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Dance Mission Theater Youth Program offers dance instruction and performance experiences in dance theater. Youth can take classes in styles such as Afro-Cuban, salsa, samba, hip hop, house, and others, and can participate in festivals including CubaCaribe, ManiFestival for Social Change, and D.I.R.T. (Dance In Revolting Times). The program also includes multi-company, issue-centered productions like Women Against War and a cohort-based education program for girls and young women called Grrrl Brigade, which integrates intensive dance instruction, leadership development, feminist self- and collective-empowerment, and professional opportunities through paid internships and choreographic showcases.
• Price: Only 50 tickets available at $200/person.
Dance Mission Theater Youth Program is part of Dance Mission, which connects and empowers diverse Bay Area communities and artists through all aspects of dance and dance theater, including the production of new works, instruction, and performance. Dance Mission is an artist-driven, feminist organization that focuses on building community, addressing social justice issues, exploring cultural identities, promoting inclusivity, and creating a more peaceful world through collective action. The program is based at the home of Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade, described as San Francisco’s groundbreaking, feminist social-change modern dance company, and is part of a comprehensive, affordable dance instruction program for youth serving over 400 children per semester.
Dance Mission is described as a thriving, women-led, artist-driven, multi-cultural, and multi-generational community and artistic sanctuary for women and queer-identified artists, artists of color, and culturally-specific dance ensembles dedicated to inclusiveness, fairness, and justice. It is described as a vital community anchorpoint in the local artistic ecosystem, ensuring that historically marginalized communities have an accessible space for dance and performance, and has been an ally to the Calle 24 organizing efforts in its immediate neighborhood. The organization’s leadership team includes Artistic and Executive Director Krissy Keefer, Managing Director Stella Adelman, Youth Program Director Bianca Mendoza, Grrrl Brigade Director and Studio Rentals lead Fredrika Keefer, Adult Program Manager Samad Guerra, Director of Special Projects Sarah Crowell, and Finance Director Karen Elliot.
Dance Brigade was founded in 1984, took on operations at Dance Mission Theater at 24th and Mission in 1998, and established Grrrl Brigade in 2004. Dance Mission Theater marks 25 years, and Dance Brigade marks 50 years. Thorns That Bloom is Dance Mission Theater’s $1 million stabilization campaign to support its ability to stay solvent over the next 5 years and be positioned in 2030 to renew its lease.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Price: Only 50 tickets available at $200/person.
Dance Mission Theater Youth Program is part of Dance Mission, which connects and empowers diverse Bay Area communities and artists through all aspects of dance and dance theater, including the production of new works, instruction, and performance. Dance Mission is an artist-driven, feminist organization that focuses on building community, addressing social justice issues, exploring cultural identities, promoting inclusivity, and creating a more peaceful world through collective action. The program is based at the home of Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade, described as San Francisco’s groundbreaking, feminist social-change modern dance company, and is part of a comprehensive, affordable dance instruction program for youth serving over 400 children per semester.
Dance Mission is described as a thriving, women-led, artist-driven, multi-cultural, and multi-generational community and artistic sanctuary for women and queer-identified artists, artists of color, and culturally-specific dance ensembles dedicated to inclusiveness, fairness, and justice. It is described as a vital community anchorpoint in the local artistic ecosystem, ensuring that historically marginalized communities have an accessible space for dance and performance, and has been an ally to the Calle 24 organizing efforts in its immediate neighborhood. The organization’s leadership team includes Artistic and Executive Director Krissy Keefer, Managing Director Stella Adelman, Youth Program Director Bianca Mendoza, Grrrl Brigade Director and Studio Rentals lead Fredrika Keefer, Adult Program Manager Samad Guerra, Director of Special Projects Sarah Crowell, and Finance Director Karen Elliot.
Dance Brigade was founded in 1984, took on operations at Dance Mission Theater at 24th and Mission in 1998, and established Grrrl Brigade in 2004. Dance Mission Theater marks 25 years, and Dance Brigade marks 50 years. Thorns That Bloom is Dance Mission Theater’s $1 million stabilization campaign to support its ability to stay solvent over the next 5 years and be positioned in 2030 to renew its lease.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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