What is DANCE LOVERS?
It is an annual performance event held in San Francisco around Valentine’s Day. Bear Graham produces and curates DANCE LOVERS…duets by couples, crushes, and comrades. Graham invites artists with diverse pairings (friends, lovers, family members) to present duets in their unique styles/genres. The event began in 2011 at what was then called Kunst-Stoff Arts, and has also been presented at CounterPULSE and the Joe Goode Annex (our current “home”).
DANCE LOVERS 13 (2025)
…duets by couples, crushes and comrades
February 13, 14, 15, 2025
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
DANCE LOVERS 12 (2024)
…duets by couples, crushes and comrades
February 15, 16, 17, 2024
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Duets by:
Babatunji & Charmaine
LizAnne Roman Roberts & Jetta Grace Martin
Kegan Marling & Bear Graham
NAKA Dance Theater /José Ome Mazatl & Debby Kajiyama
Brianna Elyse Torres & Chinchin Hsu
Kelly Murphy & Bear Graham
DANCE LOVERS 11 (2023)
…duets by couples, crushes and comrades
February 16, 17, 18, 2023
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Duets by:
Joe Goode & Pangea Colter
Momo Akrami & Indrek Kornel (guests from Iran-Canada & Estonia)
Shaunna Vella & Andrew Merrill
Carolina Czechowska & Jamielyn Duggan (Choregraphy: Erik Wagner)
Hien Huynh & James Graham
DANCE LOVERS 10 (2022)
…duets by couples, crushes and comrades
May 5-7, 2022
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Duets by:
DANCE LOVERS 9.5 (2021)
This Valentine’s (2021) would have been our 10th annual DANCE LOVERS in San Francisco. We didn’t want to go a year without connecting with you, so we made you this video! We will miss our “duets by couples, crushes, and comrades,” but we can still celebrate Love.
DANCE LOVERS 9 (2020)
February 13-15, 2020
Joe Goode Annex
Duets by:
Talli Jackson & KJ Dahlaw
Babatunji & Adji Cissoko
Chinchin Hsu & YiTing (Gama) Hsu
Kim Epifano & Antoine Hunter
Lila’Angelique & Thoth / Tribal Baroque
Kelly Del Rosario & Alex Carrington
James Graham & Erik Lee
DANCE LOVERS 8 (2019)
February 14-16, 2019
Joe Goode Annex
DANCE LOVERS 7 (2018)
February, 8-10, 2018
CounterPulse Theater
Duets by:
James Graham & Sheila Graham Price
Hannah Wasielewski & Amy Wasielewski
Jocquese Whitfield & Spider
Miriam & Andy Wolodarski Lundberg
Nol Simonse & Christy Funsch
Melecio Estrella & Andrew Jones
Colin Creveling & Naomi Hummel
Dance View Times by Rita Feliciano
Bay Area Stringer by Joanna Harris
DANCE LOVERS 6 (2017)
February, 10-12, 2017, Joe Goode Annex
Duets by:
James Graham & Galen Rogers
Arletta Anderson & Adam Smith
Rogelio Lopez & Andrew Merrell
Anna Long & Daniel Chenoweth
Grace Towers & Ismael Acosta
Rachel Laws & Jane Selna
DANCE LOVERS 5 (2016)
February 12-14, 2016 Joe Goode Annex
James Graham Dance Theatre curates and presents the 5th annual DANCE LOVERS Valentine’s Day Weekend at the Joe Goode Annex.
Eric Garcia & Wiley Naman Strasser,
Raphael Boumaila & Molly Allen,
Michael Galloway & Vincent Chavez,
Morgan True & Tao, and
Melissa Lewis & Christina Busler
This year (Feb. 2016) we have a touching intergenerational duet, a comedian and dancer-academic married couple, boyfriends (who dance for Robert Moses, DTSF, Hope Mohr), Queer Activists, and an energetic weightlifting parkour couple. James Graham (and Sebastian Grubb) will be showing an excerpt of his recent evening length duet “Homeroom.”
DANCE LOVERS 4 (2015)
February 14-15, 2015
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Duets by:
James Graham & Sebastian Grubb
Andrew Ward & Caroline Alexander
Chris Black & Courtney Moreno
Melissa & Elizabeth Castaneda
Ashley Marie (Katie Florez & Mary Kate O’Sullivan)
DANCE LOVERS 3 (2014)
February 14, 2014
Joe Goode Annex, SF
Duets by:
James Graham & Sebastian Grubb
Caroline Alexander & Andrew Ward
Lisa Wymore & Sheldon Smith
Charles Slender & Buckley White
Chad Dawson & Branden Pells
Jeremy Banon-Neches & Demetria Schioldager
Jess Curtis & Rachel Dichter
DANCE LOVERS 2 (2013)
February 14, 2013 Kunst-Stoff Arts
Duets by:
James Graham (Kegan Marling & Isabelle Rosenstock)
Roel Seeber & Bianca Cabrera
Mica Sigourney & Maryam Rostami
Caroline Alexander & Andrew Ward (Film)
James Graham & Carson Moody (Film)
DANCE LOVERS (2011)
February 14, 2011 Kunst-Stoff Arts
Duets by:
James Graham & Jorge Rodolfo de Hoyos
Chad Dawson & Juan De La Rosa
Julie Phelps & Gabrielle Cameron
Joseph Copley & Carlos Venturo
Honey McMoney & Macklin Kowal
Caroline Alexander & Andrew Ward