20. safehousearts.org
Hope Mohr Dance Bridge Project ODC Theater, SF
SAFEhouse Arts RAW, Nov 21 / Photo courtesy of artist
Signals from the West has commissioned ten Bay Area artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to create new works of art in response to Merce Cunningham's legacy. Saturday’s performance will feature a pre- show Haptic Tour and Live Audio Description by Gravity Access Services. Fri-Sat, Nov 8-9,
8pm, $20-$50. hopemohr.org
4-6pm, $11-65. flaccdanza.org
Diablo Ballet Del Valle Theatre, Walnut Creek Family-friendly ballet, A Swingin’ Holiday , created by Broadway’s Sean Kelly, is set to the exhilarating music of the ’30s and ’40s. The program will include The Nutcracker Suite by Julia Adam, former principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet. Fri-Sat, Nov 8-9, 8pm; Sat-Sun, Nov 9-10, 2pm, $15-$50 diabloballet.org Cairo Cabaret El Valenciano Restaurant, SF Cairo Cabaret includes live Arabic music featuring the Georges Lammam Ensemble, dance performances by Parya Dance, Abigail Keyes Dance, Janelle Rodriguez, Rachel Duff,
Project Aiwa Shelton Theater, SF
Performances by Cirque Du Soleil alumni & Whirling Dervish Gregangelo Herrera, Contortionist Jeliza Rose, and otherworldly Bellydancers Ahava, Andrea Sendek, Tammy Johnson, Rose Harden, Tre Henderson and more. Live music by Bouchaib Abdelhadi and the event features Algerian dancer Esraa Warda. Sat, Nov 30, 3pm & 6:30pm, $30-$50. eventbrite.com
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Nov 3 / Photo courtesy of the artist
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