SF Ballet x Legion of Honor
JOIN US FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WITH FAMSF
SF Ballet is pleased to collaborate with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). Join us throughout 2026 for special pre-performance talks, lectures, family dance-along workshops, sensory friendly programs, a chamber music series, and more. The cross-disciplinary partnership forges new collaborations across San Francisco’s cultural sector and furthers the Ballet’s mission of infusing fresh perspectives into ballet while uplifting local creativity.
These programs are free to all residents of the nine Bay Area counties through the Legion of Honor’s Free Saturdays.
Upcoming Events
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Chamber Music Series
Date: Apr 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Gallery 10, Legion of Honor
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra continues their chamber music series at the Legion of Honor highlighting the Orchestra’s extraordinary artistic achievements over five decades in San Francisco.
Past Events
Nutcracker Chair Dance Demonstration with SF Ballet School’s Dance Class for People with Parkinson’s
Date: Nov 8, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Gallery 10, Legion of Honor
San Francisco Ballet School faculty member Cecelia Beam and pianist Billy Wolfe will lead an interactive Chair Dance Class with a demonstration by participants from SF Ballet School’s Dance Classes for People with Parkinson’s. This 30-minute, intergenerational, family-friendly class invites museum visitors of all ages and abilities to dance in their seats to the Nutcracker-inspired movements, embarking on a journey into the Nutcracker story through dance and music. SF Ballet School offers weekly Parkinson’s and Older Adult dance classes, serving hundreds of Bay Area community members, their families, and care teams. Click here to learn more.
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Chamber Music Series
Date: Nov 8, 2025
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Gunn Theater, Legion of Honor
Join us for a special performance by San Francisco Ballet Orchestra musicians Cordula Merks—Concertmaster, Laura Griffiths—Principal Oboe, and Britton Day—Company Pianist. The program will feature pieces celebrating the last 100 years.
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES AT LEGION OF HONOR
OCT 11, 2025
Join us at the Legion of Honor for a chamber music concert inspired by the art of the exhibit Manet & Morisot, featuring members of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Free with admission to the museum. Every Saturday, the Legion of Honor offers free general admission to all residents of the nine Bay Area counties.
About the fine arts museums of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco oversee the de Young museum, located in Golden Gate Park, and the Legion of Honor, in Lincoln Park. It is the largest public arts institution in San Francisco, and one of the most visited arts institutions in the United States.
The Legion of Honor, modeled after the neoclassical Palais de la Légion d’Honneur in Paris, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024. The collections on view include ancient art from the Mediterranean basin; European painting, sculpture, and decorative arts; and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the largest collection of works on paper in the American West, including costume and set designs by celebrated artists from Ballets Russes designer Léon Bakst, to avant-garde painters Natalia Goncharova, Pablo Picasso, and Marie Laurencin, to contemporary artist Marcel Dzama. Highlights from this special collection are currently on view at the Legion in the exhibition “The Dress Rehearsal: The Art of Theatrical Design”, open through May 11, 2025.
The FAMSF Department of Contemporary Art and Programming (CAP) presents an innovative and dynamic program of Contemporary Art commissions, exhibitions, and interventions that incite dialogues, embrace a multiplicity of perspectives, and shed new light on both the past and the present. Recent programs and acquisitions include works by Yinka Shonibare, Wangechi Mutu, Pierre Huyghe, Hito Steyerl, Carrie Mae Weems, and 30 Bay Area artists through the transformative Svane Gift among many others.