Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater
700 Howard St. San Francisco CA 94103- Phone:
- 415-978-ARTS (2787)
- Website:
- http://www.ybca.org
- Capacity:
- 757
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Current Events on Goldstar
Note: Some events offered through Goldstar at this venue are only available via email. Please refer to your past emails to view these events.
Company C Contemporary Ballet Celebrates Its 10th Season
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $23.00 - $35.00
- Our Price:
- $11.50 - $17.50
This talented company, led by artistic director Charles Anderson, celebrates a decade of great dance with a special program of highlights from their versatile repertoire and the Company C premiere of Footage... Learn More.
Israeli Dance Company Batsheva Brings Max to San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
San Francisco Performances presents the return of the internationally celebrated Israeli contemporary dance company Batsheva at Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. They'll perform Max, a... Learn More.
ODC/Dance Downtown Home Season with Three World Premieres
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $21.00
ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, presents its spring season with three new works: Breathing Underwater, by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way, is a... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Lamplighters Present Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers at YBC
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $45.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50 - $27.00
The Lamplighters Music Theatre, the popular, award-winning company that produces some of the best productions of Gilbert & Sullivan in the country, returns to the Yerba Buena Center with their latest... Learn More.
The Christmas Ballet, a Magical Holiday Tradition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $56.50 - $69.50
- Our Price:
- $29.75 - $36.25
Holiday favorite The Christmas Ballet makes its annual return to the Bay Area for the 2011-2012 season. The wildly popular snow-filled holiday extravaganza from Smuin Ballet boasts everything from ballet,... Learn More.
The Velveteen Rabbit: The Beloved Bay Area Holiday Tradition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $55.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $33.00
ODC, one of America's leading contemporary dance companies, presents its beloved production of The Velveteen Rabbit, a holiday tradition in the Bay Area, now in its 25th year. With a sense of wit, charming... Learn More.
Dance Company Wayne McGregor | Random Dance at YBCA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
British choreographer Wayne McGregor, one of the most influential artists in today's dance world, brings his own company to San Francisco to perform the critically acclaimed Entity. Recently recognized for... Learn More.
Congolese Choreographer Faustin Linyekula's New Dance/Music Piece
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $12.50
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts welcomes back Congolese choreographer and director Faustin Linyekula and his company of male dancers in collaboration with a Kinshasa-based band led by electric guitar star... Learn More.
Lamplighters Present Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S Pinafore
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $44.00 - $49.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00 - $27.50
The "noble men and true" British tars of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore set sail at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in a production by Lamplighters Music Theatre. Written as a spoof of English... Learn More.
Necessary Monsters: A Contemporary Song Cycle
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents the West Coast premiere of Bay Area musician/composer/vocalist Carla Kihlstedt and poet Rafael Oses' Necessary Monsters, a contemporary song cycle based on Argentine... Learn More.
33rd Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $18.00 - $48.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $24.00
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts welcomes the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, featuring acclaimed performers, representing cultures from all around the world. World premiere performances include the... Learn More.
Doug Varone and Dancers: Chapters from a Broken Novel
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
San Francisco Performances presents the West Coast premiere of Doug Varone and Dancers' Chapters from a Broken Novel. The internationally renowned New York modern dance ensemble, renowned for their... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2010-2011 Spring Program: To the Beatles, Momentum and More
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $62.00
- Our Price:
- $30.00
The acclaimed Smuin Ballet celebrates Spring with a trio of exciting works, including the Bay Area premiere of Choo San Goh's Momentum, set to Prokofiev, and the world premiere of Mozart's Requiem by former... Learn More.
Dance: San Francisco Performances Presents a Revival of Lucinda Childs' Landmark Work
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00 - $60.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00 - $30.00
The groundbreaking collaboration between dancer/choreographer Lucinda Childs, composer Philip Glass and filmmaker Sol LeWitt returns to the San Francisco stage. Performed by the Lucinda Childs Dance Company... Learn More.
Director/Choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and MAU in Tempest: Without a Body at YBCA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
Renowned New Zealand director and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and his company, MAU, present Tempest: Without a Body on this stop of its U.S. premiere tour. From its ominous beginning to its shattered... Learn More.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Performs at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00 - $60.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00 - $30.00
The Paul Taylor Dance Company brings its repertoire to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with such popular dances as "Black Tuesday," "Cloven Kingdom" and "Promethean Fire" and the Bay Area premiere of "Also... Learn More.
Matt Ridley Presents Deep Optimism, a Long Now Foundation Seminar
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Best-selling British scientific author Matt Ridley (Genome, The Red Queen) presents Deep Optimism, a Long Now Foundation seminar which delves into Ridley's theory that cultural activities like trade actually... Learn More.
Stephen Petronio Company Performs I Drink the Air Before Me
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
Stephen Petronio Company performs its 25th anniversary work, I Drink the Air Before Me. Twelve dancers rage like a storm across the stage in this work inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Learn More.
Fable & Faith: World Premiere Dance Performance Explores Identity Through Children's Fables
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $26.50 - $29.50
- Our Price:
- $14.00 - $15.50
Fable & Faith, a world premiere by Robert Moses' Kin, explores the power of myths to shape and transform imagination and identity through children's fables. Created by choreographer Robert Moses, playwright... Learn More.
