Dance

Follow ballet and the Bay Area’s many independent dance companies here.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 3, 2025

The percussion quartet features in a new Tharp work, SLACKTIDE, touring California this month.

Steven Vargas - February 2, 2025

Sound plays as important a role as movement in Driscoll’s recent work, which arrives on the West Coast this week.

Victoria Looseleaf - January 21, 2025

LAB’s artistic director is reviving her 2023 evening-length Holocaust remembrance piece set to Max Richter’s music.

Aimée Ts'ao - January 21, 2025

The Bay Area dance company may be shutting down this season, but it’s set to present one more protean production, Magma.

SFCV Editors - December 22, 2024

Here are the concerts, solo recitals, and opera productions that stood out in a busy year, according to SFCV’s reviewers.

Janos Gereben - December 17, 2024

At the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and Ballet, negotiations continue, with some positive developments to report.

Victoria Looseleaf - December 3, 2024

Empowered by a recent $1 million grant, the Los Angeles-based troupe is performing three new works at The Wallis.

Aimée Ts'ao - December 3, 2024

Choreographer Yang Liping has incorporated Tibetan Buddhism into her version of the ballet, coming to Stanford Live this week.

Janos Gereben - November 27, 2024

The company’s dancers and stage managers may take action to pressure management just when Nutcracker performances are slated to begin.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 12, 2024

The choreographer’s company will be responding to both space and sound in an “exploratory opera” by experimental musician Julia Edith Rigby.