Dance fans come from all over the world to see heroic dancing on the scale presented to us by the stars of this company. All of us can go see a show that uses the full battery of theatrical illusion that the Opera House can provide.

"Touchy Subjects," the latest Dadaist political dance by Scott Wells and Keith Hennessy, played to an expectant full house at Dance Mission Theater last weekend.

Touchy Subjects, the latest Dadaist political dance by Scott Wells and Keith Hennessy, played to an expectant full house at Dance Mission Theater last weekend.

You always take your chances when you see a performance outdoors. Last Sunday's outing by the San Francisco Ballet at Stern Grove was a welcome sighting of the dancers, even if you couldn't really see them.

Forty-nine dancers were murdered last month in Orlando. Are they really dancers if they're not professional dancers? But of course they are.

In a bold but calculated move, the San Francisco Opera opened its summer season last week with the U.S. premiere of Calixto Bieito's notorious production of Bizet's "Carmen."

With "Onegin," a three-act ballet choreographed in 1965 by the gay South African John Cranko, San Francisco Ballet brought their 2016 season to a sensational close.