"¡Baile!" by Carmen Lomas Garza is an image of two Jarabe Tapatio dancers, performing the Mexican Hat Dance, in motion from the waist down. This tweet was posted on October 08, 2017.
#ManceLipscomb referred to himself as a “songster;” his vast repertoire included everything from blues to narrative ballads, spirituals, popular songs, dance tunes, children’s songs, and work songs dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. #StoryofArhoolie#ArhoolieThis tweet was posted on September 27, 2018.
At the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle dancer Loïe Fuller performed whirling dances inspiring Art Nouveau artists. This tweet was posted on May 04, 2016.
Caniparoli combined classical ballet movements with African dance movement, creating a seamless integration of the two styles. To ensure authenticity, West African dance specialists Zakariya Sao Diouf and Naomi Gedo Johnson-Washington collaborated with Caniparoli. #SFBalletAt90This tweet was posted on March 07, 2023.
Celebrate August with four short films that remind us of the importance of bliss in our lives. Featuring a trio of sisters who find joy & solace in the concrete bowls of Houston’s skate parks & a young man who finds bliss in the escape that street dancing provides. #VideoArtsSFOMThis tweet was posted on August 02, 2021.
Choreographers Peter Walker and Emily Kikta collaborate with forty-six dancers across twenty different countries during the pandemic to remind us that dance is a universal language—not bound by theater walls or limited by borders.
#VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO#InternationalDanceDay https://t.co/ZmqhDbQgGVThis tweet was posted on April 28, 2022.
Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (b. 1973) trained at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium. She danced for twelve years before becoming a choreographer in 2003. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.
Creating a dance of rising & falling “butterflies,” Butterfly Wall by Charles Sowers is an interactive sculpture. #airportart#kidsspot https://t.co/oxIhQmx5YcThis tweet was posted on January 28, 2017.
Curaçao-born filmmaker Kevin Osepa and dance artist Michaela DePrince explore the elemental process of braiding and rooting oneself to their center.
#VideoArtsSFO#RootEndThis tweet was posted on February 23, 2023.
During the pandemic, Oakland-based filmmaker Ivan Cash and Los Angeles-based choreographer Jacob Jonas bring people together from all over the world who are dancing, playing music, providing a tour of their refrigerator, and introducing their pets.
#VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/uU3DHQbYnvThis tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
During the summer of 1961, #DickDale & his Del-Tones played dances known as “stomps” to thousands of teenagers in Southern California. As crowds grew, Dale and his group played at increasingly higher volumes, causing amplifiers to malfunction on a regular basis. #InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on January 22, 2021.
Great photo of Tony Berlant's colorful found-metal collage, "Dancing on the Brink of the World" in T1 by @kdamschen: http://t.co/NhX5N201This tweet was posted on July 16, 2012.
In "Sweetheart Dancers," Ben-Alex Dupris delivers an inspiring profile of Sean and Adrian, a Ute and Navajo two-spirit couple challenging perceptions of identity through their participation in Sweetheart Dance competitions at powwows across the U.S. https://t.co/F7PjJyj7X8 This tweet was posted on June 21, 2021.
In a 2004 interview, reflecting upon how dancing led to a lifelong passion for aviation, she said: "When you get onstage, and you're waiting for your intro…you have the same butterflies you have when you taxi up to get your clearance to fly, especially if it's instrument."This tweet was posted on March 20, 2023.
In an oral history interview in 2004, she said that dancing and flying were similar: "When you get onstage, and you're waiting for your intro and music, you have the same butterflies you have when you taxi up to get your clearance to fly, especially if it's instrument."This tweet was posted on June 14, 2021.
In his series, "Murmur", artist #RichardBarnes photographs European starlings as they coalesce into dark amorphous shapes that dance above Rome. Barnes’ photographs evoke a sense of mystery in the seemingly choreographed movements of the migrating birds. This tweet was posted on November 04, 2018.
John H. Meyers psychedelic poster for the Joyful Alternative Peace Poets Dance, an anti-Vietnam War… http://t.co/NfrFGO8j3fThis tweet was posted on February 03, 2015.
Lopez Ochoa’s ballet also encompasses flamenco dance and bullfighting. The four principal dancers wear bull horns; the bull symbolizes violence and power—aggressor and victim. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.
NOW PLAYING: "Ophion" by Samantha Casolari. This video showcases a group of dancers from the DREAM Ring (Dancing Rules Everything Around Me) who demonstrate flexing on the streets of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/B0zCEoqe8B https://t.co/kjHQS605GlThis tweet was posted on April 16, 2018.
NOW PLAYING: "Sweetheart Dancers" by Ben-Alex Dupris. Sean and Adrian, a #Ute and #Navajo#twospirit couple challenge perceptions of identity through their participation in Sweetheart Dance competitions at #powwows across the United States. https://t.co/mxbnUykr0O #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/1LW43r9IR9This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
NOW PLAYING: "TURF Fever" by Kevin Gordon. Michael Chicago, the son of a #Filipino immigrant mother and an alcoholic father, finds an escape from a difficult home life through #Turfing, a form of street dancing with roots in #Oakland. https://t.co/x8A4XtXbB2 #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/Wn1hS2tdYYThis tweet was posted on December 09, 2019.
New exhibit alert! 'Barbara Morgan: Dance' features photos from the 1930s-40s by the acclaimed artist: http://t.co/kC8DNid3rOThis tweet was posted on February 13, 2014.
On April 17, 1906, the SFMC held a dance at their new meeting hall on Jefferson Square. The next morning, the Great Earthquake devastated the city. The hall became a temporary hospital and members used their motorcycles to deliver supplies and messages throughout the Bay Area. This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.
One of the world’s most complex art forms, opera combines libretto, or the text of a long musical work, with vocal and instrumental music, acting, dance, costuming, wig making, makeup, set construction, prop making, lighting, and audio-visual work.
#SFOperaCentennialThis tweet was posted on November 21, 2022.
RT @SFAC: Arts Market SF today, Dance on Market with salsa tonight! http://t.co/PeKWqV9gThis tweet was posted on November 03, 2011.
SFO jetways look like a dance routine or molecule! What do you think?
http://t.co/Xdc0zjGWrXThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2014.
San Francisco-based artist #RJMuna has been photographing dance in the Bay Area for over twenty years and has been collaborating with #AlonzoKingLINES Ballet since 2009. This tweet was posted on February 24, 2018.
The concept coincides with his choice of music—Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s (1873–1943) Symphonic Dances (1940)—the composer’s final major composition, which he wrote while living in the United States. “#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
The essence of vibrancy: Pearl Primus as photographed by Barbara Morgan. http://t.co/VdJUdhCi3i #danceThis tweet was posted on March 03, 2014.
Toronto-based filmmaker Chrisann Hessing (@chrisann20) profiles Joshua DePerry, aka DJ Classic Roots, who merges the sounds and dance of his
#Anishinaabe culture with techno music as he inspires indigenous youths to look to the future without forgetting their past. #NativeFilmThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2023.
When designing for 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢, a ballet that fuses European and African music and dance, Oakland-born costume and set designer Sandra Woodall applied the same cultural fusion in her vibrant designs for the ballet. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.
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Mark Keppel High School All Male Dance Team 2019
Jessica Chou (@choutoo) (b. 1985)
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Three Gorges 2015
Teresa Eng (b. 1977)
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R2021.2202.003This tweet was posted on November 24, 2021.