Dance Flash: Not-So-Spooky Dance

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Around Halloween, San Francisco's dance scene shifts towards a sexy nun straddling the bar, impromptu street parties, and a corps de ballet of EMTs and police officers leaping through the city. For those of you seeking costumes in a more traditional sense, here are three dance events chosen especially for you.

Raw & Uncut
Katie Anderson, Automatic Art, Lily Dwyer & Scott Marlowe, Claire Willey, and Christine Cali will present new and in-progress works at The Garage's intimate choreographic showcase series,"Raw & Uncut."

The Garage, located at Howard and 6th, isn't a place to park your car when you go out of town. Instead, Joe Landini, former curator at Shotwell Studios and the Jon Sims Center for the Arts, created it to provide "a 'safehouse' for local performers and [to] foster a creative community that is both inclusive and professional." The Garage is part of the SOMA Cultural Coalition, which includes 11 theater/performances spaces in the SOMA neighborhood.

With this brisk weather, there's nothing that'll warm up your insides quiet like some brand-spanking new works created by some of the Bay Area's freshest contemporary choreographers. So get your plié (a bending of the knees) on, and get to The Garage!

What:"Raw & Uncut"
When: Wed-Thu, Oct 28-29, 8PM
Where: The Garage, 975 Howard St (@ 6th; look for the red door!)
Tickets: $15-20. Buy tickets here.

Trey McIntyre Project
The Trey McIntyre Project (TMP), a contemporary ballet company based in Boise, Idaho, will grace the stage at the Jewish Community Center for one night only. McIntyre's made quite a name for himself, being named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" in 2001, one of People Magazine's "25 Hottest Bachelors" in 2003, and one of Out Magazine's 2008 "Tastemakers."

Marking its San Francisco debut, TMP will present McIntyre's "The Sun Road," a multimedia performance that combines live ballet with HD footage of the company dancing in Glacier National Park.

What: Trey McIntyre Project
When: Fri, Oct 30, 8PM
Where: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St., San Francisco
Tickets: $18-25, www.jccsf.org/arts, 415.291.1233

Zambaleta
The word zambaleta means "a spontaneous chaotic street party'" and happens when everyone is actively participating, whether by playing music, singing, or dancing. San Francisco's new community world music and dance school embodies that spirit in both mission and name. Based at 19th Street and Florida in the Mission, Zambaleta, a non-profit, has just opened its doors. Offering a comprehensive program of world music and dance classes, Zambaleta aims to provide a new home for San Francisco's vibrant world music community.

To celebrate the launch of this new space, Zambaleta will be hosting some of the Bay Area's best world music acts, including the Brass Menazeri and the Japonize Elephants, this Saturday night with a giant Halloween Hullabaloo Benefit in Zambaleta's staggeringly massive dance hall. It'll be an exciting night complete with aerial dancers and clowns.

Zambaleta's year-round programming includes a wide range of musical instruction such as Indian classical voice, Balkan melody and ornamentation, embodied singing, and Arab derbakki. Beginning in January, Zambaleta will be offer a multitude of kids and adults dance classes, all accompanied by live music, in its 5,000 square foot dance hall. The organization is looking for dance instructors of all types. If you're interested in working with Zambaleta, please contact Mina Girgis, executive director, at minagirgis(at)zambaleta.org.

What: Zambaleta's Opening Party: Halloween Hullabaloo, featuring Brass Menazeri, Japonize Elephants, Helladelics, Maracatu Luta, MWE, and Juliet Strong
When: Saturday, Oct. 31. 7PM-1AM
Where: Zambaleta, 2929 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door.