Mission

DanceFAR convenes world-class dance and the performing arts to raise funds and awareness for vital causes.

ABOUT

Founded in 2012 by former San Francisco Ballet dancers Garen Scribner, James Sofranko and Margaret Karl, DanceFAR has united the Bay Area’s most celebrated dance companies, restaurants, and wineries for one-of-a-kind performance and after-party events, raising over $500,000 net for organizations like the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, UCSF Melanoma Center, Gugulethu Ballet Project, and the International Rescue Committee. DanceFAR 2019 was presented by SF Ballet soloist Steve Morse Lopez.

DanceFAR performances have featured dancers from the San Francisco Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 1, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Smuin Ballet, ODC/Dance, Robert Moses’ KIN, AXIS, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, American Ballet Theater, and Broadway’s An American in Paris, among others. After parties have featured food and wine from iconic SF establishments such as Waterbar, Epic Roasthouse, Wayfare Tavern, 25 Lusk, Farallon, Hoopla, and Cannonball Wines.