Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest

The stage is wherever the dancers decide it is. Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest turns the park itself into a performance space, with audiences following choreographers and dance companies from one corner of the gardens to the next instead of settling into a theater seat. The free, two-part festival showcases new site-specific works by some of the Bay Area's most exciting contemporary dance artists, making the landscape as much a part of each performance as the movement itself. Expect a wide range of styles, from Afro-Brazilian traditions to contemporary and experimental choreography, performed across multiple outdoor locations. Because each piece is created with the gardens in mind, no two stops along the route feel quite the same. It's one of those San Francisco events that reminds you the city itself can be the venue.