Friday Nights at the de Young: Ballet Performance & Film | Golden Gate Park

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

One of San Francisco’s most celebrated after-hours museum events returns for a fall season of 2018.

These nine Friday Nights feature free admission to the main-level galleries highlighted by a reinterpretation of contemporary art in their permanent collection and new acquisitions called Specters of Disruption. In addition, Friday Nights will offer reduced-price tickets of $14 to the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions from 6–8:30 pm.

Through social-media moments and in-person dialogue, visitors can engage and commune with the art and with one another in a warm and welcoming setting. Enjoy specialty drinks and mocktails, coffees, teas, and snacks. Bring your friends. Strike a pose at the selfie wall. Listen to music. Make art. Activities take place from 6–8:30 pm.

Friday, October 5, 2012
Friday Nights at the de Young | Fall 2018

October 5, 2012 Friday Nights at the De Young celebrates the opening of Rudolf Nuriev: A Life in Dance with a performance by San Francisco Ballet trainees and a screening of The Red Shoes.

6:15pm – KORET AUDITORIUM

The Red Shoes (1948, 133 min., unrated)
with Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann

The film will be introduced by independent curator and writer Brad Rosenstein. Centered around a ballet performance of Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale, a ballerina (Moira Shearer) is torn between her love for a ballet director (Anton Walbrook) and a composer (Marius Goring). Impressive choreography by Robert Helpmann and performances by the Lermontov Ballet Company.

6:30pm – WILSEY COURT

Live music by EOS Ensemble with performance by trainees of San Francisco Ballet.
This event is co-presented by San Francisco Ballet.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.