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Updated May 25, 2025

Check with theaters for performance, dates and times.

April 25 - 27
May 2 - 4
Smuin Ballet
Dance Series 2

World Premiere, by Amy Seiwert
Wild Sweet Love, by Trey McIntyre
The Eternal Idol, by Michael Smuin
Sinfonietta, by Rex Wheeler
April. 26 - May 4
San Francisco Ballet
Frankenstein Encore

Choreography by Liam Scarlett, music by Lowell Liebermann
May 2, 8:00pm
May 4, 3:30pm
San Francisco International Arts Festival
Alive & Well Productions: The Four Seasons of Hamadan
Helen Wicks Works: Radio Vision

May 4, 3:00 pm
Oakland Ballet Company
Dancing Moons Festival
Annual celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists. Features the work of seven choreographers including Natasha Adorlee, Phil Chan, Lawrence Chen, Feng Ye, Elaine Kudo, Ashley Thopiah, and Wei Wang. Live musical accompaniment by Del Sol Quartet and Volti with conductor Dr. Wei Cheng
May 8, 7:00 pm
AXIS Dance Company
Kinematic/Kinesthetic!

A groundbreaking work that integrates emerging and existing technologies to expand movement potential for both disabled and non-disabled dancers.
Exploratorium, San Francisco
May 9, 8:30 pm
May 10, 4:00 pm
Suichu-megane
San Francisco International Arts Festival
my choice, my body: celebrates the right to make every choice in your life and mine, as well as the destiny we have been given.”
Anchor: portrays societal norms surrounding sexuality and gender, the profound desire to resist them, and the void that accompanies it.
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
May 9-10
Contra Costa Ballet
Spring Performance

Repertoire program featuring works of the directors Richard Cammack and Zola Dishong. The cast is all (or mostly) Youth Performers.
May 9, 7:30pm
May 10, 7:00pm
May 11, 2:30pm
San Francisco International Arts Festival
PULP
Pulp and it's completely different but also still pulp
Folk Yoga Studio, San francisco
May 10, 2:00pm
May 11, 1:30pm
San Francisco International Arts Festival
Sha Sha Higby with Keith Evans
Feathered Fox
May 16, 7:00 PM
State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine
Swan Lake
Full-scale production features Tchaikovsky’s legendary score with Artistic Direction by Andrei Litvinov, choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
May 18, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Outdoor performance and catered lunch.
Roche Winery, Sonoma
May 21, 7:30 pm
AXIS Dance Company
Kinematic/Kinesthetic!

A groundbreaking work that integrates emerging and existing technologies to expand movement potential for both disabled and non-disabled dancers.
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University
May 9, 7:00pm
May 10, 4:00pm
San Francisco Ballet School
2025 Spring Festival

Features works by Tamara Rojo, Helgi Tomasson, Michael Smuin, and Lew Christensen, accompanied for the first time by the full Grammy-Award winning San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
May 9–11
Cal Performances
Mark Morris Dance Group
Pepperland

Romp through the Beatles’ beloved, groundbreaking concept album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
May 10, 12:00 pm & 3:00 pm
AXIS Dance Company
Kinematic/Kinesthetic!

A groundbreaking work that integrates emerging and existing technologies to expand movement potential for both disabled and non-disabled dancers.
Exploratorium, San Francisco
May 10-11, 15-18
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Spring Season

Featuring a world premiere with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and the revival of Scheherazade, King's celebrated work with the late tabla master Zakir Hussain.
May 16 - 17
Diablo Ballet
Alice in Wonderland

Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Dimitri Shostakovich Choreography: Brian Enos
Reflections Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Gerald Arpino
May 17-18
The New Ballet
Swan Lake

Featuring Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the New Ballet Orchestra, a lake of glittering swans, a noble prince, and a streamlined production with a running length of about two hours.
May 22-24
Stanford TAPS
Spring Rise Up: A Dance Sensorium

Choreography by Aleta Hayes, Alex Ketley, and Raissa Simpson
Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater, Stanford University
May 23 - 24
Community Arts Dance Ensemble Spring Concert
Presented by Center for Community Arts

Under direction of Artistic Director Jen O'Neill, the ensemble brings creativity and passion to the stage, delivering a performance filled with stunning movement and emotion.
May 29 - June 1
Smuin Ballet
Dance Series 2

World Premiere, by Amy Seiwert
Wild Sweet Love, by Trey McIntyre
The Eternal Idol, by Michael Smuin
Sinfonietta, by Rex Wheeler
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