San Francisco · California
7 verified schools across San Francisco offer contemporary — in Berkeley, Mission, Oakland and SoMa.
Modern and contemporary styles including release technique, improvisation, and floor work.
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SoMa
SoMa dance center of Alonzo King LINES Ballet, offering 80+ weekly classes across ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, hip hop, Bollywood, and African Rhythms in six professional studios.
SoMa
SoMa hip-hop and commercial-dance studio founded 2003 by Sandy Lee, with two locations and an in-house community for Hip Hop, K-pop, Jazz, Choreo, Contemporary, Popping, House, Salsa, and Argentine Tango.
Mission
Mission District multicultural dance center founded by Krissy Keefer (co-founder of Dance Brigade), home to Grrrl Brigade youth program and 400+ children per semester.
Oakland
Ages 3+
North Oakland anchor arts nonprofit founded 1988 by Kate Hobbs, Anthony Daniels and Sarah Crowell. 7,800 sqft facility with 3 dance studios and sprung wood oak floors. Combines movement, martial arts and social-change pedagogy for youth and adults.
Oakland
City of Oakland multicultural performing-arts complex in a restored 1920s building. 400-seat theater plus 5 rehearsal/class studios hosting African dance, ballet, contemporary and drama. Renamed 2004 for Cameroonian dance artist Malonga Casquelourd.
Mission
Mission District contemporary dance institution founded 1971 by Brenda Way — ODC's 33,000 sq ft Dance Commons houses ODC/Dance company, ODC School, and 200+ weekly classes for all ages.
Berkeley
Ages 3+
Berkeley institution since 1958, founded by Frank Shawl and Victor Anderson (May O'Donnell lineage) as a community-focused modern dance center. Nonprofit offering classes for all ages, rehearsal space and performance programming.
No contemporary schools in San Francisco match this age band.