Lamplighters Music Theatre Presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $42.00
- Our Price:
- $21.00
This operetta tells a tale of ill-fated love, intrigue and betrayal in England during the reign of King Charles I. Colonel Fairfax is to be executed in the Tower of London on false charges of sorcery brought... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2010 Christmas Ballet, a Magical Holiday Tradition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $62.00
- Our Price:
- $30.00
Smuin's The Christmas Ballet makes its annual return for the holiday season. The popular snow-filled, holiday extravaganza boasts everything from ballet, tap, jazz and dances from around the world set to... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet Mini-Subscription: Holiday and Spring Programs
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $100.00
- Our Price:
- $50.00
Can't find the perfect gift for that special arts-loving someone? Smuin Ballet's two-program mini-subscription includes admission to the sleek and sassy The Christmas Ballet and the eclectic Spring program,... Learn More.
Cynthia Hopkins's Multimedia Musical The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
In the epic folk tale and musical, The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success), writer-composer-performer Cynthia Hopkins journeys to the far distant future on a secret mission to save the universe.... Learn More.
Japanese Butoh Company Sankai Juku Performs Hibiki: Resonance From Far Away
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
Butoh is a Japanese dance performance style characterized by grotesque imagery, taboo topics and absurd environments, performed in slow, precise motion in full-body white makeup. Butoh company Sankai Juku,... Learn More.
Kronos Quartet: Black Angels at Yerba Buena Center
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
YBCA presents Kronos Quartet performing George Crumb's classical avant-garde work, Black Angels, and other works including Sahba Aminikia's String Quartet No. 3, Bob Ostertag's All the Rage, Ingram Marshall'... Learn More.
Ralph Lemon Performance Piece: How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Noted interdisciplinary performance artist Ralph Lemon's latest groundbreaking work is the result of a collaboration with Walter Carter, a 102-year-old sharecropper. The piece opens with a narrated film... Learn More.
The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan's Classic from the Lamplighters
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $42.00 - $47.00
- Our Price:
- $24.00 - $26.50
The Lamplighters present Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved musical comedy The Pirates of Penzance. It's the story of Frederic, a boy mistakenly apprenticed to a madcap band of pirates. The score features many... Learn More.
Liss Fain Dance: World Premieres of How it Ends and Speak of Familiar Things
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $30.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $15.00
Liss Fain Dance presents two world premieres at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. How it Ends and Speak of Familiar Things both feature choreographer Fain's trademark fusion of technical precision,... Learn More.
tribes / dominion: Multimedia Dance Work at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents the world premiere of Bay Area choreographer Sara Shelton Mann and media artist David Szlasa's tribes /dominion. This cutting-edge performance combines movement,... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's Spring Program
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $56.00
- Our Price:
- $29.50
Smuin Ballet concludes its season with an invigorating spring program consisting of three enthralling, high-energy ballets--visual stunner Petite Mort by innovator Jirí Kylián, the passionate and emotional... Learn More.
Compañía Nacional de Danza: Spain's Contemporary Dance Stars in Yerba Buena
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $49.00
- Our Price:
- $24.50
Compañía Nacional de Danza performs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The Spanish company, headed by visionary choreographer and Artistic Director Nacho Duato, is one of the world's leaders in the... Learn More.
Reggie Wilson: The Good Dance - dakar/brooklyn at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $15.00
New York choreographer Reggie Wilson presents The Good Dance - dakar/brooklyn. A collaboration with Senegalese choreographer Andréya Ouamba, The Good Dance melds the rhythms and history of African,... Learn More.
The Cinderella Principle: A Multimedia Dance Performance
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50
Robert Moses' Kin contemporary dance company presents the world premiere of The Cinderella Principle, an hour long multimedia and dance work exploring non-traditional family structures. In addition to Moses'... Learn More.
Innovative Asian Dance in Akram Khan Company's bahok
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50
The Akram Khan Company performs bahok at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The celebrated Bangladeshi-British choreographer created bahok in collaboration with the National Ballet of China and award-... Learn More.
Modern Dance Company Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Brooklyn-based dance company Ronald K. Brown/Evidence present Brown's newest work, Two-Year-Old Gentlemen. Told through the company's trademark fusion of traditional African and contemporary dance coupled... Learn More.
Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $22.50
Pretentious, phony "artistes"? Guess what, it's nothing new! Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience pokes fun at the aesthetic movement that minced over England in the late 19th century, but it will stay timeless as... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's 2009 Christmas Ballet, a Magical Holiday Tradition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $59.00
- Our Price:
- $31.00
This Bay Area holiday tradition returns with an updated program for 2009 featuring both traditional audience favorites and new choreography from Amy Seiwert, Robert Sund, and others. The Christmas Ballet... Learn More.
