San Francisco Flamenco Dance Co.
RAW presents Caroline Liviakis Dance Company SAFEhouse Arts, SF There’s A New Kid In Town showcases a blending of concert and commercial styles with facial expressions and theatricality. RAW is SAFEhouse Arts’ Resident Artist Workshop. Fri-Sat, May 11-12, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org Boubion dangles at the end of her rope in an historically suspended tale of Piñatas, Miss Universe and the fatal body politics of race and femininity. Fri-Sat, May 11-12, 8pm, $20. lizboubion.org Keith Hennessy/Circo Zero Washington & Battery, SF J Jha and Keith Hennessy combine movement, ritual, and storytelling to reflect on the differences and similarities of their queer migration to the Bay Area. Fri, May 11, 3pm; Sat, May 12, 1pm & 4, FREE. circozero.org project agora and Shared Space DZINE, SF This performance weaves four distinct duets and embeds them inside a party/event. Sat, Liz Duran Boubion Dance Mission, SF
Gallery 308 – Fort Mason Center, SF 5 x Lorca (Lorca by 5) is by five flamenco chore- ographers based on works by Spanish poet Fed- erico Garcia Lorca. Fri, May 25, 9:30pm, $15-35. sanfranciscoflamenco.com Bahiya Movement Fire House – Fort Mason Center, SF Weighted Acceptance explores the intersec- tional oppressions faced by People Of Color. Part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Sat, May 26, 6pm, $25. sfiaf.org Community Butoh Teachers of San Francisco Theatre of Yugen at NOH Space, SF An evening of new solo works inspired by butoh practices studied by the participants over the past 20 years. Fri-Sat, May 25-26, 8pm, $20. megannicelydance.org Sha Sha Higby Fire House – Fort Mason Center, SF Using the manipulation of hand crafted materi- als, textures and sculptural costume interwoven with puppetry, dance and props, the work cre- ates a journey in which movement and stillness meet. Fri, May 25, 9:30pm; Sat, May 26, 9pm; Sun, May 27, 8pm, $25. shashahigby.com BANDALOOP Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland BANDALOOP, vertical dance company, and Visit Oakland present a series of open rehearsals and conversations with the artists. Tue-Sat, May 22- 26, 12:45pm (3 shows per day), FREE. bandaloop.org Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program Z Space, SF New works by faculty artists Gregory Dawson, Arturo Fernandez, David Harvey, Maurya Kerr, and international guest artist Gioconda Barbuto from Canada. Fri-Sat, May 25-26, 7pm; Sun, May 27, 2pm, $22. training.linesballet.org 21st Annual Dionysian Festival Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing, SF Mary Sano and Her Duncan Dancers will per- form from the traditional Duncan repertoire as well as Sano's original work. Sat, May 26, 8pm; Sun, May 27, 5pm, $20-25. duncandance.org RAW presents Blind Breath SAFEhouse Arts, SF An evening of work by Blind Breath. RAW is SAFEhouse Arts’ Resident Artist Workshop. Wed-Thu, May 30-31, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org EarthChild/Keisha Turner, May 23-24 / Photo by Deirdre Visser
Alonzo King LINES Ballet, May 25-27 / Photo by Steve Disenhoff
Walking Distance Dance Festival: Phillip Greenlief, Shoko Hikage, Claudia La Rocco, Rashaun Mitchell, and Silas Riener ODC Theater, SF No Plan (An Improvisation) is performed by artists who have been living in an improvi- sational practice for decades. Sat-Sun, May 19-20, 6:30pm. odc.dance Walking Distance Dance Festival: Belinda McGuire ODC Theater, SF Choreographer Sharon Moore’s Anthem for the Living unleashes deep layers of performer Belinda McGuire synthesizing dance, theatre, and circus. Sat-Sun, May 19-20, 8pm, $20. odc.dance RAW presents Dawn Holtan SAFEhouse Arts, SF Lit entirely from within by the performers, Cracking Open looks closely at moments of transformation – when our sense of self is shat- tered. RAW is SAFEhouse Arts’ Resident Artist Workshop. Sat-Sun, May 19-20, 7pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org