Dance Heals: 2026 SF Dance Film Festival
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Global voices turn pain into power, adversity into art, in this collection of short films presented by the 2026 San Francisco Dance Film Festival.
TICKETS: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2026/dance-heals/
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
As part of the ongoing Raising Voices series, Dance Heals gathers eight films that meet some of life’s hardest realities and answer them with movement. Ukrainian women wield choreography as testimony. A flamenco master performs in clothing historically reserved for women. A double amputee becomes a withered tree blooming anew. Each piece is less about the wound than what grows from it, blending poetry, cinematography, and activism in service of repair.
Co-curated by laura elaine ellis and followed by a panel discussion, the screening is presented at Catharine Clark Gallery alongside a concurrent exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk, whose work confronting history, justice, and war offers a compelling companion lens for these stories. A live performance by dazaun.dance, featuring Dazaun Soleyn, Jordon E. Dabney, and Claire Fisher-Mendez in their work may we heal? will precede the films.
Come witness what movement can hold, and what it can mend.
Doors open with access to the reception and gallery: 6:30PM
Program begins: 7:00PM
TICKETS: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/fall-festival-2026/dance-heals/
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
As part of the ongoing Raising Voices series, Dance Heals gathers eight films that meet some of life’s hardest realities and answer them with movement. Ukrainian women wield choreography as testimony. A flamenco master performs in clothing historically reserved for women. A double amputee becomes a withered tree blooming anew. Each piece is less about the wound than what grows from it, blending poetry, cinematography, and activism in service of repair.
Co-curated by laura elaine ellis and followed by a panel discussion, the screening is presented at Catharine Clark Gallery alongside a concurrent exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk, whose work confronting history, justice, and war offers a compelling companion lens for these stories. A live performance by dazaun.dance, featuring Dazaun Soleyn, Jordon E. Dabney, and Claire Fisher-Mendez in their work may we heal? will precede the films.
Come witness what movement can hold, and what it can mend.
Doors open with access to the reception and gallery: 6:30PM
Program begins: 7:00PM
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Where is it happening?
Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States
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Host or PublisherSan Francisco Dance Film Festival