DV8 Physical Theatre's Multimedia Dance Show To Be Straight With You
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $39.00
- Our Price:
- $19.50
San Francisco Performances and YBCA join forces to present England's DV8 Physical Theatre, which returns with the Bay Area premiere of Artistic Director Lloyd Newson's poetic and unflinching exploration of... Learn More.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet Fall Season 2009
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $53.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50 - $28.00
Alonzo King LINES Ballet Fall Season 2009 presents dancers moving with intimacy and grace. This ballet program features a world premiere with original music by visionary jazz pianist Jason Moran, pairing his... Learn More.
Bill T. Jones' Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray: A Dance Theatre Tribute to Lincoln
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presents Jones' dance theater masterwork Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray. A 2007 Tony Award winner for Spring Awakening and one of America's leading... Learn More.
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company Performs Other Suns (A Trilogy)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company joins with China's Guangdong Modern Dance Company to perform the world premiere of Other Suns (A Trilogy) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For 35 years, Jenkins has... Learn More.
Liss Fain Dance, with Lublin Dance Theater of Poland, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $35.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $17.50
Liss Fain Dance presents their home season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Known for their fusion of and bold experiemntation, they're one of the West Coast's most acclaimed dance ensembles. This show... Learn More.
My Fair Lady: Lamplighters Present Legendary Musical at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $42.00 - $47.00
- Our Price:
- $21.00 - $23.50
Professor Henry Higgins bets a colleague that he can transform a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a high-society lady in Lerner and Loewe's musical My Fair Lady. The memorable score features such... Learn More.
Product 02, Zhukov Dance Theatre's Latest Dance World Premieres
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $35.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $17.50
An international cast of dancers will perform world premiers by Artistic Director, Yuri Zhukov and guest choreographer, Hlin Diego. Pioneer Plaques 2009, was inspired by the 1972 and 1973 spacecraft launches... Learn More.
Smuin Ballet's Spring Program at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $55.00
- Our Price:
- $28.50
The Bay Area's popular Smuin Ballet presents their spring season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The program includes St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet, the last narrative work by company founder Michael... Learn More.
Acclaimed Paul Taylor Dance Company Performs at Yerba Buena Center
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $32.00 - $49.00
- Our Price:
- $16.00 - $24.50
Paul Taylor has reinvented himself and the world of dance in a career that spans more than five decades and as many continents. San Francisco Performances welcomes the Paul Taylor Dance Company back to the... Learn More.
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet Spring Season 2009
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet presents their spring season. Their program is highlighted by Signs and Wonders; this acclaimed work, commissioned by Dance Theatre of Harlem, is a deeply moving dance set to the... Learn More.
Compagnie Marie Chouinard Performs Dance Works from Debussy and Stravinsky
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $27.00 - $39.00
- Our Price:
- $13.50 - $19.50
Canada's wild woman of contemporary dance, Marie Chouinard, has explored the poetics of the body in shockingly immediate, intelligible and ever-surprising ways. The Rite of Spring is built around solos --... Learn More.
John Jasperse Company Performs Misuse liable to prosecution at YBCA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Internationally acclaimed dancer/choreographer John Jasperse presents an exhilarating new evening-length work for five dancers, with an original score performed live on stage by multi-instrumentalist (and... Learn More.
David Roussève/Reality's Saudade, a Mix of Theater, Spoken Word and Dance
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
YBCA presents a new work from David Roussève/REALITY, one of the most important voices to emerge in contemporary American dance in recent history. An ode to those transcendental moments when joy and sorrow... Learn More.
French Choreographer Jérôme Bel's Pichet Klunchun and Myself at YBCA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
French conceptual choreographer Jérôme Bel restages his first encounter with Thai dancer Pichet Klunchun, a master of the classical thon form. Through a lively mix of physical demonstration and high-... Learn More.
Pappa Tarahumara: Japanese Dance Theater Troupe in Haunting Ship In A View
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts welcomes Pappa Tarahumara. This acclaimed dance theater ensemble, one of Japan's most esteemed dance groups, presents director Hiroshi Koike's Ship In A View. This surreal and... Learn More.
Comic Opera Monsters and Prodigies: A History of the Castrati
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
In the 18th century, the castrati were "sacred monsters" whose voices were surgically molded, represented a peak of artistry. Monsters and Prodigies is a humorous opera about this fascinating cultural... Learn More.
Map and Directions
Just four blocks from Union Square, the Center is a short walk from the Powell and Montgomery Street BART/Muni stations and is accessible from many major bus lines.
Situated on the eastern edge of Yerba Buena Gardens, the Center spans the block between Mission and Howard on Third Street. Next door to the Moscone Convention Center, across the street from SFMOMA and across the Gardens from Metreon, the Center is located in a vibrant new urban neighborhood that boasts world class hotels and restaurants, great shopping and funky galleries and bars as well as abundant and affordable parking.
The Theater Building entrance is at 700 Howard Street at Third.
There is some street parking and a number of garages and parking lots near the Center.
Yerba Buena Gardens
Fifth & Mission Garage
833 Mission Street between Fourth & Fifth
Moscone Center Garage
255 Third Street between Folsom & Howard
Hearst Parking Center
45 Third Street between Mission & Market
SFMOMA Garage
147 Minna Street between Third & New Montgomery
(Access Minna off Third between Howard & Mission)
Handicap Information
Handicap seating is regularly available.
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