Transform Fest: Lars Jan & Early Morning Opera YBCA Theater, SF The Institute of Memory conjures a portrait of Lars Jan’s enigmatic father, a Cold War opera- tive whose fascinating story prompts questions about privacy, memory, and fatherhood. Sat- Sun, May 19-20, 7:30pm, $15-20. ybca.org Transform Fest: Capacitor YBCA Theater, SF Celebrating the company’s twenty-year an- niversary, this performance is a distillation of its repertory in dance, cirque, and sculpture. Thu-Sat, May 17-19, 7:30pm; Sun, May 20, 7pm, $30-35. ybca.org RAW presents Earth Child/ Keisha Turner and Alexis Macnab Projects SAFEhouse Arts, SF Keisha Turner’s We.Here.Now- She Lives high- lights embodied trauma of white supremacy enacted on Black bodies and an insistence on thriving in spite of it. Alexis Macnab Projects presents Home , exploring stories of exile, transience, migration, and rootlessness. RAW is SAFEhouse Arts’ Resident Artist Workshop. Wed-Thu, May 23-24, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org San Francisco International Arts Festival Various, SF Dozens of Bay Area and internations artists present their work at the 2018 Festival. Thu, May 24-Sun, Jun 3, see website for details. sfiaf.org
Lorca Manuel Gutierrez, May 25 / Photo by Joe Osejog
Walking Distance Dance Festival: Kiandanda Dance Theater ODC Theater, SF Through this new work, Byb Bibene questions the function of dances by the community - the ceremonial and sacred and those solely reserved for the initiated. Thu-Fri, May 17-18, 8pm, $20. odc.dance
May 12, 8pm, FREE. project-agora.com
Shabbat Art-In CSUEB Dance Studio, PE 140, Hayward
Menlowe Ballet Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, Atherton
Experimental and participatory performance events with Bandelion, CSUEB DanceSing Drum Company and guests. Fri, May 18, 6:30p, FREE. dandeliondancetheater.org
This program features Donald McKayle's work inspired by the current plight of Syrian refugees, an excerpt of Dennis Nahat’s Swan Lake , and The Lady with the Lamp by Michael Lowe and Sarah-Jane Measor. Fri-Sat, May 11-12, 8pm; Sat-Sun, May 12-13, 2pm, $28-55. menloweballet.org
Vidhya Subramanian Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto
Still I Rise is a solo dance-theatre piece in Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance), spo- ken word, world poetry, and music. The work explores the parallels between the life and triumphs of Draupadi, a mythological heroine from the epic Mahabharata and the woman today. Fri, May 18, 7:30pm, $10-50. facebook.com/events/591382627881789 RAW presents Heidi Carlsen and Jocelyn Reyes SAFEhouse Arts, SF Coming To Terms by Jocelyn Reyes is about considering the past to understand the present. Also presenting new work by Heidi Carlsen. RAW is SAFEhouse Arts’ Resident Art- ist Workshop. Fri-Sat, May 18-19, 8pm, $15-20. safehousearts.org
Walking Distance Dance Festival: Yara Travieso ODC Theater, SF
La Medea is a musical re-imagining of Euripides’ violent tragedy, dance-theater in the style of a Latin-disco-pop variety show. Tue-Wed, May 15-16, 8pm, $20. odc.dance
ABD Productions/ Skywatchers Various, SF
Featuring new performance works by the ensemble of Tenderloin residents, the At the Table: Voices festival celebrates our common humanity. Tue-Sat, May 15-19, see website for details, FREE. abdproductions.org
Academy of Classical Ballet-California
Kularts AMC Kabuki Theater, SF
Campbell Heritage Theater, Campbell The Four Seasons , a ballet inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s sublime. Also presenting Peter and the Wolf . Sat, May 19, 7pm; Sun, May 20, 2pm, $20-25. aocballet.com
SHE, WHO CAN SEE tells the haunting story of Salima and Nico in a disorienting world of vi- sions, dreams, and ancestral spirits. Co-present- ed by SOMA Pilipinas. Wed, May 16, 7pm, $12-14. kularts-sf.org
Bahiya Movement, May 26 / Photo by Wyatt Wong
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