Bay Area dance scene bursting with elaborate options this fall
Parangal’s Jonathan Michael Mercado (left), Dio-Ann Valmores and Darren Garza of San Francisco Trolley Dances. Photo: Amani Photography

The Bay Area is one of the most important hubs for diverse dance activity in the world, and dance is raring back to life here this fall.

This season we’ve found more than a dozen significant dance events to keep on your radar. From the rhythms of Indian kathak to the intensity of butoh-inspired movement theater and the tap dance virtuosity of Caleb Teicher, dance is happening. Some performances are online, some are in person, but all are mindful of safety in re-gathering — and bursting with music and movement.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet

The versatile and energetic troupe is honoring company founder Michael Smuin, who died in 2007, by streaming four of his full-length works online, one per week over the course of September. The solemn “Stabat Mater,” created in the wake