Featured 2021 Encore Shorts

Grammy-winner Ledisi sings a brand-new version of Bart Howard's classic, Fly Me to the Moon, with dancers from LINES Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, attired in bomber pilot jackets.

Dance film starring the renowned Maria Kochetkova and Daniil Simkin

In Woven, Shelley Bruce’s poetry combines with dance, and lyrical visuals in an ode to the abiding connection between womanhood and the natural world.

Combines the duel disciplines of dance and poetry to express the power of self-awareness.

Tang’O offers an innovative take on underwater videography. In order to complete filming, the dancer and cameraman free dived 120 times

Lying Together is a collaboration between Hong Kong Ballet and Corey Baker Dance. This colorful romp makes use of the city of Hong Kong as an ever intriguing and vital landscape to help raise awareness of the impact of climate change.

Smokestack Lightning chronicles the adventure of two dancers as they navigate their shared dreamscape, devoid of time and relieved of convention

A moving collage of spoken word, visual art, and a wide array of dance styles, Historians interrogates the African American experience and highlights the powerful resilience of a community under constant attack

A heartfelt reminder that our differences are far less significant than all of the many qualities we have in common

Pointe A2B is a short dance film produced by Ballet22, and aims to push the boundaries of conventional classical ballet by featuring a male-male pas de deux en pointe

Choreographer Drew Jacoby (Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders) directs her first short film for SFDanceworks

Exploring The Rise of Afro Dances in America depicts a variety of social dances from the African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora

In this playful homage to old Hollywood Westerns, a bounty hunter finally finds his target and attempts to capture his bounty Wild West style

Inner showcases two dancers in dialogue with their contrasting environment while exploring new methods of expression.

True Sound Facade is a poetic dance and animation film in which a dancer realizes their digital self feels truer than their real world self